Newton, Kan.  – The Missouri Southern men's golf team just missed out on its second team championship of the fall season as the Lions placed second at the Newman Invitational held at Sand Creek Station Golf Course.
 
The Lions will go into the spring MIAA season in first place, however, as Southern was the top finishing MIAA team today earning ten points to put the Lions in first place in the MIAA standings. Complete MIAA standings are below.
 
Teams had to deal with colder weather over the course of two days as all 36 holes could not be finished yesterday and some teams had to finish out round two today and then move on to round three.
 
Ben Marckmann led the way for the Green and Gold as he placed third individually with a score of 218, just three strokes off the lead. Josh Hamnett finished tied for tenth as he shot a 75 in the final 18 to finish at 224 for the tournament.
 
Ben Epperely shot 229 to finish tied for 22^nd, while Tradgon McCrae finished at 231, tied for 30^th. Connor Williamson shot a 233 and was tied for 41^st.
 
Concordia-St. Paul edged out the Lions as the Golden Bears shot five over as a team and finished three strokes in front of Southern to take the team title. Northeastern State was third, followed by Rogers State, Washburn, Central Oklahoma, Fort Hays State, Central Missouri, Missouri Western, Arkansas Tech, Southwestern Oklahoma, Minnesota-Crookston, Sioux Falls, Mary, Lincoln and Newman to round out the team scores.
 
Southern will be back in action next week when the Lions travel to Tulsa to take part in the Tulsa Cup hosted by Rogers State at Forest Ridge and Indian Springs.
 
MIAA Golf Standings After Two Events (Points)
1. Missouri Southern – 19
2. Washburn – 17.5
3. Northeastern State – 17
4. Rogers State – 13.5
5. Missouri Western – 10
T6. Central Oklahoma – 9
T6. Central Missouri – 9
T6. Fort Hays State – 9
9. Lincoln – 4
10. Newman 2