TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Fifth-year senior Brett Barron led the Georgia Southern men's golf team with 71 Wednesday at the Tallahassee Regional at Seminole Legacy Club, but the Eagles fell short of the cutline to advance to the NCAA Finals.

For the first time in the tournament, Georgia Southern started the round on the front 9. The Eagles ran their team score to 9-under through 11 holes, flirting with the cutline, but gave up strokes on the more difficult back 9 and ended the day even.

GS (E) finishes eighth, nine strokes behind fifth-place TCU, seven back of Ohio State in sixth and six behind Kansas in seventh. The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams advances to the finals. Regional host Florida State (-34) won the event, Georgia (-17) came in second, Georgia Tech (-16) finished third and Liberty (-15) took fourth.

Ben Carr shot 72 today to tie for 14th on the individual leaderboard, and Barron tied for 35th in his final collegiate tournament. Luke Dasher posted a 72, Mason Williams carded a 73 and fifth-year senior Jake Maples shot a 74 to tie for 37th in his final collegiate event.

The Eagle counters combined to make 12 birdies on the front nine. Carr was 3-under with birdies at 2, 4 and 7, and Dasher made consecutive birdies at 4 and 5 to make the turn 2-under. Barron birdied 1, 2, 6 and 7 and made the turn at 2-under, and Williams birdied 2, 4 and 7, making the turn at 2-under.

The Eagles return eight lettermen to the 2021-22 roster, including Carr, Dasher and Williams, who were in the lineup for the regional as well as the Sun Belt Championships.

Scoring
Team – 291-285-288=864 (E), 8
Ben Carr – 71-69-72=212 (-4), T14
Brett Barron – 72-75-71=218 (+2), T35
Jake Maples – 75-70-74=219 (+3), T37
Mason Williams – 76-71-73=220 (+4), T43
Luke Dasher – 73-79-72=224 (+8), T56

Quotables from Coach Carter Collins
"It was a goal of mine to not watch Golfstat very much today, but I could definitely feel the vibe that the guys were putting out on the front 9. They played some incredible golf, looking back at everything, and I'm very proud of them for putting us in position. They played well on the back 9, it's just such a hard back nine, especially the last three or four holes. So, really good playing all day, and I'm proud and appreciative of their effort. We did our best, and that's all I've ever asked of them. I'm very proud of them; they put their best foot forward this week."