0PITTSBURGH - The Georgia Southern men's golf team wrapped up its fall slate Tuesday in fine fashion at the RedHawk Intercollegiate at the Pittsburgh Field Club, taking home runner-up honors as a team with the squad's best performance of the fall. Additionally, four Eagles finished in the top 25 individually with sophomore Brycen Jones taking home co-medalist honors.

In the opening round, Brantley Baker got off to a hot start with a two-under 69 that featured four birdies. Jones had two birdies and an eagle while Edouard Cereto used two birdies to both post a 70. Jones came out smoking in the second round, posting four birdies on the first five holes en route to a 65. His clean card featured six birdies in total as the sophomore tied his career low. Jones was joined in the red by Claxton, who had six birdies of his own en route to a 67 while Baker used five birdies to shoot a 68.

The second round was suspended Monday due to darkness and completed Tuesday morning. Upon completion, the squad rolled right into the final round and picked up where they left off on Monday. The group started with 10 birdies on the front nine and then picked up nine more and an eagle on the back nine to shoot a final-round score of 281. Jones recorded six birdies to shoot a 68 to complete the strong weekend. Baker shot a 70 and Claxton shot an even-par 71 to help the Eagles stay near the top of the leaderboard. Ian Glanton shot his best round of the event with three birdies en route to a 74.

As a team, the Eagles posted their three lowest rounds of the fall (282-274-281=837), finishing just one shot behind champion Marquette. For the fall, the Eagles improved every round of every tournament, dropping 28 shots total in the first round from the opening tournament to this one (310 to 282), 26 shots in the second round from the first tournament to this one (300 to 274) and 10 shots in the final round from the opening tournament to this one (291 to 281).

Jones had a strong tournament, finishing a 10-under-par with a 203 (70-65-68) on the immaculate par-71 course. It marks his second career title after winning the Colleton River Collegiate last year late in the season. Baker posted a solo fifth finish with a 207 (67-71-68) and Claxton tied for 15th with a 212 (73-67-72). Cereto rounded out the top-25 finishers by tying for 24th place with a 215 (70-74-71). Jones tied for the field's best score on the par 5s, playing them at -11 (4.08 avg), tied for 10th on the par 4s at -1 and tied for 10th on the par 3s. Baker tied for third in par 4 scoring at -3 and tied for eighth on the par 5s, playing them at -7. Jones led the team and finished tied for third in the field with 14 birdies for the three rounds, and also had an eagle. Baker finished tied for ninth in the field with 13 birdies and also had an eagle. Claxton had 12 birdies, Cereto had eight and Ian Glanton posted six, including three in a row in his final round.

Words From Coach Carter Collins:
"I'm very proud of this week and this team. Coming up one shot short stings, but being in the battle is what we love and sometimes you end up on this side of things. Congratulations to Brycen on co-medalist honors as well. This week will pay big dividends for us now and down the road. So proud of these guys and this team. The future is mighty bright. Hail Southern!!"

The Scores
Team - 282-274-281=837 (-15), 2nd
Brycen Jones - 70-65-68=206 (-10), T1
Brantley Baker - 69-68-70=210 (-6), 5
Parker Claxton - 73-67-72=215 (-1), T15
Edouard Cereto - 70-74-71=218 (+2), T24
Ian Glanton* - 78-80-74=235 (+19), T82
*Played as an individual

Up Next: vs. Jacksonville (Match Play) - Jan. 27, 2025, Pablo Creek Club in Jacksonville