AIKEN, S.C. //  Seniors Chip Deegan (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Jack Tarzy (Medford, N.J.) finished the 54-hole Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate under par, while leading the Navy men's golf team to a seventh-place finish with an 18-over par 858 (280-276-302) at the Palmetto Golf Club Tuesday afternoon.

Deegan and Tarzy were in the thick of it throughout the two-day tournament, shuffling amongst the top 11. Deegan started the tournament red hot, turning in a 4-under par 66 in Monday's opening round that featured an eagle on the 14th hole. He closed out the day with a 2-under par in the second round. He came back on Tuesday to post a 2-over par 72 to finish out the tournament in a tie for fourth place with a 4-under par 206.

Tarzy also had a strong opening day, turning in a 3-under par 67 in the first round, followed by a 4-under par in the second round. He fell back in the standings on Tuesday, capping the tournament with a 6-over par 76. Tarzy, however, remained under par for the tournament at -1 (209), just a stroke out of the top eight.

Hudson Mitchell (Fr / Pensacola, Fla.) recorded bookend 75s (+5) around a second-round 1-over par 71 to finish the tournament tied for 49th with an 11-over par 221.

Rounding out the team marks for Navy were Kaden Ausen (So / Puyallup, Wash.) and Danny Auffant (Jr / Bellevue, Wash.) who tied for 68th with a 20-over par 230. Ausen was fantastic in the second round where he shot a 1-over par 71, while Auffant opened the tournament with a 2-over par 72.

As a team, Navy shot par (280) in the opening round which was the third-lowest score over the first 18 holes. The Mids finished out the first day in second, as their second-round 4-under par 276 was tied as the lowest round of the afternoon. The Mids finished in a tie for seventh alongside Boise State, the highest-ranked team in the field (#106).

Tournament Notes
• Campbell led wire to wire to earn the team title behind a 10-under par 830. The Camels shot the low round over the first 18 holes with a 2-under par 278, followed up with a 3-under par 277 before turning in a tournament-low 5-under par 275.
• UAB also shot a 5-under par 275 in the final round, but the Blazers were unable to surge ahead in the standings, placing second with an 8-under par 832 (279-278-275).
• Virginia Tech's Ashton Harper scored individual medalist honors with his 8-under par 202. Harper shot the low round of the tournament in Monday's first round, posting a 7-under par 63 to take the lead, one he would not relinquish. Campbell's Benjamin Killingstad shot a 6-under par 64 in the second round to gain ground on Harper and followed up with a 1-under par 69 in the final round, but would come up a stroke short in the final standings with a 7-under par 203.

Navy returns to action March 23-24 when it competes in the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate played at the Golden Horseshoe Golf Course in Williamsburg, Va.

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