Marquette's Colson Wins Billiken Invitational

MADISON, Ill. - Freshman Nathan Colson (Plymouth, Wis.) survived a battle with Saint Louis freshman Evan Frederick to claim medalist honors at the 2002 Billiken Invitational in Madison, Ill. Colson scored a four-over, 217 to win by one stroke over Frederick.

Colson and Frederick were tied for second at the conclusion of 36 holes, one stroke off the leader, Dan Brown of Lindenwood. Through 12 holes, Colson was at three-over for the day and Frederick was three shots behind. With birdies on 15 and 18, Frederick was able to cut Colson's lead to one, but the MU freshman remained even over the final six holes for the victory.

Saint Louis did manage a team victory, thanks to the effort of Frederick. The Billikens shot a 40-over, 892, to win by 10 strokes over Wis.-Green Bay. marquette finished 12th in the 16 team event, shooting a 919.

Marquette's remaining four golfers tallied respectable totals. Junior Matt Hilton finished 29th, shooting a 229. Freshman Jason Gaare had a solid meet, carding a 232, finishing in 42nd. Junior Mike Everson tallied 242 to finish in 70th place and freshman Justin Christiansen logged a 251, placing 86th.

This meet concluded the Golden Eagles' regular season. MU travels to Navarre, Fla., to take part in the Conference USA Tournament, April 22-24.


BILLIKEN INVITATIONAL
GATEWAY NATIONAL GOLF LINKS; MADISON, ILL.
APRIL 15-16, 2002
6,647-YARD, PAR 71

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Saint Louis 292-300-300--892 (+40)
2. Wis.-Green Bay 302-305-295--902 (+50)
3. Lindenwood 295-303-305--903 (+51)
4. Eastern Illinois 296-309-302--907 (+55)
5. Southeast Missouri State 303-302-303--908 (+56)
6. Missouri Baptist 299-296-314--909 (+57)
7. Evansville 293-310-307--910 (+58)
8. Cincinnati 305-302-306--913 (+61)
9. DePaul 305-302-307--914 (+62)
10. Loyola College 300-304-312--916 (+64)
11. Western Illinois 306-305-307--918 (+66)
12. Marquette 308-301-310--919 (+67)
13. Tenn.-Martin 310-305-310--925 (+73)
14. UMKC 302-309-318--929 (+77)
15. Murray State 303-318-309--930 (+78)
16. Creighton 314-321-317--952 (+100)

