AIKEN, S.C.---Chattanooga redshirt freshman Benni Weilguni (Langelois, Austria) posted his best career finish winding up fourth at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate. Weilguni's 70 (E) today gave him a 54-hole total of 210, even par.

"Really proud of Benni and how he played this week," said head coach Mark Guhne.  "He put together three strong rounds and is off to a great start to the Spring."

Weilguni's play led the Mocs to a tie for fourth overall with East Carolina at 866.  Today's 292 was the fourth-best team total for the final round.

No. 2 Alabama won the event at nine-over par 849.  No. 17 Virginia was second at 860, while Liberty ended up third with a total of 862.

Chattanooga claimed wins over Clemson (2 shots) and Vanderbilt (11), along with SoCon rivals Wofford (17), Georgia Southern (27), Furman (34), College of Charleston (34) and Elon (35).

Bud Cauley of Alabama was the individual medalist with a tourney-record 201 (-9).  ECU's Harold Varner was second at minus four, 206, followed by Adam Hoffman (Vandy) at one under, 209.

Stephan Jaeger (Munich, Germany) ended his 54 holes tied for 21st at 219 with rounds of 70, 75 and 74.  Steven Fox (Hendersonville, Tenn.) was tied for 24th at 220.

Chris Robb (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) had a strong bounce-back round today with a one-over par 71. That moved him 29 spots up the leaderboard into a tie for 32nd at 222.  Davis Bunn (Knoxville, Tenn.) rounded out the Mocs lineup at tied for 38th one shot behind Robb at 223.

"I like the way Chris came back today," added Guhne.  "He gave us what we needed.

"Overall, it was a decent start," Guhne concluded.  "We had one great round and another strong one.  I'm looking forward to seeing it continue to come together."

Next up for Chattanooga is the Furman Intercollegiate next week, March 18-20.  Fox is the defending co-medalist of the event.  Live scoring will be available on GoMocs.com.

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NOTES:

• The Mocs played with Clemson and Vanderbilt...Beat the Tigers by five today and Vandy by 10.
• Chattanooga was tied for third in par 3 scoring (+17), fifth in par 4 scoring (+33) and tied for sixth in par 5 scoring (-6).
• The Mocs are second as a team in pars with 165 and tied for ninth with 33 birdies.
• Weilguni's 70 is his 6th par or better round...Fourth-place finish is his first top 5 and second straight top 10...210 is his best 54-hole total...Five of his last six rounds have been par or better...Fourth in par 4 scoring (-1).
• Jaeger wound up tied for fourth in par 3 scoring (+1)...Counted all 15 rounds he's played this season.
• Robb's 71 is his best round since opening with a 71 at the Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate.