Rio varsity finishes 3rd at LWC, reserve 6th at ALC

Rio Grande Sports Information
     COLUMBIA, Ky. - The University of Rio Grande men's golf team carded a final round 3-under par 281 to rally for a third place showing in the Lindsey Wilson College Fall Invite at The Pines at Lindsey Wilson.
     The two-day, nine-team, 54-hole tournament wrapped up on Tuesday.
     The RedStorm finished the tourney with a cumulative score of 1-over par 853, three shots behind Truett-McConnell (Ga.) University's "B" entry, which snagged runner-up honors at 2-under par 850.
     Host Lindsey Wilson's "A" team proved exactly that, winning the team title with a staggering 51-under par 801.
     Johan Brednkamp of Lindsey Wilson "A" took medalist honors after finishing at 18-under par 195.
     Rio Grande's top individual mark came from junior Rodrigo Portilla (Sevilla, Spain), who was part of a four-way deadlock for fifth place at 5-under par 208. He was 8-under par over his final 36 holes.
     Also representing the RedStorm was sophomore Juan Carlos Gil Perez (Malaga, Spain), who tied for 15th place at 2-over 215; senior Nicolas Gonzalez (Medellin, Columbia) and sophomore Alfonso Baro Rosas (Cancun, Mexico), who were both part of a five-way tie for 20th place at 5-over 218; and freshman Fernando Cirajas (Valladolid, Spain), who was amonng a group of three players tied for 29th at 7-over par 220.
     Rio Grande's reserve team was also in action on Monday and Tuesday and finished sixth in the 11-team Alice Lloyd College Fall Invitational at Stonecrest Golf Club in Prestonsburg, Ky.
     The RedStorm tallied a team score of 52-over par 628. The University of Pikeville (Ky.)'s "A" and "B" teams finished first and second, respectively, at 9-over 585 and 30-over par 606.
     St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.) College was third at 39-over par 615.
     UPike's Lawson Hon won medalist honors by carding a 2-under par 142.
     The top finisher for Rio Grande was freshman Eliseo Martinez (Malaga, Spain), who finished in a tie for 6th place at 5-over par 149.
     Others who were representing the RedStorm were freshman Teo Mansson (Orebro, Sweden), who was among a trio tied for 14th place at 9-over par 153; sophomore Connor Ingels (New Haven, WV), who was part of a five-way deadlock for 28th place at 15-over 159; freshman Leo Attini (Sundsvall, Sweden), who finished tied for 39th at 23-over par 167; and freshman Keltin Robinson (Peebles, OH), who was 47th at 33-over 177.
     Rio Grande's reserve team return to action next Monday and Tuesday at the Ohio Christian Invitational in Circleville, Ohio.
     The RedStorm varisty next hits the links on Sept. 30 for the opening round of the River States Conference Fall Preview at Glade Springs Resort in Daniels, W.Va.