GAINESVILLE, Ga. – The No. 2 University of North Georgia (UNG) men's golf team finished in second place out of an elite field of 15 teams while hosting the 4th Annual Mizuno Intercollegiate at Chattahoochee Golf Club in Gainesville, Ga. Tuesday afternoon.

No. 16 Lander finished in first place with a combined team score of 10-under par just ahead of the Nighthawks at 7-under. In third was No. 6 Georgia Southwestern (GSW) at five-under followed by No. 12 Columbus State (three-under) and No. 5 Lee (one-over).

Junior Colby Bennett shined during UNG's home tournament this week. The third-year Nighthawk finished par or better in all three rounds. After recording a 70 and 67 in the opening rounds on Monday, he finished with an even-par 72 in the finale. His tournament score of seven-under landed him in a tie for first place among the 81 players in the field. No. 3 Lincoln Memorial's Morgan Cain eventually took home individual medalist honors in a playoff.

Senior Hunter Smith put together the sixth top-10 performance of his career, finishing in 10th place at two-under for the tournament. 

Junior Grant Langford carded the best final-round of any Nighthawk on Tuesday. With a bogey-free, three-under 69 the LaFayette, Ga. native climbed 21 spots up the leaderboard to land in 35th place at 4-over.

Junior Rhett Smith concluded the tournament with a 3-over 75 to finish in 39th place at 5-over individually.

Sophomore Jack Rowe was the final scoring UNG golfer this week after ending his tournament at 7-over and in 45th place.

Freshman Drew Sutherland competed as an individual for the Nighthawks and posted a strong performance of six-over to earn himself a 41st-place standing in his second collegiate tournament. 

Freshman Kai Marko and junior Garrett Horton also competed as individuals this week as Marko closed in 73rd place and Horton in 77th place.

Now UNG will get ready for the 11th Annual GSW Hurricane Invitational next week. The Nighthawks have had major success in the Hurricane Invitational of late having won three consecutive team titles along with another victory at the event in 2016. Play begins at Doublegate Country Club in Albany, Ga. on Monday, Sept. 22 and concludes on Tuesday, Sept. 23.