Muskogee, Okla. -- The Missouri Southern men's golf team placed tenth today in the first MIAA points event of the year, as the Lions competed at the 20th Annual NSU Classic at Muskogee Golf Club. 

Tristan Haltom led the way for the Lions as he shot even par on the final day of competition to finish three under for the tournament and tied for tenth individually. Jeremy Dunham shot a final-round 77 and finished two-over to tie for 29th. 

Adam Vining and Logan Greer finished at nine and 11-over to finish tied for 64th and 73rd, while Taylor Haltom shot a 227 to finish 14-over. 

Lindenwood shot a blistering 21-under par as a team over the three rounds to win over Arkansas Tech and Central Missouri who were both 15 strokes off the lead. Northeastern State was fourth followed by Washburn, Southern Nazarene, Southwestern Oklahoma, Henderson State, Missouri Western and the Lions to round out the top ten. Central Oklahoma, Harding, Minnesota State, Oklahoma Baptist, Bemidji State, Lincoln, Southwest Baptist and Fort Hays round out the team scores. 

The tournament was the first of two MIAA points events in the fall. The Lions finished as the sixth-highest scoring MIAA squad in the tournament and currently sit in sixth-place in the standings after one event. 

Southern will be back in action next week as the Lions play host to the MSSU Fall Invitational hosted at Shangri-La Country Club in Monkey Island, Okla. 

Team Standings (Conference points in parenthesis) 
1. Lindenwood (10) – 278-275-278 = 831
2. Central Missouri (9) – 286-272-288 = 846
3. Northeastern State (8) - 274-283-293 = 850
4. Washburn (7) – 289-278-285 = 852
5. Missouri Western (6) – 290-289-279 = 858
6. Missouri Southern (5) – 283-282-295 = 860
7. Central Oklahoma (4) – 286-285-291 = 862
8. Lincoln (3) – 291-296-305 = 892
9. Southwest Baptist (2) – 297-300-301 = 898
10. Fort Hays State (1) – 304-307-305 = 916

Individual Standings *
1 [2]. Yente Van Doren, Lindenwood (15) - 68-66-70 = 204
2.[3]. Ian Trebilcock, Washburn (14) – 67-68-70 = 205
3 [4]. Patrick McCarthy, Missouri Western (13) – 68-70-68 = 206
4 [5]. Brett Windsor, Central Missouri (12) – 69-67-71 = 207
5 [T6]. Carlos Gomez, Northeastern State (11) - 66-67-75 = 208
T6 [T8]. Blake Allen, Washburn (10) – 72-65-72 = 209
T6 [T8]. Matt Hoemann, Central Missouri ^^^ – 68-67-74 = 209
T8 [T10]. Carlos Abril, Lindenwood (8.5) – 69-75-66 = 210
T8 [T10]. Tristan Haltom, Missouri Southern (8.5) – 72-67-71 = 210
10 [T14]. John Bonaobra, Central Missouri (7) - 70-68-73 = 211
T11 [T17]. Markus Lindgren, Lindenwood (5.5) - 80-64-68 = 212
T11 [T17]. Jax Johnson, Northeastern State (5.5) - 69-73-70 = 212
13 [T23]. Jared Burns, Washburn ^^^ - 74-69-70 = 213
T14 [T26]. Tom Buffington, Missouri Western (3.5) - 69-76-69 =214
T14 [T26]. Gabe Trowbridge, Lincoln (3.5) - 72-71-71 = 214
T16 [T28]. Jeremy Dunham, Missouri Southern (1.5) - 67-71-77 = 215
T16 [T28]. Blake Murray, Central Oklahoma (1.5) - 70-74-71 = 215

* Conference points in parenthesis (  )
[   ] = Overall tournament finish 
^^^ =  Competed as an individual so ineligible for league points