NORRISTOWN, Pa. - - Coming down the home stretch of the 2023-24 season, the Wilmington University golf team earned a third-place finish at the Jefferson Spring Invitational, shooting rounds of 319-308 for a 627 (+67) on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Jeffersonville Golf Club.

Ranked 11^th in the latest NCAA Golf Regional Rankings and 7^th overall in the East in the Scoreboard Powered by Clippd rankings, the Wildcats are aiming to be one of the 10 teams in the called out to compete in the NCAA Division II East/Atlantic Super Regional Tournament in May.

Tyler Cleaves finished fourth overall and was the first non-Goldey-Beacom team member in the standings. Goldey-Beacom is the No. 1 ranked team in both the Clippd and NCAA East Regional Rankings. Cleaves shot rounds of 78-72 for a 150 (+10), just six strokes off the top of the leaderboard. He finished 15^th overall in Par 3 scoring with a 3.63 score average, 5^th overall in Par 4 scoring with a 4.21 score average and 8^th overall in Par 5 scoring with a 5.00 score average.

Pablo Quintero finished 14^th overall and led the Wildcats after the first round with a 74 (+4). He shot rounds of 74-82 for a 156 (+16). He finished 4^th in the tournament in Par 3 Scoring with a 3.25 scoring average, 18^th in Par 4 scoring with a 4.46 score average, and 22^nd overall in Par 5 scoring with a 5.75 score average.

Ryan Heenan had an eight-stroke improvement between rounds, shooting rounds of 84-76 for a 160 (+20). Heenan finished 8^th in the tournament in Par 3 scoring, shooting a 3.38 average in the two rounds. He also finished 23 in Par 4 scoring with a 4.54 average and 29^th overall in Par 5 scoring with a 6.00 average.

Sacha Brown placed 22^nd overall with rounds of 83-79 for a 162 (+22). Brown finished 19^th in the tournament in Par 4 scoring with a 4.50 scoring average and 18^th overall in Par 5 scoring, shooting an average of 5.50 on the long holes.

Blake Ramirez rounded out the team scoring with rounds of 87-81 for a 168 (+28) to finishin in 29^th place. He finished 24^th overall in Par 4 scoring, shooting 4.58 on average while also finishing 21^st overall in Par 5 scoring, shooting an average of 5.75 stroke per par 5 hole.

Playing as an individual, Jan Lekes finished tied for 25^th overall while shooting rounds of 83-82 for a 165 (+25). He was 11^th overall in par 4 scoring, shooting an average of 4.38.

The Wildcats have one tournament left to move up the rankings, as they will compete in the Super Regional Preview hosted by West Liberty in Wheeling, West Virginia. They will head to the Oglebay Resort for two rounds starting on April 22.