KETTERING, Ohio -- Four University of Evansville golfers broke 80 again today to give the Purple Aces a sixth place finish out of 17 teams in the men's division of the University of Dayton Invitational at NCR Country Club South.

First round tournament leader Michael Sainz of Evansville finished as the Aces' low man for the tournament with a 36-hole score of 151, good for a 16th place tie. Griffin Wood (75), Andrew Luo (76), Neal Millay (77) and Christian Poling (79) kept UE in the top six today as Evansville finished with a team score of 611. Ball State won the tournament, coming from seven strokes down after the first round to win by five strokes. Justin Lower of Malone University earned medalist honors with rounds of 73 and 69 for even-par 142.

Tuesday's round was the final one of the fall season for the Aces, who return to tournament action in February.

DAYTON INVITATIONAL TEAM SCORES:

1. Ball State 596; 2. Toledo 601; 3. Bowling Green 604; 4. Malone 606; 5. Ohio U. 608; T6. Evansville, IPFW 611; T8. Youngstown State, Wright State 614; 10. Butler 619; 11. Southern Illinois 624; 12. Duquesne 626; 13. Dayton 632; 14. Robert Morris 647; 15. Valparaiso 660; 16. IUPUI 663; 17. Chicago State 708.

EVANSVILLE SCORES:

T16. Michael Sainz 69-82=151; T29. Neal Millay 77-77=154; T37. Andrew Luo 79-76=155; T53. Griffin Wood 83-75=158; T53. Christian Poling 79-79=158; *T65. Ricardo Paredes 82-78=160; *T73. Tim Simmons 81-80=161. *played as individual

Medalist: Justin Lower, Malone, 73-69=142