April 3, 2007

TUCSON, Ariz. -- - For the second consecutive tournament, and the fourth time in his last five events, Northwestern's Chris Wilson (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman) has posted a top-20 finish, placing 16th at Arizona's National Invitational Tournament in Tucson. As a team, the Wildcats finished 11th in the 15-team field, which included seven top-25 clubs.

Wilson, who has placed 11th, 12th, 16th and 16th in four of his last five tournaments, finished 1-under (69-74-72=215) for the two-day event. Wilson's final-round 72 consisted of three birdies, 13 pars, one bogey and one double bogey (on his last hole).

Junior Kyle Moore (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Scioto), the other half of the "Dublin Duo," finished Tuesday's round with a 1-over 73 and was even-par (70-73-73=216) for the tournament. He placed 23rd overall.

Dan Doyle (Rochester, Mich./Stoney Creek), David Merkow (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead Union) and Jonathan Bowers (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Watterson) placed 64th, 68th and 74th, respectively. Doyle carded a 75 on Tuesday to finish 9-over (78-72-75=225). Merkow was 12-over (72-79-77=228) and Bowers was 16-over (74-77-81=232).

In the team race, Arizona State held off defending NIT champion UCLA to win this year's tournament by eight strokes. The Wildcats, ranked 37th in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin index, placed ahead of Texas, Pepperdine, Kent State and Arizona's "B" squad. Arizona State's Niklas Lemke won the individual race with a 9-under 207, besting teammate Benjamin Alvarado and Tulsa's Ryan Henry by a stroke.

Northwestern wastes little time returning to the golf course, playing in this weekend's Boilermaker Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind.

Final results for the National Invitational Tournament can be found at National Invitational Tournament.

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