DURHAM, N.C. - Noah Connor's birdie on the Duke University Golf Club's eighth hole broke a three-way tie for fifth place, propelling the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's golf into sole possession of the fifth spot on the team leaderboard in the final round of the Rod Myers Invitational Saturday morning and afternoon at Duke.
 
Starting the morning on the tenth tee, the Spartans finished one-under-par on the front nine to close the round. Connor's pivotal back-to-back birdies started on the par-five, 573-yard seventh hole where he overcame the course's second-hardest hole. 
 
His two-under-par (70) final-round effort helped him crack the top-25 individuals with a score of 219 (three over par).
 
The senior's birdie on the par-three, 173-yard eighth hole lifted the Spartans over Liberty and UNC-Wilmington for fifth place with a final-round score of three-under-par (285) and total tally of nine-over-par (873).
 
Tommy Lamb joined Connor as one of three Spartans with an under-par final-round card, finishing two-under-par (70). Lamb's effort included a birdie on the course's hardest hole, the par-four, 439-yard 17th.
 
Connor Brown posted a one-under-par (71) effort with three back-nine birdies and a front-nine effort where he scored a par on all nine holes.
 
Nick Lyerly finished in a tie for eleventh place with a one-under-par (215) tournament total along with teammate Randall Hudson who competed as an individual. Hudson carded a final-round two-under-par (70) score, moving up nine spots on the individual leaderboard.
 
INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• Hudson posted a four-under-par effort on the course's par-three holes to lead the field by three strokes.
• This helped UNCG post the fifth-best team score on par-three holes (13-over-par)
• Hudson's ten birdies led the team.
• UNCG's pars (167) led the field with Lyerly (37) leading the way for UNCG, posting the field's sixth-most pars.
• Lyerly capitalized on the course's par-five holes, posting a four-under-par effort on the course's longest holes throughout the tournament.

 
QUOTE FROM HEAD COACH TERRANCE STEWART
"The team battled their tails off to come from last place in round one to beating some teams that will play in the postseason. We had a solid opening tournament!"
 
Up Next:
The Spartans return to the course September 19-20, participating in the University of Cincinnati's Bearcat Invitational at Coldstream Country Club.