KITTY HAWK, N.C. -- The Francis Marion University men's golf team carded a final-round 306 team score to finish in a tie for 13th place at the 26th-annual Old Dominion University/Seascape Invitational Tournament, an event won by the host school with a big comeback.

FMU stood fifth after the opening day, but the Patriots' team score for the final 18 holes was 22-over-par.  ODU trailed first-round leader Liberty University by eight strokes, but the Monarchs bested the field with a five-under-par 279 team score on the final day.  Kennesaw State University and George Washington University tied for second place, six strokes behind ODU.

Scott Marino of James Madison University earned medalist honors as he fired rounds of 69 and 68 to finish at five-under-par 137.

Sophomore Colin Floyd tied for 30th in the individual standings at 73-74=147 to lead the Patriot golfers.  Jacob Tveit tied for 37th (75-73=148), while Aengus McAllister was 47th (72-79=151), Fredrick Fox tied for 55th (74-80=154), and Battle Hartman tied for 72nd (79-84=163).   

Francis Marion will compete in the Troy University Invitational, Nov. 7-8 in Montgomery, Ala.

ODU/Seascape Invitational

FINAL RESULTS

Par 71, Yardage: 6256

No. Top 20 Teams Scores

1   Old Dominion Univ.  291 279 570

2   Kennesaw St. Univ.  288 288 576

    George Washington   295 281 576

4   Elon University     295 283 578

5   Radford University  286 295 581

6   Liberty University  283 300 583

7   Drexel University   297 287 584

8   Richmond, Univ. of  299 286 585

9   Campbell University 301 286 587

10  James Madison Univ. 301 288 589

11  Delaware, U. of     303 295 598

12  High Point U.       303 296 599

13  Francis Marion U.   294 306 600

    Winthrop University 301 299 600

15  Hofstra University  326 311 637