RICHMOND, Ky.-The Eastern Kentucky University's men's golf team placed fourth earlier this week in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament with a three-round score of 879. The tournament, hosted by Middle Tennessee, was held in Nashville at the Springhouse Golf Club, April 19-21.

The tournament went down to the wire with the top five teams finishing within five strokes of each other. Morehead State took top honors with a score of 875. Southeast Missouri came in second with an 876, followed in third place by Middle Tennessee with an 877. Eastern Kentucky, leading after the first two rounds, placed fourth with a score of 879, while Tennessee-Martin took fifth with an 880.

Junior Eric Willenbrink led the Colonels with his fourth place finish of 215. Willenbrink was one of two unanimous choices for the All-Ohio Valley Conference Team for his regular season's play and was also selected on the All-OVC Tournament Team.

"We were right there going into that final round, but just couldn't pull it off," said Pat Stephens, EKU men's head coach. "Overall, it was a disappointing spring. We didn't play up to our ability as a team. We seemed to have trouble bringing in that third and fourth man's score in every tourney we played.

"I was happy that our two seniors put together a good OVC Tournament, especially Mason Guy. We'll miss them next year, but we have several of our top golfers returning. We're looking forward to the fall season and getting back after it," he added.

Senior co-captain Mason Guy tied for eighth place for EKU with a 219, while sophomore James Milam tied for the 14^th spot with a 222. Senior captain Andy Games ended with a 225, placing him 22^nd. Junior Josh Lee finished 41st with a 235.