DUPONT, Wash. – Following a successful opening day at the Saint Martin's Men's Golf Invitational on Friday, the Saints capped off the tournament with a third place finish, led by Max Turnquist's round three 69.
 
COMPLETE RESULTS
 
Turnquist built on the success he found in the opening rounds, after shooting 71-72 on Friday, he topped himself with a 69 to lead Saint Martin's. Turnquist rose up the leaderboards to tie 12th overall, and with his teammate Dennis Geissler.
 
Geissler, who was the Saints' top performer yesterday, put together another solid round, shooting even par at 72 to bring his total to 212. Tyler Fitchett played consistently well all tournament, going 73 and 70 on Friday before shooting another two-under par on Saturday at 70. Fitchett placed tied 16th overall at 213.
 
Alec Charles put together three consecutive rounds of 73 to always be the Saints' fourth and final scorer. His total of 219 placed him tied for 40th in the field. Brooks McKinney wrapped up Saint Martin's five with his score of 76-77-79-232.
 
On the individual side of action, Andy Renne scored 76 on Saturday to conclude the tournament at 68-74-76-218. Jordan Terada continued to see improvement on his score, dropping from 79 to 74 to finally even par at 72.
 
Saint Martin's (289-283-284-856) tied with Western Washington for third place overall in the tournament. Winning the event was Simon Fraser (286-270-277-833), followed by Dixie State at 289-283-277-848.
 
"Simon Fraser had an unbelievable tournament but it was fun being in the hunt for the runner-up crystal today," said head coach Kevin Bishop. "It was a good start to the season, and I was super proud of the way the guys finished their rounds today. We work on that in every practice."
 
Saint Martin's travels to Western Washington on Monday-Tuesday for their tournament. Live scoring of the event will be available on smusaints.com.