Oct. 7, 2008
Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate Final Results 
Savannah, Ga. - Junior transfer Martin Summer posted his best-career finish for the purple and gold finishing tied for 27th as the Western Carolina men's golf team finished ninth out of 13 teams at the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate held at the par 72, 7.016-yard Savannah Quarters Country Club.
Host Georgia Southern, which led each of the three rounds of the event, edged out Southern Conference rival, Furman, to claim the team championship by one stroke. GSU shot a two-day total of 865 while the Paladins carded a team 866 which included tying the low-round of the final day at 291. Kennesaw State (870), which also shot 291 on Tuesday, was third followed by Francis Marion (888) and Armstrong Atlantic (895) rounding out the top five.
GSU's Logan Blondell won individual medalist honors at the three-round event on the second playoff hole over Furman's Anthony Aloi, who was relegated to second. The two finished with identical 54-hole scores of 212 forcing the playoff. Michael Tulacz and teammate J.P. Putnam of Kennesaw State finished tied for third with Armstrong Atlantic's Chris Wolfe to round out the top five finishers.
Summer, who was tied for eighth in par 5 scoring for the tournament at four-under, concluded the three-round event with scores of 80, 73 and 73 for 226. Senior Andres Cuenca placed tied for 37th with a final score of 230. Rounding out Western's finishers were sophomore Caleb Marsh (t-49th, 234), freshman Drew Miller (t-56th, 236) and junior Ricky Stout (74th, 248).
Playing as an individual, junior Cody Walker finished tied for 56th, shooting a seven-over 79 on the final 18 holes to record a three-round total of 236.
Already with four events in the books for the fall season, the Catamounts will have over three weeks to prepare their next event - one in which they will be hosting. Western Carolina will welcome teams to the Country Club of Sapphire Valley on Nov. 2-4 for the Hummingbird Intercollegiate. Last season, WCU won both team and individual medalist honors at the event held at the private, member-owned club, with Cuenca winning top individual honors.
9 Western Carolina 303 300 316 919
T 27 Martin Summer 80 73 73 226
T 37 Andres Cuenca 78 74 78 230
T 49 Caleb Marsh 78 76 80 234
T 56 Drew Miller 74 77 85 236
74 Ricky Stout 73 88 87 248
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