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Fort Hays State’s Trey Herman was just one stroke shy of a five-way tie for first place at the Holiday Inn Express Classic, hosted by Missouri Western in St. Joseph, Mo. He tied for sixth individually at 5-over par overall with a total of 147. The Tigers finished 19th as a team.

Five players tied for first place with a 4-over total of 146, including Travis Mays and Sam Migdal of Central Missouri, Russ Purser of Central Oklahoma, Ryan Buerk of Missouri Southern, and Ryan Hand of Missouri Western.

Herman shot rounds of 73 and 74 to lead the Tigers. Nick VonLintel tied for 80th with rounds of 83 and 81. Billy Frey was 96th with rounds of 89 and 86. Kade Megaffin was 97th with rounds of 90 and 87. Grant Storey finished 98th with rounds of 93 and 85. FHSU as a team shot 661.

Central Missouri won the tournament with a team score of 597, followed by Arkansas Tech at 601 and Northeastern State at 602.

This tournament closed out the fall portion of the 2014-15 schedule for men’s golf. Action will resume in the spring.