PALM HARBOR, Fla. – The No. 15 Lynn men's golf team wrapped up the Copperhead Championship with an 11th-place finish at +36 on Tuesday. The event featured one of the strongest fields of the fall, including eight teams ranked inside the top 10 and 13 of 17 programs nationally ranked.

INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT:
Copperhead Championship
Team Result:  11^th out of 17 teams
Team Winner: West Florida (-11)
Individual Winner: Per Ekelund (West Florida, -5)
Course Details: Innisbrook Resort and GC | Par 71 | 7,209 Yards

HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Fighting Knights posted rounds of 297 (+13), 289 (+5) and 302 (+18)
- Andres Asin, who competed as an individual, and Simon Roessler each tied for 39^th place at +9
- Asin shot a 68 in the second round, going -4 over an eight-hole stretch
- Three of Roessler's four birdies came during his opening-round 72
- Matthew DePinto and Theo Desroches finished one stroke back of Asin and Roessler at +10 (T-44)
- DePinto shot an even 71 in the second round and tallied six birdies over his three rounds
- Desroches started the tournament with a 71 and birdied the 567-yard Par-5 11^th hole in each of his first two rounds on Monday
- Cole Ropicky finished T-53^rd at +13
- He shot a second-round 69, highlighted by six birdies over the 18 holes
- Joe Houghton tied for 62^nd place at +14
- He improved his score each round, closing with a 73

FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- The Blue and White totaled 32 birdies and 166 pars
- Roessler had the seventh-best score on Par 3s (-1, 2.93) among a field of 90 golfers
- Desroches was 14^th in Par 4 scoring at +3, 4.11
- Asin was under par (-2) on Par 5s
- Ropicky had eight birdies to lead the Fighting Knights

UP NEXT:
- Lynn will play in the Citrus Intercollegiate at Champions Gate Golf Club Int'l in Davenport, Fla. on October 27 and 28