FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (WLCSports.com) - Senior Joey Ploch (Oconomowoc, Wis.) finished 11th overall in a field of 99 players at the Royal Lakes Fall Invitational on Sunday and Monday at Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club. Ploch carded a career-low 70 (-2) in Sunday's first round to lead the Warriors, who placed eighth among 18 teams in the final team standings.
- Tournament: Royal Lakes Fall Invitational
- Location: Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club, Flowery Branch, Ga.
- Course Info: Par 72, 6,828 Yards
- WLC Team: 8th of 18 (+30)
- Top WLC Individual: Joey Ploch (+1), T-11th of 99
- Ploch tied for 11th overall to lead the Warriors with a two-round 145. The senior was tied for fourth after the first round after posting a career-low 70. He wrapped up the second round with a 75 on Monday.
- Senior Solomon Zarling (West Bend, Wis.) turned in a two-day 151. The senior, who tied Ploch with a team-high with nine birdies through both rounds, turned in scores of 75 and 76 for a 31st-place tie.
- Senior James Michaelson (Crystal Lake, Ill.) tied for 48th with a 155, which included a first-round 74.
- Senior Trey Gnewikow (Warrens, Wis.) recorded rounds of 78 and 79 for a 157.
- Senior Grant Hammer (Germantown Hills, Ill.) rounded out the five-player lineup for WLC with a 157 (76-81).
- Wisconsin Lutheran, which fired a 295 in the opening round for its second-best round in program history, placed eighth in the 18-team field that included five top-25 teams.
- The Warriors will next compete in the MSOE Fall Invitational on Sunday and Monday at Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva.
