March 30, 2007

RICHMOND, Ky.--Freshman Andrew Aseltine fired rounds of 73 and 71 to sit in a tie for 16th place at even par 144 and spur the Miami University golf team to a fifth-place standing after two rounds at the Eastern Kentucky University Spring Intercollegiate on Friday afternoon.

Sophomore Ben Wood carded rounds of 75 and 71 to move into a tie for 27th place at two-over par 146, while sophomore Ben Bastel shot a 70 in the second round, the low-round for the RedHawks, after shooting 77 in the first round to move into a tie for 33rd place at three-over par 147.

Senior Joshua Dean is tied for 45th place at five-over par 149, while junior Connor Doherty is tied for 53rd place at seven-over par 151.

The RedHawks are just three strokes out of fourth place and six strokes out of third place heading into Saturday's final round.

5 Miami (Ohio) 	294 288 582
T 16 Andrew Aseltine 	73 71 144
T 27 Ben Wood 	75 71 146
T 33 Ben Bastel 	77 70 147
T 45 Joshua Dean 	71 78 149
T 53 Connor Doherty 	75 76 151
Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores
1 Eastern Kentucky U. 	284 275 559
2 Morehead State Univ 	288 280 568
3 Cincinnati, U. of 	294 282 576
4 Malone College 	289 290 579
5 Miami (Ohio) 	294 288 582
6 Ohio University 	296 288 584
7 John A. Logan CC 	294 292 586
   Dayton, Univ. of 	296 290 586
9 Bowling Green State 	291 297 588
10 IUPUI 	296 297 593
11 Wright State Univ. 	307 291 598
12 Centre College 	305 299 604
     Youngstown State U. 	296 308 604
14 Brown University 	303 304 607
15 IPFW 	310 312 622