FARMVILLE, Va. – Behind Scott Jordan's best career performance to date, Longwood men's golf finished fifth at the Savannah Intercollegiate. Jordan finished tied for fifth and finished two under. Nick Rakes was tied for 14^th after firing his final round under par.
 
SCORING
The Club at Savannah Harbor
Savannah, Ga.
Par 72, 7,084 Yards
 
5. Longwood: 294-294-292—877 (+13)
 
T5. Scott Jordan: 72-68-74—214 (-2)
T14. Nick Rakes: 76-72-71—219 (+3)
T34. Daniel George: 72-77-74—223 (+7)
T47. Zane Moore: 79-75-73—227 (+11)
T62. Brendan Dunphy: 74-76-80—230 (+14)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
The Lancers ended the fall with a top five finish at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate, and they opened the spring the same way. Scott Jordan shook off a slow start on the day to finish tied for fifth. He finished the tournament with the best average score on Par 5s, and he tied for third in the field in birdies with 11.
 
Rakes improved round by round through the weekend and carded a team-best 71 over the final 18 holes. He moved up five spots into a tie for 14^th.
 
Daniel George finished tied for 34^th after posting a 74 in the final round to finish in the top half of the field.
 
Zane Moore posted his best round with a final-round 73 to climb up eight spots in the player standings after a slow start on the first day of the tournament. He finished tied for 47^th.

WHAT THEY SAID:
 
"Much like yesterday, I thought we did some really good things," said Head Coach Kevin Fillman. "I felt like we started a lot better today. It seemed that, once we got into the round, we took some nice steps forward but then did something to take too many steps backwards. It just makes it tough to post really good scores."

"I was glad that Scott got experience playing with the lead pairing," Fillman added. "He did a good job of staying within himself and doing what he does. He'll be abot to draw on today the next time he's in that situation."
 
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
 
Longwood finished as the best team on Par 5s at the tournament. The Lancers were 11 strokes under par.
 
The Lancers were fourth in the field in birdies with 37.
 
Longwood was third in the field with 172 pars.
 
Rakes and George were tied for second on the Lancers in birdies with eight on the weekend. They were three behind Jordan, the team leader.
 
UP NEXT:
 
Longwood heads down to Florida in two weeks for the Daytona Beach Invitational on Monday and Tuesday, March 6-7.
 
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