Hamish Murray earned the first top-10 finish of his Husker career by tying for ninth individually at 211 (-2) to lead the Nebraska men's golf team at the Bearcat Invitational on Tuesday.
Murray, a junior transfer from Sydney, Australia by way of NCAA Division II Cameron (Okla.) University, closed his first tournament for the Big Red with a final-round 73 (+2) on the par-71, 7,279-yard layout at the Coldstream Country Club in Cincinnati. Murray's score over the final 18 holes followed back-to-back rounds of 69 (-2) on Monday for the Huskers.
Harry Crockett, a junior from Oxted, England, carded Nebraska's best round on Tuesday with a 72 (+1) to tie for 30th at 216 (+3) in the 90-player field in Cincinnati.
Senior Reed Malleck (York, Neb.) tied for 40th at 218 (+5), while fellow senior Gentry Scheve matched Malleck's final-round 75 on Tuesday to complete Nebraska's team score. Scheve (Emporia, Kan.) finished 71st at 224 (+11), while fifth-year senior Will Marshall tied for 67th at 223 (+10), including a final-round 76.
Nebraska slipped to 11th in the tight team standings at 865 (+13) with a final-round 295. The Huskers finished just two shots back of Virginia Tech and Little Rock (863) in a tie for eighth and one stroke behind Southern Miss (864) in 10th.
Chattanooga produced Tuesday's best team round with a 279 (-5) to pull away for the team championship with a three-round score of 838 (-14). The Mocs defeated Louisville by eight strokes (846), while BYU finished third at 849 (-3). The hosts from Cincinnati took fourth at 852 (E).
Louisville's Sebastian Moss claimed medalist honors with a three-round total of 201 (-12) that included a sizzling final-round 65 (-6). Cincinnati's Connor McNeely took second at 205 (-8), while Chattanooga's Paul Conroy finished third at 206 (-7).
Nebraska returns to action at the Badger Invitational in Wisconsin (Oct. 1-3).
Bearcat Invitational
Sept. 18-19, 2023
Coldstream Country Club (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Par 71, 7,279 Yards)
Final Team Results
1. Chattanooga - 276-283-279=838 (-14)
2. Louisville - 286-277-283=846 (-6)
3. BYU - 281-287-281=849 (-3)
4. Cincinnati - 277-280-295=852 (E)
5. FGCU - 288-285-283=856 (+4)
6. UNC Greensboro - 282-289-286=857 (+5)
7. Middle Tennessee - 281-283-295=859 (+7)
T8. Little Rock - 288-295-280=863 (+11)
T8. Virginia Tech - 289-288-286=863 (+11)
10. Southern Miss - 293-282-289=864 (+12)
11. Nebraska - 286-284-295=865 (+13)
12. UCF - 285-295-287=867 (+15)
13. Jacksonville - 292-287-289=868 (+16)
14. Arkansas State - 293-294-283=870 (+18)
15. Illinois State - 290-296-287=873 (+21)
16. Sam Houston - 304-289-283=876 (+24)
17. Memphis - 286-292-299=877 (+25)
Final Individual Results
1. Sebastian Moss, Louisville - 67-69-65=201 (-12)
2. Connor McNeely, Cincinnati - 65-68-72=205 (-8)
3. Paul Conroy, Chattanooga - 68-70-68=206 (-7)
4. Samuel Espinosa-Trueba, Chattanooga - 69-70-69=208 (-5)
T5. Filip Raza, Jacksonville - 70-71-68=209 (-4)
T5. Peter Kim, BYU - 68-73-68=209 (-4)
8. Sebastian Gamboa, FGCU - 75-67-68=210 (-3)
T9. William McDonald, Cincinnati - 72-69-70=211 (-2)
T9. Zac Jones, BYU - 68-73-70=211 (-2)
T9. Symon Balbin, UNC Greensboro - 67-73-71=211 (-2)
T9. Jack Tanner, Memphis - 70-69-72=211 (-2)
T9. Hamish Murray, Nebraska - 69-69-73=211 (-2)
T9. Garret Ebbert, UCF - 68-70-73=211 (-2)
Nebraska Individuals
T9. Hamish Murray - 69-69-73=211 (-2)
T30. Harry Crockett - 71-73-72=216 (+3)
T40. Reed Malleck - 74-69-75=218 (+5)
T67. Will Marshall - 72-75-76=223 (+10)
71. Gentry Scheve - 76-73-75=224 (+11)