April 3, 2005

BATON ROUGE, La. - Sophomore Hunter Bendall, making the most of his new insertion in the Terrapin lineup, tied for 14th individually and led the University of Maryland to a tie for sixth place in the team competition Sunday at the LSU Spring Invitational men's golf tournament.

Bendall, playing in his second significant event of the spring, closed with a round of 76 to finish the 54-hole tournament at 221, the low scorer for the Terrapins. He opened Friday with an even-par 72, matching sophomore transfer Tully Coyle for the best round of the event by a Maryland player.

John Eades tied for 22nd, two shots behind Bendall, closing the tournament with matching rounds of 73 over the 7,274-yard University Club layout. Tyler Witman and Matt Schall tied for 46th at 227, while Coyle rallied for a 228 total and a tie for 55th.

Overall, Maryland shot a 295 as a team on Sunday, finishing with 893. The Terrapins tied for sixth in a field of 17 schools that included mostly schools from the southeast.

Host LSU won the team competition at 865, firing 283 on Sunday to win by six strokes. Lamar University was second at 871. Individually, LSU's Beck Troutman shot 211 to win medalist honors by two shots over Julian Colmenares of Jacksonville State, who fired a 69 Sunday to close at 213.

      Fin.   School                   Scores  
         1   Louisiana State U.       292  290  283    865        +1
         2   Lamar University         299  291  281    871        +7
         3   Jacksonville St.         304  295  290    889       +25
         4   Mississippi St. U.       298  302  290    890       +26
             UT-Arlington             292  303  295    890       +26
         6   Maryland, U. of          302  296  295    893       +29
             Louisiana-Lafayette      302  303  288    893       +29
             Middle Tennessee St.     295  303  295    893       +29
             South Alabama, U. of     294  302  297    893       +29
        10   Arkansas-Little Rock     292  313  293    898       +34
             Arkansas State U.        297  294  307    898       +34
        12   Furman University        293  308  299    900       +36
             Southeastern La. U.      303  297  300    900       +36
        14   Southern Mississippi     313  294  294    901       +37
             Tulane University        297  303  301    901       +37
        16   So. Florida, U. of       305  306  296    907       +43
        17   Memphis, U. of           311  314  296    921       +57
MARYLAND SCORES

      T  6   Maryland, U. of          302  296  295    893
      T 14    Hunter Bendall           72   73   76    221
      T 22    John Eades               77   73   73    223
      T 46    Tyler Whitman            76   74   77    227
      T 46    Matt Schall              77   76   74    227
      T 55    Tully Coyle              79   77   72    228