March 8, 2009
Final Ron Smith USF Invitational Results in PDF Format 
DADE CITY, Fla. - The Baylor men's golf team bounced back from a tough second round, posting a final-round rally that would fall just short as the Bears finish fifth at the Ron Smith USF Invitational Sunday.
Baylor, ranked No. 41 in the latest Golfstat NCAA Division I Head-to-Head standings, shot 4-under during the final round, the second-best score on the day. The Bears finished at 1-under 863 - one stroke behind Louisville for fourth place (2-under 862) and two shots behind Middle Tennessee for third place (3-under 861). Big 12 member Texas Tech and NCAA Division II power Florida Southern shared the team title with a 6-under 858.
Texas Tech's Santiago Rivas and Florida Southern's Matt Stauch shared individual medalist honors after each carded a 9-under 207 on the weekend.
"We were not playing well at first on Friday," Baylor head men's golf coach Greg Priest said. "But, we managed to get it back together. However, we didn't play very well at all in the second round.
"Today, we came out and got a good start early, especially Bill who played well all day," Priest said. "We let it get away, but we were able to regroup."
Senior Bill Allcorn, freshman Joakim Mikkelsen and sophomore Cody Paladino finished tied for seventh at 2-under. Allcorn fired a final-round 5-under 67 to post his third top 10 finish this season. Mikkelsen shot a 1-under par 71 Sunday; he has now recorded two under-par rounds in three tournaments during his rookie campaign.
After an impressive 3-under 69 in the opening round, Paladino shot an even-par 72 on Sunday to finish tied with Allcorn and Mikkelsen.
"We expect to play how we did today," Pries said. "Chalk it up to being rusty last week, but this is how we need to play every week. We need to keep getting better and better."
Redshirt freshman Lorenzo Scotto carded a 3-under 69 in Sunday's final round to negate his rough first-round start Friday. Scotto finished at 1-under 217, good enough for 22nd place. Newcomer Morten Bergan finished tied for 52nd overall at 5-over 221 after a shooting a 2-over 74 Sunday.
Junior Colton Williams, who was returning to action after a knee injury sidelined him last week, finished the weekend tied for 93rd overall at 13-over 229.
The Baylor men's golf team returns to the links Friday, March 13-Saturday, March 14 when the Bears participate in the 2009 Border Olympics at the Laredo Country Club in Laredo, Texas. Baylor finished tied for fourth last season, while Williams took home medalist honors.
RON SMITH USF INVITATIONAL (Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club; Dade City, Fla.)
Sunday, March 8, 2009 (after final round)
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS (BAYLOR)
t7 Joakim Mikkelsen 71 72 71 214 -2
t7 Cody Paladino 69 73 72 214 -2
t7 Bill Allcorn 74 73 67 214 -2
t22 Lorenzo Scotto (I) 76 72 69 217 +1
t52 Morten Bergan 72 75 74 221 +5
t93 Colton Williams 75 77 77 229 +13
TEAM STANDINGS
t1 [10] Texas Tech 285 289 284 858 -6
t1 [4**] Florida Southern 286 289 283 858 -6
3 Middle Tennessee 285 286 290 861 -3
4 [37] Louisville 283 290 289 862 -2
5 [41] BAYLOR 286 293 284 863 -1
6 Marquette 283 287 294 864 E
7 Troy 290 281 295 866 +2
t8 Eastern Michigan 284 289 296 869 +5
t8 [3**] Columbus State 285 290 294 869 +5
t10 Missouri State 281 300 291 872 +8
t10 Austin Peay 284 295 293 872 +8
12 Jacksonville State 289 290 295 874 +10
13 Missouri 285 295 296 876 +12
14 Xavier 292 297 292 881 +17
15 South Alabama 293 302 294 889 +25
16 USF 300 286 305 891 +27
17 Arkansas State 286 302 304 892 +28
18 DePaul 296 297 302 895 +31
19 ULM 294 301 306 901 +37
20 Rhode Island 307 292 305 907 +43
21 Seton Hall 308 300 302 911 +47
22 Connecticut 301 312 314 927 +63
23 Cincinnati 311 309 312 932 +68
**(3) Columbus State and (4) Florida Southern are ranked in the Golfstat NCAA Division II Head-to-Head Standings
