Wildcats Finish Third at The Boilermaker

Sunday, April 17

West Lafayette, Ind.

All Day

Northwestern

The Boilermaker Invitational

Wildcats Finish Third at The Boilermaker

4/17/2016 4:33:00 PM | Men's Golf

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Northwestern concluded its regular-season slate at The Boilermaker with a third-place team finish in the 15-team field, finishing above four Big Ten foes.

The Wildcats shot a final round of 7-under 281 to card a 54-hole score of 3-under 861 (292-288-281), four strokes better than fourth-place Kent State. NU was seven strokes back of second-place and host Purdue.

Illinois claimed the team title at 17-under 847, seven strokes ahead of Purdue.

Sophomore Dylan Wu paced the Wildcats for his second top-three finish of the season, shooting 5-under 212 to finish third overall in the field. Freshman Ryan Lumsden logged his second top-10 finish of the year after carding a career best 5-under 67 in the final round. The rookie cruised to a 1-under 215 to finish 10^th in the individual standings.

The Wildcats are back in action next weekend to start postseason play with the Big Ten Championships.

QUICK HITS
Site: West Lafayette, Ind.
Course: Kampen Course (Par-72, 7,465 yards)
Tournament: The Boilermaker
NU Team Standing: 3th of 15 Teams (292-288-281=861 [-3]) - FINAL
Top NU Individual: Dylan Wu (3^rd, 70-69-72 [-5])
Next NU Event: Big Ten Championships: April 22-24

RESULTS: Round One | Round Two | Round Three
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: Final

STANDINGS
3rd Northwestern 292-288-281=861 (-3)
3– Dylan Wu, 70-69-72=212 (-5)
T10 – Ryan Lumsden, 74-74-67=215 (-1)
T14 – Josh Jamieson, 73-74-69=216 (E)
T30 – Andrew Whalen, 75-71-75=221 (+5)
T45 – Sam Triplett, 75-76-73=224 (+8)

Individuals
T56 – Luke Miller, 78-75-74=227 (+11)

Team Standings (Round 1 of 3)
1 Illinois, 280-277-290=847 (-17)
2 Purdue, 284-286-284=854 (-10)
3 Northwestern, 292-288-281=861 (-3)
4 Kent State, 296-289-280=865 (+1)
5 Michigan State, 294-286-292=872 (+8)
6 Louisville, 288-295-299=882 (+18)
7 Ohio State, 296-296-282=884 (+20)
8 UCF, 295-295-295=885 (+21)
9 Toledo, 294-302-293=889 (+25)
10 Miami (OH), 288-299-303=890 (+26)
11 Cincinnati, 298-292-302=892 (+28)
12 NIU, 295-300-302=897 (+33)
13 Wisconsin, 306-298-294=898 (+34)
14 Southern Illinois, 298-304-298=900 (+36)
15 Indiana, 300-302-299=901 (+37)

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