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Men’s Golf Climbs Leaderboard During Final Round of Saint Leo Invitational; Scialanga Earns Third Top-Ten Result of Season

| By: Kyrin Mayfield | @k_mayfield97
Results
DADE CITY, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle men's golf team jumped three spots on the leaderboard during Tuesday's final round to place 12th in the Saint Leo Invitational. Edoardo Scialanga led the charge with a third-round score of 70 to send the sophomore 14 spots up the scoreboard into fourth place.

THE TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Appearance: 6th
Best Finish: 8th (2021-22)
Best Score: 875 (2021-22)

THE COURSE
Lake Jovita Country Club
Par: 72
Yards: 7,121

THE FIELD
Teams: 18
  • #8 Lee
  • #12 Florida Southern
  • #19 Rollins
  • #23 Nova Southeastern
  • #32 Valdosta State
  • #42 Montevallo
  • #43 Barry
  • #44 Palm Beach Atlantic
  • Saint Leo
  • Eckerd
  • Carson-Newman
  • Lynn
  • Georgia College
  • Tampa
  • Kentucky Wesleyan
  • Trevecca Nazarene
  • Virginia Union

Individuals: 99
  • 10 are ranked inside the top 100

THE PLAY
Embry-Riddle (300-290-293=883) | 12th
  • The Eagles were six under on par-5s, the tenth-best mark in the field.
  • ERAU's 155 pars tied for the most in the tournament.

Edoardo Scialanga (73-68-70=211) | 4th
  • The Rome, Italy native closed out his round by going three under par on the back nine.
  • Scialanga's score of 211 tied for the ninth-best 54-hole score in program history.
  • He earned his third top-10 result of the season and the fifth of his career.
  • Additionally, it was his third career top-5 placement. 
  • Scialanga tied for the fourth-best average on par-4 holes (3.89).
  • He was also four under par on par-5s.
  • The sophomore's nine birdies were the most on the team.

Ryan Gear (76-68-77=221) | T-42nd 
  • Gear collected two birdies on Tuesday.
  • He was three under par on par-5 holes.
  • His 33 pars ranked first on the team and tied for seventh in the tournament.

Ian Ball (74-76-72=222) | T-46th
  • Ball jumped up 14 spots on Tuesday.
  • He capped off his tournament with an exclamation point by going bogey-free in his last eight holes with one birdie and seven pars.

Tiago Barni (77-78-74=229) | 68th 
  • Barni closed out his final round similar to Ball. He tallied one birdie and four pars over the last five holes.

Aleksandar Abrashev (81-78-80=239) | 92nd
  • Abrashev posted his best 54-hole score of the season.

THE LEADERS
Team
  1. Saint Leo - 855
  2. Lee - 857
  3. No. 12 Florida Southern - 859

Individual
  1. No. 5 Colton Swartz (Florida Southern) - 206
  2. Elliot MacGregor (Carson-Newman) - 208
  3. Jorge Berea (Nova Southeastern) - 209

UP NEXT
The Eagles compete in their third tournament in three weeks at the World Golf Village Collegiate on Feb. 24-25. The field will primarily feature NCAA Division I teams as well as Flagler.
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