Boulder City, Nevada – The Youngstown State men's golf team had a solid three rounds to finish second at the Jackrabbit Invitational which concluded on Tuesday at the Boulder Creek Golf Course.

The Penguins had a three-round total of 851 (284-286-281) to finish as the runner up behind host South Dakota State who carded an 847 (281-285-281). Finishing third was Kansas City (862) while North Dakota (866) was fourth.

Individually, Ryan Sam finished second with a six-under-par 210 firing rounds of 70, 67, 73. He was six shots back of medalist Seamus Bogan of Morehead State who had a 12-under par 204.  Michael Porter was seventh with a 213 while Jordan Kish and Nolan Schilling tied for 15th at 215.

Sam carded an impressive 14 birdies during the tournament. His second round was particularly strong as he shot a 67 which saw seven birdies, nine pars and just two birdies.

Porter carded scores of 71, 70 and 72 at the Boulder Creek Course. He had 12 birdies throughout the tournament with five coming on today's final round.

Shilling had a four-under par round on Tuesday to move up to 15th position. His round of 68 featured six birdies and just a pair of bogeys. He had rounds of 72 and 75 on Monday and 13 birdies during the event. Kish had a two-under par 70 for his final round that featured five birdies. He had five birdies during a first round 71 and collected an eagle at the par-5 fifth during a second round of 74.

Playing as an individual, Joshua Weiner finished 28th (four-over par), Rocco Turner (five-over par) was 33rd and Ayden Richmond finished 62nd. Turner had 11 birdies while Weiner also had an eagle three on the par-5 fifth during his second round.

The Penguins are next in action on March 30-31 when they head to Indianapolis for the Don Benbow Invitational hosted by Butler.

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