RESULTS | NOTES
 
AKRON, Ohio---The Chattanooga Mocs continued their forward progress finishing sixth at the Firestone Invitational on Firestone Country Club's North Course. The squad posted its first par or better total of the season shooting 1-under 863.
 
"We were 7 under at one point today," coach Mark Guhne said. "It's an under-par tournament on a good course. This really showed that we're closer to reaching the potential that I truly believe this team has."
 
The final round 287 was led by senior Brooks Thomas' 69 (-3). Wes Gosselin added an even-par 72 with Andrew Weathers and Lake Johnson each turning in 73s. Stuart Thomas' 77 was the drop tally.
 
B. Thomas was sensational for the second straight week. He posted his first career top 5 tying for fifth at 211. It's also the first top 5 of the season by a Moc. Gosselin's 3-under 213 tied for 12th.
 
"Brooks continues to reap the benefits of his work between tournaments," Guhne added. "We always knew what he was capable of, he's just starting to show it. Instead of one or two good rounds, he's putting together complete tournaments, and I could not be more proud of him."
 
Cincinnati (850) got the win by three shots behind medalist Austin Squires (-11). Illinois State was second with an 11-under 853.
 
As a team, the Mocs posted the second-best round of the day. The 863 total is 13 strokes better than the previous low of 876 shot in their prior event at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate.
 
"Making progress," Guhne continued. "I felt we took a step forward in Arizona last time out and took another big one this week. We were close to doing something pretty special this week.
 
"We'll get back to work and get ready for the next one in two weeks."
 
UTC closes the fall schedule at the AutoTrader.com Collegiate in two weeks. The two-day, 54-hole event is at Berkeley Hills Country Club in suburban Atlanta. Click the links above for final results and notes from this week's performance.
 
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ABOUT CHATTANOOGA GOLF
The Chattanooga Mocs golf program has won six Southern Conference Championships (1987, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013) since joining the league in 1977-78. The Mocs have twice been ranked No. 1 in the nation during the falls of 2008 and 2009. It boasts:
- 4 NCAA Championships Appearances: 1993 (Individual-Neil Connolly), 2009, 2012, 2014 (Individual-Chris Robb).
- 3 All-Americans: Jonathan Hodge (2008), Stephan Jaeger (2012) and Chris Robb (2014).
- 1 NCAA Regionals Team Title: 2012 Bowling Green.
- 1 NCAA Regionals Medalist: Stephan Jaeger (2012 Bowling Green).
- 8 NCAA Regionals Team Appearances: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- 3 NCAA Regionals Individual Appearances: Neil Connolly (1992, 1993) and Wes Gosselin (2016).
- 2 Top 25 season-ending rankings: 2008 (12) and 2009 (25).
- 1 United States Amateur Champion: Steven Fox (2012).
- 1 Scottish Amateur Champion: Chris Robb (2014).
- 5 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars: Derek Rende (2009, 2010), Jaeger (2011, 2012) and Gosselin (2016).
- 2 SoCon Champions: Donnie Green (1978) and Jaeger (2012).
- 5 SoCon Golfers of the Year: Hodge (2007, 2008) and Jaeger (2010, 2011, 2012).
- 3 SoCon Freshman of the Years – Rende (2007), Jaeger (2009) and Andrew Weathers (2015).