ELK RIVER/LE SUEUR/BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The St. Olaf College men's golf team put together an eighth-place finish at the 54-hole Twin Cities Classic held Saturday through Monday at Elk River Golf Course, Le Sueur Golf Course, and Minnesota Valley Country Club.

St. Olaf posted a team score of 910 (+42) over the three-day event to place eighth in the 15-team field with rounds of 299 (+11), 308 (+20), and 303 (+11). The tournament was the final one for the Oles before the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Championships.

Senior Ike Vessey was St. Olaf's top finisher with a 54-hole score of 226 (+9), highlighted by back-to-back rounds of 73 (+1) on Saturday and Sunday, which were the second-lowest rounds of his career. Vessey, who tied for 24th, carded four birdies in the first round, three in the second, and finished the tournament second in par-four scoring (-2).

First year Silas Dusenbury was three shots behind Vessey in a tie for 37th (229, +12). Dusenbury's best round of the event was a three-over 75 on Sunday that included three birdies on the front nine.

Junior Will Black shot St. Olaf's lowest round of the tournament with an even-par 72 on Saturday, which included three consecutive birdies on holes 5-7 as part of a three-under 33 on the front. Black went on to tie for 41st (231, +14).

Senior Jacob Brown recorded four birdies on Monday in a two-over 75 and tied for 43rd (232, +15).

The Oles will begin the MIAC Championships at 10:27 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10 at Edinburgh USA in Brooklyn Park.