Penn State Improves to 8th Place Finish at Middleburg Bank IntercollegiatePenn State Improves to 8th Place Finish at Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate

Penn State Improves to 8th Place Finish at Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate

Final Results

March 25, 2014

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Penn State shot its lowest round on day three of the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate at the River Course at Kingsmill to improve to an eighth place overall finish in a field of 27 with a team score of 881 (303-292-286).

Two Nittany Lions finished in the top-20 individually. Junior Jens Talbert (Little Rock, Ark.) finished tied-for-10th with a 216 tally. Sophomore JD Dornes (Lancaster, Pa.) moved up from his round two placing tying for 17th, shooting his lowest score on the final 18 holes to total a 218 (73-73-72).

Sophomore Chris Houston (Gilford, N.H.) marked a career-low round score of 69 Tuesday to earn him a 223 total and a tied-for-45th finish. Junior Xander McDonald-Smith (Rockaway Park, N.Y.) and freshman Christian Elliott (Port Perry, Ontario) both shot a 228 through 54 holes.

Texas Tech held on to its lead to earn the 2014 Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate Championship with an 11-over 851 team mark. The Red Raiders also claimed the individual crown as Clement Sordet captured the first place crown by a margin of just one stroke.

Penn State will return to the links at the Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus, Ohio April 12-13, followed by the team's home tournament, the Rutherford Intercollegiate, April 19-20.

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