Led by a 70 and three scores of 71, the Missouri Southern men’s golf team shaved 14 strokes from its opening round score and rallied for the tournament Oct. 7 at the Missouri Southern Fall Invitational.

The Lions were one-under par as a team with a 283 and finished the tournament with a score of 580.

Southern won by six strokes over Missouri Western State College, which finished with 586 (297-289).

Junior Andrew Koehler finished with a one-under par 70 to lead the Lions on day two of the tournament, played on the par 71 Loma Linda Country Club.

Koehler finished as one of three Southern players with 145 for their tournament total.

Koehler was five-under on par-5s in the tournament and had seven birdies.

Junior Danny Sinksen shot 145 (74-71), as did senior Andrew Watts.

Watts shot 74-71 in the tournament.

Sinksen ended tied for the tournament best with nine birdies. Watts, like Koehler, had seven.

Junior Geir Askvik finished with 147 (74-73) and junior Travis Stockholm had a 149 (78-71).

Sinksen, Koehler, Watts and Askvik all placed in the top 10 for the tournament.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis, the day one leader with 294, finished third in the tournament with a 591.

Central Missouri State University and Washburn University tied for fourth with 592.

CMSU shot 296 on both days, while WU had a 292 Oct. 7.

With the win of the second Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association-sanctioned event of the fall, the Lions are on top in the current conference standings with 13 points, as they received seven points for the Oct. 7 win.

CMSU is second with 11.5 points (including 4.5 for their fourth place tie). WU is third with 9.5 points, followed by MWSC with nine.