Men's Golf | 9/14/2021 4:27:00 PM

     CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Liberty University men's golf team tied Davis & Elkins for runner-up honors and senior standout Alex Easthom carded a top five finish in the medal chase as the Golden Eagle Invitational wrapped up here Tuesday at Berry Hills Country Club.
     Coach Thadd Obecny's Hilltoppers and the Senators posted matching 36-hole scores of 585 but couldn't keep pace with host Charleston, who posted the two lowest team scores of the tournament to win going away with a 571 total.
     Gannon (526) was only a stroke behind WLU and D&E in fourth place with Indiana, Pa. (599) a distant fifth in the 14-team field.
     Easthom, the reigning MEC Player of the Year, stayed in the thick of the medal chase throughout the event but couldn't mount a charge down the stretch to get over the hump.
     Charleston's David Scragg took medal honors with a 2-under-par 138, one shot better than runner-up Connor Bennink of Gannon (139). Charleston's Mitch Hoffman (141) edged Easthom (142) out for third place in the medal standings.
     The West Liberty men will be in Erie, Pa. this weekend to compete in the Mercyhurst Invitational. Play gets under way on Friday morning.
         1. Charleston 571; 2. (tie) WEST LIBERTY, Davis & Elkins 585; 4. Gannon 586; 5. Indiana, Pa. 599; 6. (tie) Concord, Mercyhurst 604; 8. (tie) Glenville State, W.Va. Wesleyan 612; 10. (tie) Bluefield State, Fairmont State 617; 12. UVa-Wise 622; 13. Notre Dame 629; 14. Wheeling 647        142: Alex Easthom (70-72)
       147: Howard Peterson IV (74-73)
       148: Derek Graham (73-75)
       150: Noah Seivertson (74-76)
       152: Bo Orecchio (78-74)