MAPLE PLAIN, Minn. – A hole in one by junior Will Black highlighted the St. Olaf College men's golf team's 11th-place finish at the Minnesota Golf Classic on Sunday and Monday at Pioneer Creek Golf Course.

Black aced the 208-yard 13th hole on Monday as part of a career-low round of 70 (-2), as St. Olaf posted its lowest round of the 54-hole event on Monday with a 297 (+9). The Oles finished 11th out of 15 teams overall with a 914 (+50) after moving up three spots in the team standings on Monday after playing 36 holes on Sunday.

First year Evan Hovde was St. Olaf's top finisher in a tie for 58th (226, +10) in the field that included 25 NCAA Division I golfers competing individually. Hovde posted consistent rounds of 75 (+3), 75 (+3), and 76 (+4) and had three birdies apiece in the first and third rounds.

Black jumped up 30 spots on the leaderboard with his two-under 70 on Monday to finish in a tie for 67th (230, +14). The junior's hole in one was part of a stretch where he went birdie, eagle, birdie as part of a three-under 33 on the back nine, while his 70 was the team's low round of the season so far.

First year Silas Dusenbury tied for 70th (232, +16) and closed the tournament with rounds of 75 (+3) and 74 (+2), as he rose 18 spots up the leaderboard on Monday. Senior Jacob Brown tied for 75th (233, +17) one shot behind Dusenbury.

The Oles will be back in action at the SJU Fall Invitational on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26-27 at St. Coud Country Club and Blackberry Ridge Golf Club.