KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Trine University men's golf team closed out its fall season with a fourth place finish at the fourth MIAA Jamboree this afternoon at Gull Lake Country Club. Trine finished with 296 strokes and Jack Besner tied for second individually with a round of 70 (-2).
 
The Thunder still reign atop the MIAA standings despite conceding three shots to Calvin University and eight to event winners, Albion College. Trine leads the Knights by 12 shots and the Britons by 13.
 
Besner tallied half a dozen birdies on the afternoon, besting holes three, seven, eight, twelve, fourteen, and eighteen. His round marked the ninth time in 14 rounds he score par or better this fall.
 
Lance Decker also owns nine rounds of par or better this fall thanks to his round of 71 (-1) this afternoon. The sophomore finished tied for fourth place and dropped in a quartet of birdies.
 
Jake Bilby and Myles Secor rounded out the Thunder's four scoring rounds with rounds of 77 and 78, respectively. Secor made eagle on the 464-yard par five fourteenth. Nathan Brennan also notched an eagle on fourteen. On the day, the six Thunder golfers were -7 on the fourteenth. Vance Jarvis played as an individual and finished 15^th with a round of 74, including birdie on fourteen.
 
The Thunder will return to action in the spring at the Illinois Wesleyan Spring Invitational on April 2-3.