OLEAN, N.Y. – A final round of 296 helped the Northern Kentucky men's golf team earn a fifth-place showing at the Leo Keenan Invitational hosted by St. Bonaventure at the Bartlet C.C. Big surges by Drexel and Humber pushed yesterday's top three teams, Robert Morris, St. Bonaventure and NKU, down two spots on the final leaderboard.
 
Clayton Portz, Jacob Brinker and Jacob Poore carded final-round scores of 73. For Portz, his two-day total of 142 was good for a share of fifth and his second-consecutive top-five finish. Brinker and Poore earned a share of 12^th at 7-over for the tourney.
 
Logan Gamm notched NKU's final countable score with a 77 and finished t-38^th, while Matt Wetherill closed out Northern Kentucky's team competitors with an 85.
 
Three individuals competed for the Norse, led by Jackson Frame's 4-over, t-8^th effort. Corey Dulle carded a 76 on Monday and nabbed a share of 33^rd. Landon Osborne's rounds of 79-77 were good for t-46^th.
 
Northern Kentucky returns to action Sept. 27-28 when the Norse host the NKU Fall Classic at Elks Run Golf Club in Batavia, Ohio.
 
Norse Notes
·      NKU's 296 was its fifth-straight round shooting under 300.
·      The Norse are averaging 291.62 strokes per round. NKU's record for a season is 292.46 shot over 26 rounds during the 2006-07 season.
·      Portz's stretch of four-straight subpar rounds came to an end on Monday. However, the senior from Springfield, Ohio (Kenton Ridge), notched his second-straight top-five performance.