PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Mason Williams and Brantley Baker each shot 69 in the final round Monday at Sawgrass Country Club, and the Georgia Southern men's golf team finished eighth at The Hayt.

North Florida held off Charlotte to win its home event by a stroke. Georgia Southern (+19) finished a stroke behind LSU (+18), four back of No. 37 Louisville (+15) in sixth and six behind No. 19 Tennessee (+13) in fifth. The field featured eight teams ranked in the top-50 nationally and 13 individuals ranked in the top-100, according to Golfstat.

Georgia Southern got off to a rough start and was in 13th place following the first round yesterday, but the Eagles righted the ship and tied for the third-lowest round in the afternoon session to charge five places up the leaderboard.

Baker shot even-par for the tournament to finish ninth on the individual leaderboard, while Williams followed yesterday's second-round 70 with his 69 to tie for 10th at 1-over. Hogan Ingram shot 73 today, and Wilson Andress carded a 74 to round out the Eagle counters.

Williams made five birdies on the day and shot 2-under on the back with birdies at 11 and 17. Baker shot 33 on the front after making birdie on four of five holes, and the freshman finished the round with 11 consecutive pars. The Eagles led the field with 173 made pars.

Scoring
Team – 303-295-285=883 (+19), 8
Brantley Baker – 74-73-69=216 (E), 9
Mason Williams – 78-70-69=217 (+1), T10
Wilson Andress – 74-76-74=224 (+8), T44
Hogan Ingram – 77-77-73=227 (+11), T58
Ben Carr – 78-76-76=230 (+14), T67

Quotables from Coach Carter Collins
"Although we didn't play our best, I thought we competed hard and scratched out a decent finish in an elite field. The team showed a lot of grit on a very demanding golf course in difficult conditions, especially yesterday. This is the type of course we will see at Conference, so we have some work to do, but I'm proud of them for the progress they are continuing to make. Hail Southern!"

Next Up
The Eagles are scheduled to compete in The Stitch, hosted by NC State April 8-9 at Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, North Carolina.