The Panthers also finished their second round which was suspended due darkness on Monday, shooting a 306. Georgia State finished 36-over par for the 54-hole event.

Grey opened play on Monday with a first round 72, but struggled in the afternoon shooting 78. His final round 68, which tied for the low round of the tournament, gave him his fifth round in the 60's this season. He finished at 2-over for the event. Grey has yet to finish outside of the top 20 in six collegiate tournaments.

“I thought Jonathan played some really good golf this weekend and never quit,” commented head coach Joe Inman. “He was 6-over with five holes to play when play resumed this morning and finished strong. He used that to propel himself into a great final round to move up 20 spots on the leaderboard.

“As a team, we have a few things to work on, but we have a few weeks now before a stretch of three tournaments in 12 days. I think that stretch will go a long way to making out postseason aspirations a reality.”

Junior Grant Cagle finished off an impressive second round 2-under 70 in the morning before shooting a 4-over 76 in the afternoon to finish tied for 20^th. Cagle finished at 7-over par.

Junior Tyler Gruca finished tied for 37^th, finishing the event with rounds of 77 and 78 on Tuesday. Gruca, who finished runner-up at Wexford last year, finished at 14-over this year.

Junior Victor Lavin finished 51^st, shooting a final round 76 after shooting a second round, 9-over, 81.

Defending champion Damon Stephenson struggled in his first tournament of the spring. A year ago, Stephenson was the only golfer under par on the Hilton Head course, but after an opening round 74, he struggled in the second and third, shooting rounds of 85 and 76 to finish tied for 53^rd.

Georgia Southern carded a 293 team score for the third round and rallied past second-round leader Richmond to claim the team title with a 54-hole score of 879.  Host Francis Marion, which led after Monday's opening round, posted a final-round 296 tally and finished second in the team standings at 887, eight strokes behind the Eagles.  

Richmond and the South Florida finished in a tie for third at 888, 24-over. Samford rounded out the top five at 33-over.

South Florida's Trey Valentine overcame a one-stroke deficit during the final 18 holes to claim medalist honors with a four-under 212 total (69-73-70).  J.T. Poston (70-71-73) of Western Carolina and Scott Wolfes (73-71-70) of Georgia Southern tied for second place, two strokes behind at 214.

South Florida's Chase Koepka finished alone in fourth at 1-under followed by Georgia Southern's Hayden Anderson in fifth at even par.

Georgia State will return to the course March 11-12 at the Cleveland Golf/Palmetto Intercollegiate in Aiken, S.C. The two-day event will begin a stretch of three tournaments in 13 days for the Panthers who are looking to return to the NCAA Regionals in May.

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