Huskers Win Fairway Club Invitational

Nebraska City, Neb. - The Nebraska men's golf team won the season-opening Fairway Club Invitational by eight strokes after shooting 302 at ArborLinks Golf Course in Tuesday's final round. The victory marks the Huskers' first since the 2010 Mizzou Intercollegiate.

Sophomore Manuel Lavin led the way for NU, earning a career-best second place finish after firing an even-par 72 in the final round. Lavin finished two strokes behind the medalist, Missouri State's Daily Young, who finished at 3-under-par 213.

Also notching top-10 results for the Huskers were Neil Dufford and Scott Willman. Dufford added a 75 to the NU total on Tuesday, while Willman posted 77. Dufford produced a career-best tie for seventh place finish, with 221 strokes. Willman tied for 10th at 223.

Senior Austin Zimmerman tied for 39th after a final round 80. The Lincoln native shot 76 and 81 on Monday, which put his three-round total at 237. Freshman Ross Dickson compiled 243 strokes for the tournament and earned a tie for 55th in his Husker debut.

Tying with Dickson was individual Jordan Reinertson, who carded an 81 in the final round. Reinertson's younger brother, Josh, finished in 69th after an 88 on Tuesday.

The Huskers return to action next Monday and Tuesday when they travel to Lawrence, Kan., for the Kansas Invitational.

Fairway Club Invitational
Sept. 12-13, 2011
ArborLinks Golf Course
Nebraska City, Neb.
Par 72 - 7,158 yards 

Team Results
1. Nebraska - 894 (300-292-302)
2. Missouri State - 902 (300-301-301)
3. Creighton - 903 (314-293-296)
4. Oral Roberts - 906 (310-296-300)
5. South Dakota State - 908 (307-306-295)
6. North Dakota - 911 (312-303-296)
7. Western Illinois - 912 (307-304-301)
8. Drake - 914 (307-310-297)
9. Nebraska-Omaha - 937 (310-311-316)
10. SIU-Edwardsville - 940 (313-308-319)
11. Loyola-Chicago - 944 (317-325-302)
12. South Dakota - 955 (323-329-303)

Individual Results
1. Daily Young, Missouri State - 213 (67-74-72)
2. Manuel Lavin, Nebraska - 215 (73-70-72)
3. Jordan McLaurin, Missouri State - 216 (74-70-72)
4. Devin Leland, Drake - 217 (69-76-72)
5. David Holtgrewe, Oral Roberts - 218 (76-69-73)
6. Nick Dennis, Loyola-Chicago - 219 (73-74-72)
T-7. Nolan Meyer, South Dakota State - 221 (73-76-72)
T-7. Neil Dufford, Nebraska - 221 (72-74-75)
9. Kevin Stanek, Creighton - 222 (81-73-68)
T-10. Andrew Godfrey, Western Illinois - 223 (76-78-69)
T-10. Scott Willman, Nebraska - 223 (79-67-77)
T-10. Austin Miller, Creighton - 223 (76-70-77)

Nebraska Results
2. Manuel Lavin - 215 (73-70-72)
T-7. Neil Dufford - 221 (72-74-75)
T-10. Scott Willman - 223 (79-67-77)
T-39. Austin Zimmerman - 237 (76-81-80)
T-55. Ross Dickson - 243 (80-85-78)
*T-55. Jordan Reinertson - 243 (82-80-81)
*69. Josh Reinertson - 264 (89-87-88)

*-denotes competing as individual outside of Husker lineup