Freshmen carry team in year's best finish

In its second to last tournament of the season, the IU men's golf team was seeking to eliminate what has been their demise all season long -- one high round. Even though the team did not quite accomplish the goal, they placed fourth at the Wolverine Invitational on Sunday, recording the team's best finish of the year.\nThe Hoosiers competed as a five-man team that included two freshmen, Scott Seibert and Brad Marek.\nSeibert, who was featured on Golfweek.com's 'Around Campus' section for his eagle he fired on his first collegiate hole last week, impressed coach Mike Mayer with his consistent play and tenth place finish. Seibert shot 72-72-72, for a total of plus-3, 216.\n"Scott played pretty impressive and pretty consistent," Mayer said. "He finished 10th in his second collegiate start."\nSeibert said he was happy with his play, but noted his putting could improve.\n"I felt a lot more comfortable, and felt a lot more energy on the course," Seibert said. "I played consistent this weekend, and drove the ball well," Seibert said.\nMarek's play at the Northern Intercollegiate on Sept. 28 earned him his spot on the roster this weekend. However, his results could not compare. Sandwiched into two rounds of 10 over par and eight over par respectively, was his only low round of the tournament, a 73 during the second 18. \n"I had a rough weekend," Marek said. "I didn't get off to a good start. The first day, I wasn't swinging well, and my putting let me down all weekend."\nMayer saw promise in Marek's second round play in which he shot a two-over-par 73.\n"He'll be back. He just had two bad rounds sandwiched around one good round. I expect to see him back in the lineup," Mayer said.\nThe nerves of playing in his first team tournament hit Marek during the first round of play. Nervous about not letting down his teammates, Marek kept his mind in the tournament for all 54 holes. \nMarek finished tied for 77th place with a final score of 20-over-par, 233.\n"I was a little nervous during the first round. I just feel bad I let the team down. But next time I'm in the lineup it won't happen again," Marek said.\nThe two sophomores in the lineup, Jeff Overton and Heath Peters, added to the Hoosiers scores. Overton shot an even-par 213, which left him in fifth place overall in the individuals division, and Peters shot a ten-over-par 223, and finished in 10th place. \nSenior captain Ben Davidson saw the action from the tee in front of him and behind him. His score for the weekend was also very consistent. Davidson shot 74-74-74 for a tournament score of +9, 222 which left him in 31st place.\n"Davidson played consistently mediocre. He had no big rounds, but also no low rounds," Mayer said.\nBesides his own play, the captain feels the team played pretty well.\n"My weekend wasn't terrible, but wasn't good. We had that one bad round that kept us out of contention," Davidson said.\nThat one bad round has been pestering this team for the entire fall season. Davidson said he thinks the team does not come into the tournament focused. \n"It always seems to be the first round. We get behind the eight ball and we have to work our way back," Davidson said.