STATESBORO, Ga. – The Georgia Southern men's golf team came out smoking and never looked back en route to a tournament-tying, single-round 268 team total in the final round of the 40th Schenkel Invitational Sunday at the Forest Heights Country Club to claim the second team title in the history of the event.

Senior Steven Fisk shot a 7-under 65 for the day with eight birdies against just one bogey to take home medalist honors.

The team win is the second all-time at the Schenkel Invitational, joining the 2014 team in the record books as champions of the event. It's also fifth top-three finish in past six years for the Eagles.

Fisk shot a blistering 14-under 202 to pull away from the field and pick up the eighth of his career, tying Jodie Mudd for most at Georgia Southern. It's also his fifth win this season. He is the fourth Eagle to win the Schenkel and the first since Scott Wolfes in 2014.

Brett Barron was also sizzling on the course, posting seven birdies en route to a 65. The total was the second-lowest in his collegiate career and his third-place finish tied his career best best that he set at the 2017 GS Individual. Also posting low rounds for the team on Sunday were Jake Maples and Ben Carr (both -3) and Mason Williams shot an even-par 72. Carr finished fourth as the Eagles went 1-2-4 for the event.

On the individual side, Colin Bowles shot a 70 while Wilson Andress and Jacob Bayer both shot even par.

As a team, the Eagles' 268 tied the Schenkel Invitational record for lowest round, equaling Alabama's 2012 mark shot in the first round. The 268 is the lowest final team round on record for the tournament.

Scores
Steven Fisk – 70-67-65: 202 (-14), 1st
Brett Barron – 73-71-65 (-7), 3rd
Ben Carr – 72-70-69 (-4), 4th
Jake Maples – 79-72-69 (+4), T29th
Mason Williams – 75-78-72 (+9), T52nd
Team – 290-280-268: 838 (-26), 1st

Indys
Jacob Bayer – 74-74-72: 220 (+4), T28th
Wilson Andress – 73-76-72: 221 (+5), T34th
Avery Price ­– 73-76-73: 222 (+6), T41st
Luukas Alakulppi – 76-72-76: 224 (+8), T47th
Colin Bowles – 76-79-70: 225 (+9), T52nd
Crawford Simmons – 78-75-73: 226 (+10), T56th
Alexander DeRosa – 78-83-80: 241 (+25), 83rd    

Quotable from Coach Carter Collins
"Proud doesn't begin to describe to how I feel right now. To have the tenacity to keep fighting even when things weren't going well the first two days really shows the character of these guys. They fought really hard to get into the last group today and this is why. You want to have your competitors in front of you so you know what you have to do and the importance of how we finished the first round showed today. I couldn't be more proud. When we got punched in the mouth those first nine holes on Friday, we just kept fighting and today is a culmination of all that. Momentum is hard to grab so hopefully we can use this in the last couple of events of the season."

Next up
The Eagles will head to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to participate in the Tar Heel Intercollegiate at the UNC Finley Golf Course on Saturday and Sunday.