Lincoln Repeats As Division II PGA Minority Collegiate Champions!!!

PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida -- For the second-consecutive year, and the sixth time in program history, the Lincoln men's golf team won the PGA Minority Collegiate Championship on Sunday (May 11).

Steven Mallow tied for the lowest score by any individual at the conclusion of the three-round invitational, as the Blue Tigers posted a team score of 893, their lowest ever at this tournament, to beat Texas A&M-International (894) by one stroke.

Mallow finished with a three-round total of 220, carding rounds of 71, 75 and 74. That placed Mallow in a tie with Gary Natal of Texas A&M-International for the lowest score among all players at the three-round, three-day tourney. Natal ended up winning the individual scoring title in a one-hole playoff.

Nick Goeke finished two-strokes back of Mallow, finishing with a 220. Goeke shot a 74 during Friday's (May 9) first round and tallied a 71 in the second round before closing with a 77 on Sunday. Blake Lammers was next with a 226. After shooting identical scores of 76 during the first two rounds, Lammers finished Sunday with a 74. Rounding out Lincoln's team performance was Austin Wheeler, who posted a final sum of 247. Wheeler opened the tourney with a 79 before shooting an 87 on Saturday (May 10) and an 81 on Sunday.

Two other Blue Tigers represented Lincoln at the PGA Minority Collegiate Championship, including Brian Lillevold, who ended up being disqualified during the final round. Lillevold had begun Sunday as the tournament's individual leader after shooting a 70 on Friday and a 74 on Saturday. The other Blue Tiger in action was Kenny Conrad, who finished tied for 13th in the tournament's individual invitational. Conrad finished with a three-round total of 249 after carding rounds of 92, 77 and 80.

Behind Lincoln and Texas A&M-International, California State-Dominguez Hills finished third with a total of 914. Virginia State (921) took fourth and Fayetteville State (955) placed fifth while Johnson C. Smith (1,006) rounded out the field at sixth.

This marks the sixth Minority Collegiate Golf Championship in the history of the Lincoln men's golf program, and the second-straight for the Blue Tigers, who won the 2013 title with a score of 898. Lincoln had also previously won the championship in 2005 (928), 1999 (906), 2001 (904) and 2002 (914).

The 28th PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship was played in Port St. Lucie, Fla. on the Ryder Course of the PGA Village.

Dan Carr, Assistant AD for Media Relations
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