Men’s Golf Ties for Fifth at St. Croix Collegiate Classic – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/6/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 6, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s golf team concluded play at the 2005 St. Croix Collegiate Classic Sunday and tied for fifth with Texas-San Antonio and Charleston Southern. The Buckeyes carded a final round total of 295 for a three-round tournament tally of 876. Xavier University played host to the 54-hole event at the par 72, 6,809-yard, Carambola Golf Club in St. Croix, Virgin Islands.
The Buckeyes saw two of their individuals finish in the Top 10 as sophomore Colin Biles (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) and senior Scott Anderson (Great Falls, Mont./Great Falls) tied for fifth and eighth respectively.
Biles recorded his second Top 5 finish of the 2004-05 season by firing a final round score of two-under-par 70 for a three-round total of 214. Biles’s first Top 5 finish of the season came at the 2004 Landfall Classic where he tied for fourth.
Anderson closed the tournament as he carded a score of one-over-par 73 to finish the event with total of 215.
Xavier University won the team title with a three-round mark of 868, while Texas-San Antonio’s John Elizondo claimed medalist honors with a score of 211.
The Ohio State men’s golf team returns to action March 19-20 as it competes in the 2005 Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational in Statesboro, Ga.
St. Croix Collegiate Classic
Carambola Golf Club
Virgin Islands
Par: 72, Yardage: 6809
Team
| Pl. | School | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | Rd.3 | Total |
| 1. | Xavier | 284 | 286 | 298 | 868 |
| 2. | Lamar | 285 | 288 | 299 | 872 |
| Rhode Island | 284 | 289 | 299 | 872 | |
| 4. | UNC-Greensboro | 291 | 287 | 296 | 874 |
| 5. | Ohio State | 293 | 288 | 295 | 876 |
| Texas-San Antonio | 287 | 287 | 302 | 876 | |
| Charleston Southern | 296 | 289 | 291 | 876 | |
| 8. | Charlotte | 292 | 282 | 303 | 877 |
| 9. | Marquette | 288 | 296 | 300 | 884 |
| 10. | Memphis | 292 | 294 | 300 | 886 |
| 11. | Iowa State | 293 | 297 | 301 | 891 |
| 12. | Wisconsin | 307 | 294 | 296 | 897 |
| 13. | Marshall | 296 | 303 | 301 | 900 |
| 14. | Miami (Ohio) | 295 | 301 | 306 | 902 |
| 15. | Ohio University | 295 | 296 | 313 | 904 |
| 16. | Eastern Michigan | 303 | 305 | 305 | 913 |
| 17. | Akron | 305 | 307 | 304 | 916 |
Individuals
| Pl. | Name, School | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | Rd.3 | Total |
| 1. | John Elizondo, UTSA | 66 | 73 | 72 | 211 |
| 2. | Garrett Jones, Wisconsin | 72 | 70 | 70 | 212 |
| 3. | John Streibich, Xavier | 72 | 69 | 72 | 213 |
| Ray Sheedy, Charlotte | 73 | 69 | 71 | 213 | |
| 5. | Chris Baker, Iowa State | 70 | 71 | 73 | 214 |
| Shawn Stefani, Lamar | 70 | 71 | 73 | 214 | |
| Colin Biles, Ohio State | 76 | 68 | 70 | 214 |
Ohio State Individuals
| Pl. | Name | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | Rd.3 | Total |
| T 5. | Colin Biles | 76 | 68 | 70 | 214 |
| T 8. | Scott Anderson | 70 | 72 | 73 | 215 |
| T 20. | Michael Haverfield | 72 | 74 | 73 | 219 |
| T 63. | Jamie Miller | 75 | 74 | 80 | 229 |
| T 78. | Jared Jones | 77 | 78 | 79 | 234 |