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1. Nathan Colson, Marquette 72-71-74--217 (+ 4)
2. Evan Frederick, Saint Louis 72-71-75--218 (+ 5)
3. Dan Brown, Lindenwood 71-71-77--219 (+ 6)
4. Brian Berggren, Wis.-G.B. 78-72-70--220 (+ 7)
5. Scott Fann, Saint Louis 74-73-74--221 (+ 8)
Drew Mayhew, DePaul 72-74-75--221
Jimmy Blose, SE Mo. State 76-74-71--221
Rick Thompson, Mo. Baptist 74-72-75--221
9. Dan Emrick, Lindenwood 74-76-72--222 (+ 9)
Brandon Henson, Murray State 74-75-73--222
11. Matt Hillis, SE Mo. State 74-74-75--223 (+10)
Kraig Hunt, Western Ill. 78-73-72--223
13. Neil Lykins, Cincinnati 72-74-78--224 (+11)
Joe Hermes, DePaul 74-75-75--224
Jason Reddington, Evansville 71-77-76--224
16. Dave Barse, Wis.-G.B. 72-79-74--225 (+12)
17. Ben Schubert, Loyola 75-75-76--226 (+13)
Adam Trower, Saint Louis 74-74-78--226
19. Justin Beaston, Mo. Baptist 74-73-80--227 (+14)
Kevin Kasprzyk, Wis.-G.B. 77-76-74--227
Matt Holmes, Eastern Ill. 75-80-72--227
Craig Smith, Cincinnati 76-76-75--227
Jeff O'Brien, Loyola 75-74-78--227
Steven Lugering, Lindenwood 73-73-81--227
Brent Kerns, Saint Louis 72-80-75--227
26. Ayron Corporon, Creighton 74-81-73--228 (+15)
Matt Stark, Murray State 79-75-74--228
Jim Hamann, Eastern Ill. 74-77-77--228
29. Matt Hilton, Marquette 74-77-78--229 (+16)
Andy Burris, Tenn.-Mart. 74-75-80--229
Kyle Awerkamp, Eastern Ill. 70-78-81--229
32. Bryan Kohlmeier, Evansville 80-75-75--230 (+17)
J.W. VanDenborn, UMKC 77-75-78--230
Trent Tormoehlen, Evansville 75-80-75--230
Kyle Maxwell, Eastern Ill. 78-74-78--230
36. Josh Bradbury, Western Ill. 76-81-74--231 (+18)
Brandon Hays, Mo. Baptist 77-73-81--231
Scott Carpenter, Tenn.-Mart. 79-75-77--231
Josh Henson, Mo. Baptist 74-78-79--231
Frank Morris II, Cincinnati 77-76-78--231
Chris Ichelson, UMKC 73-78-80--231
42. Matt Willmott, UMKC 75-77-80--232 (+19)
Jamie Ball, Tenn.-Mart. 79-76-77--232
T.J. Shuart, Loyola 75-78-79--232
Jason Gaare, Marquette 81-76-75--232
Jason Hill, Wis.-G.B. 75-80-77--232
47. Eric Steinback, Evansville 73-79-81--233 (+20)
Clint Rochelle, Tenn.-Mart. 78-79-76--233
Andy Poe, Saint Louis 72-82-79--233
Steve Bunt, Mo. Baptist 76-78-79--233
51. Mike Birkenfeld, Evansville 74-79-81--234 (+21)
Lucas Law, Western Ill. 76-76-82--234
Michael Mulford, Creighton 81-74-79--234
Woody Hill, SE Mo. State 77-76-81--234
Justin Haupt, Saint Louis 79-82-73--234
Scott Yopchick, DePaul 80-76-78--234
57. Dave Rella, Eastern Ill. 77-83-75--235 (+22)
Bryan Johnson, SE Mo. State 79-78-78--235
Chris Larbes, Cincinnati 83-76-76--235
Rich Thomas, Western Ill. 76-75-84--235
Nathan Ruth, DePaul 80-80-75--235
62. Brendan Hickham, Saint Louis 79-78-79--236 (+23)
63. Andy Hoffman, UMKC 77-79-81--237 (+24)
Kent Phillips, SE Mo. State 76-82-79--237
Derek Wathke, Wis.-G.B. 79-78-80--237
Brett Eddy, Mo. Baptist 77-80-80--237
67. Scott Zielinski, Loyola 75-82-81--238 (+25)
68. Jason Micek, Lindenwood 77-88-75--240 (+27)
69. Mike Tanner, UMKC 80-81-80--241 (+28)
70. John Billiter, Western Ill. 82-81-79--242 (+29)
Matt Hopkins, Lindenwood 78-83-81--242
Mike Everson, Marquette 81-77-84--242
Kyle Patterson, DePaul 79-77-86--242
Ryan Jamison, DePaul 82-81-79--242
75. Blake Darnell, Murray State 74-87-82--243 (+30)
Alex Sundsten, Murray State 76-84-83--243
77. Scott Asbury, Saint Louis 79-82-83--244 (+31)
78. Donald Miller, Loyola 89-77-79--245 (+32)
Ryan Detmer, Cincinnati 80-88-77--245
J.T. King, Murray State 81-84-80--245
81. Harry Hoch, Creighton 78-84-84--246 (+33)
Aaron Tschuor, Creighton 81-83-82--246
Sean Normile, Saint Louis 84-82-80--246
84. Mike Higgason, Saint Louis 79-89-80--248 (+35)
85. John Gross, Creighton 83-83-83--249 (+36)
86. Justin Christensen, Marquette 81-87-83--251 (+38)
87. Ben Reed, Tenn.-Mart. 84-85-85--254 (+41)