NationaSophomore Bronson La'Cassie fired a final round 65 to finish at 9-under 207 and tie for fourth at the National Invitational Tournament in Tucson, Arizona. La'Cassie finished three shots behind tournament medalist Matt Bortis of Arkansas. As a team, Minnesota shot rounds of 289-287-284=860 to tie Tulsa for 11th place, 22 shots back of tournament titleist TCU.

La'Cassie's 65 is a new career low and ties for the third-lowest 18-hole score in school history. The last 65 carded by a U of M player was on Nov. 2, 2003 by Justin Smith in the third round of the Landfall Tradition. The Brisbane, Australia native's 54-hole score of 207 is also a new career best and matches the seventh-best mark by a Golden Gopher.

Other Golden Gophers finishes included a tie for 42nd by Ryan Paulson and Ben Greve at 1-over 217. Paulson had a 74 Tuesday and Greve shot even par. Niall Turner tied for 54th at 3-over 219 after a final round 73. Freshman Jurrian Van Der Vaart finished 74th at 234.

Minnesota returns to action Saturday and Sunday at the Augusta State Invitational in Augusta, Ga.

National Invitational Tournament Final Results 1 TCU 276- 283-279=-838 (-26) 2 Arkansas, U. of 282-278-281=841 (-23) T3 UNLV 277-287-279=843 (-21) T3 Arizona 281-281-281=843 (-21) 5 Texas 286-276-282=844 (-20) 6 New Mexico 280-286-282=848 (-16) T7 Arizona (B) 280-283-287=850 (-14) T7 Pepperdine 286-285-279=850 (-14) T9 Arizona State U. 280-292-287=859 (-5) T9 Southern California 287-286-286=859 (-5) T11Tulsa 286-289-285=860 (-4) T11 Minnesota 289-287-284=860 (-4) 13Washington <290-291-281=862 (-2) 14 Kent State 285-298-295=878 (+14) Minnesota Scores T4 Bronson La’Cassie 70-72-65=207 (-9) T42 Ben Greve 72-73-72=217 (+1) T42 Ryan Paulson 72-71-74=217 (+1) T54 Niall Turner 75-71-73=219 (+3) 74 Jurrian Van Der Vaart 76-75-83=234 (+18)