Squires Ties for Eighth; Bearcats Finish Fourth at Florida State

UC junior Austin Squires tied for eighth place at 3-under par 72-72-69=213 and the Bearcats finished fourth in the team standings at 4-under 290-284-286=860 at the Seminole Intercollegiate. 

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Squires Ties for Eighth; Bearcats Finish Fourth at Florida StateSquires Ties for Eighth; Bearcats Finish Fourth at Florida State
RESULTS

University of Cincinnati junior Austin Squires (Union, Ky./Ryle High School) tied for eighth place at 3-under par 72-72-69=213 and the Bearcats finished fourth in the team standings at 4-under 290-284-286=860 on the final day of the Seminole Intercollegiate at the Golden Eagle Country Club (Par 72, 6,965 yards) in Tallahassee, Fla.

Squires climbed 13 spots in the individual standings thanks to five birdies and 11 par scores. 

Florida State's John Pak won individual medalist honors, posting an 8-under 72-66-70=208. The host Seminoles won the team crown as well, finishing with a 20-under 287-270-287=860. 

Along with Squires, three other Bearcats finished inside the Top 30 helping result the tournament's lowest final-round team score. Freshman Nicholas Osterburg (Indianapolis, Ind./Perry Meridian High School) dropped four spots to tie for 15th at 1-under 73-68-74=215, marking his second-best finish of the year. Sophomore Jake Fox (Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller High School) and senior Davis Baxter (Nolensville, Tenn./Ravenwood High School) each tied for 29th place. Fox moved up one spot from Saturday, ending the day at 3-over 72-77-70=219 while Baxter jumped 15 spots to finish at 3-over 72-77-70=219. Redshirt-freshman Andy Mayhew (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood High School) finished one stroke behind Fox and Baxter at 4-over 73-71-76=220.

// QUOTING COACH DOUG MARTIN
"I'm extremely proud of my team this week. We had five guys finishing in the Top 35 and Austin regaining some form. This team is so coachable and is making changes and adapting to different course conditions like no other team I have coached. It starts with great leadership and we have that on this team. 

"We have made some great strategic changes on Par 5s and the results are beginning to show. We have played the Par 5's at 38 under par in the last two events. Now we get an 11-day break and then it's off to Hilton Head."

// CINCINNATI PLAYERS
T8 – Austin Squires – 72-72-69=213 (-3)
T15 – Nicolas Osterburg – 73-68-74=215 (-1)
T29 – Davis Baxter – 72-77-70=219 (+3)
T29 – Jake Fox – 73-73-73=219 (+3)
T32 – Andy Mayhew – 73-71-76=220 (+4)

// TEAM STANDINGS
1 – Florida State 287-270-287=844 (-20) 
2 – Jacksonville 278-287-288=853 (-11) 
3 – James Madison 282-284-289=855 (-9) 
4 – Cincinnati 290-284-286=860 (-4) 
5 – Arkansas State 287-285-294=866  (+2) 
6 – Illinois State 290-290-292=872 (+8) 
7 – Kansas State 286-295-294=875 (+11) 
8 – Southern Illinois 297-287-296=880 (+16) 
9 – West Virginia 291-289-303=883 (+19) 
10 – Troy 299-298-299=896 (+32) 
11 – Western Carolina 296-300-303=899 (+35) 
12 – Nicholls State 295-299-309=903 (+39) 
13 – Western Kentucky 296-302-306=904 (+40) 
14 – Winthrop 312-300-303=915 (+51) 

// UP NEXT
The Bearcats take part in the Colleton River Collegiate, March 11-13, in Bluffton, S.C.