GREEN BAY,
Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Fighting
windy conditions that yielded only one round under par in two days, freshman Tyler Schmidt (Jefferson, Wis.) fired
his second-straight two-over par 74 Tuesday at Green Bay Country Club to take
third-place at the Green Bay Invitational. Schmidt, playing for the Green Bay B
team, finished four strokes back of North Dakota State's Nate Varty, who
claimed medalist honors with two even par rounds.
Junior Chad
Ebert (Kenosha, Wis.) had a 78 on Tuesday and tied for sixth overall to
lead the top Green Bay squad to a fifth-place finish. The Phoenix had a 318 in
tough conditions after firing a 301 on Monday. Butler took the team title with
a total score of 606, two shots clear of defending champion Saint Ambrose
(300-308=608). North Dakota State (304-309=613) and North Dakota State's B
squad (298-318=616) took third and fourth, respectively.
Sophomore Sam
Weber (Heartland, Wis.) and Tom Boockmeier (Green Bay, Wis.) were tied for 15th overall with
36-hole totals of 155. Weber shot a 78 on Tuesday while Boockmeier carded an
81. Boockmeier had a team-high eight birdies on the week for the Phoenix.
Freshman Nic
Johnson (Wales, Wis.) also tied for
15th place while playing for the Green Bay B team. Led by Johnson's
second-round 76, the squad finished in sixth place (313-310=613) in the team
standings. Fellow freshman Derek Fiestadt (Kaukauna, Wis.) had a 78 on
Tuesday for the B team.
Schmidt's second 74 was the third best round of the
day on Tuesday and included four birdies, two bogeys and two double bogeys. The
freshman was just a stroke back of Saint Ambrose's Travis England, who finished
second. Schmidt led the tournament field
in par five scoring at three-under par.
Green Bay returns to action next Monday and Tuesday, playing
in the Erv Kaiser Invitational in Oxbow, N.D.