WILSON, N.C. – Led by a fourth-place finish by junior Jake Nutter (Bedford, N.H.), the Southern New Hampshire University men's golf team finished fifth out of seven teams at the Barton Intercollegiate at Wilson Country Club Monday and Tuesday.  The Penmen, who were sixth after Monday's first round, shot a 329 on Monday and a 315 on Tuesday for a two-day total of 644.

Nutter, making his Penmen debut, carded a 78 on Monday and a 73 Tuesday to finish at 151, six shots back of medalist Nicolas Fonseca of Barton College.  Nutter's 73 on Tuesday tied him for low round of the day with Fonseca and Brady Hollenbacher of the University of Mount Olive.  He finished tied for fourth with Dermot McElhennon of the host Bulldogs.

Freshman John Clancy (Sandwich, Mass.) finished 28^th overall with a two-day total of 163, firing an 80 on Monday.  Scott Underhill (Bedford, N.H.) improved nine strokes on Tuesday to record a 78 and a two-day total of 165 to finish tied for 29^th, while Austin Fox (Hooksett, N.H.) recorded an 81 on Tuesday and a two-day score of 169 to place 35^th.  Vince Kimball (Lebanon, N.H.) rounded out the Penmen finishers with a 172, including an 84 in Monday's opening round.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action on Friday, March 28, when it travels to Long Island to take part in the annual Peter King Memorial at Rock Hill C.C. in Manorville, N.Y.

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