Lasso wins individual title at AASU Pirate Invitational - Queens University of Charlotte Athletics

Sunday, February 21

Savannah, GA

Queens University of Charlotte

Armstrong Atlantic State University Pirate Invitational

Day 1 Results Day 2 Results

2/23/2010 6:50:34 PM | Men's Golf

Queens finishes fourth as a team

By: Sarah Waple, Director of Sports Information

CHARLOTTE, N.C.- Ben Lasso (Falls Church, Va., Heritage Academy) shot the tournament low 67 to win the Armstrong Atlantic State University Pirate Invitational by one stroke after two rounds of play at the Southbridge Golf Club Tuesday afternoon. Lasso finished the tournament with a card total of 140, four strokes under par. As a team Queens University of Charlotte finished in fourth place behind Flagler College, AASU and UNC-Pembroke.

The Royals shaved off seven strokes from the first round, 300, to the second, 293, to finish with 593 for the complete tournament. Queens beat out conference foe Mount Olive and No. 11 Lander in the final standings.

Lasso led the team with 26 puts and five birdies.

Behind Lasso was Robert Andrew Hodge (Hebron, Ky., Conner) and Ryan Sevigny (Stittsville, Ontario, Sacred Heart) tied for 20^th. Both shot 150 over two rounds with Hodge shooting 75-75 and Sevigny carding 74-76.

David Bainbridge (England, Thomas Alleynes) rounded out the team scoring with a 75 during the final round, three strokes better than his first round out. Pureum Lee (North Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Handsworth Secondary) was the fifth man on the team and finished in 35^th- tie place by shooting 155. Bainbridge hit 14 in greens in regulation, the team high for the day.

The two Royals entered as individuals, Mike Markiewicz (Chicago, Ill., Knoxville Catholic) and Adam Dwyer (Ann Arbor, Mich., Horon), finished 47^th-t and 51^st, respectively.