Sophomore Reise Kelly led the UTM golf team to an eighth-place finish in the Gulf Coast Collegiate Classic at The Bridges Golf Resort in Bay St. Louis, Miss., earlier this week.

Kelly finished tied for 15th in the 11-team tournament and turned in a five-over-par 77 and a two-over-par 72 for a two-day total of 151. As a team the Skyhawks finished with a 612. They shot 306 each round. Five golfers make up the team and the top four scores are used to determine the team score.

Freshman Hunter Prescott shot a 155 and was tied for 30th in the two-day tournament hosted by Nicholls State. Senior Scott Carpenter was tied for 32nd with a two-round 156. Heath Prescott and Jason Bell rounded out the Skyhawk team at the tournament.

Both golfers tied for 38th with 157s. Bell shot a two-over-par 74 in the first round and finished with an 83.

Skyhawk Trey McNeil, a freshman from Dyersburg, competed as an individual in the tournament and carded a 74 and an 82 for a two-day total 156. McNeil finished tied for 32nd.

Tennessee State won the team title with a 586. The OVC team was led by Robert Dinwiddie who shot a one-under-par 71 in the first round and a three-under-par 69 in the second round.

Murray State was the only other conference school competing in the tournament. The Racers shot 603 and finished fourth.

The Skyhawk golfers return to action Sept. 22 and 23 in the Buffalo Rock Southern Showdown at Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham Southern will host the tournament.