FARMINGTON, PA. - The Wheeling University Cardinals Men's Golf Team is coming off the Mountain East Conference Men's Golf Championships, where they placed second out of 11 teams, as they get set to play the Findlay Invitational. In this tournament they shot a total of 887 shots, which is just 30 over the total par. They also had a historic four golfers make the All-MEC List after the championships.

Leading the Cardinals in the championships was freshman Cormac Pearson, who came in third overall and shot three over par in total. Pearson was electric in round one, hitting five birdies and finishing one under par. Pearson had the worst round of the tournament in round two, but he still only went three over par and had an impressive three birdies. In round three Pearson again went two over par and hit three birdies through the third round. 

Graduate student Sean Dobson was the next Cardinal golfer, and he placed fifth overall and shot five over par through three rounds. His first round was stellar, as he went even picking up three birdies along the way. Dobson went two over par in round two, picking up one birdie and only two bogeys on through the full round. Dobson had another good round in round three, only going three over par. He had two birdies and a couple of bogeys. 

Another underclassman made his way to the Cardinals' top four as sophomore Elias Ekenes-Fosback tied for eighth overall and shot nine over par. He went five over par in round one but was still able to get three birdies. Ekenes-Fosback made a big improvement in round two, going two over par and tying with his top two teammates. He also hit two birdies in that round. He kept the moment from round two and carried it into round three as he hit two over par. Just like Dobson's last round, he only picked up three bogeys and had one birdie. 

Rounding out the top four in the last contest was sophomore Lodin Femoen, who placed 16th and shot 13 over par. In the first round he only went three over par and picked up three birdies as well. Femoen went six over par this round while only hitting one birdie. In round three Femoen improved while shooting four over par. He also picked up three birdies in round three.

The Findlay Invitational will be a two-day invitational and will begin Monday and end Tuesday with the tee-off time at 9 a.m.