Ball State University Athletics
Blackwell Leads Third-Place Men?s Golf in Madison
September 28, 2015 | Men's Golf
LIVE SCORING
MADISON, Wis. -- James Blackwell of the Ball State men's golf team birdied three straight holes on the back nine Monday to finish with a 2-under par 70 in round two at the Badger Invitational.
Blackwell led the Cardinals to a team score of 296 as they remained in third place out of 12 teams at University Ridge. Ball State's two-day total of 585 (+9) trails only Miami University (-8) and Kansas (-7) with one round left. Tournament host Wisconsin (+20) climbed to fourth, and USC Upstate (+21) is fifth.
Ball State also counted a pair of 75s from Michael Makris and Michael VanDeventer along with a 76 from Johnny Watts in Monday's round. Tyler Ostrom, competing as an individual, fired the second-best score of any Cardinal with a 74, while Tyler Pearson was the team's non-counter with an 80.
The team righted its round down the stretch. After giving up some ground through the first 13 holes, the Cardinals played the final five holes in 2 under as a team to solidify their third-place position.
Ball State continues to have four players among the top 25, now led by Blackwell in a tie for 10th at even-par 144 for the tournament. Makris (+1) is tied for 12th, VanDeventer (+3) is tied for 16th, and Watts (+5) is tied for 20th.
Miami's Patrick Flavin carded his second straight round of 68 to get to 8 under par. He holds a three-shot lead over Chase Hanna of Kansas on the individual leaderboard.
The third and final round will be played Tuesday with the Cardinals competing in the final pairings. Live scoring is available at birdiefire.com.
