Aiken, SC - The 17th-ranked Virginia men's golf team shot 9-over 289 Tuesday to finish the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate in second place with a 54-hole total of 860. Top-ranked Alabama won the 18-team tournament at 849.

The Cavaliers have finished in the top five in all but one of their six tournaments this season.

Virginia was led during the final round by junior Ben Kohles' even par 70. He moved up to 17th overall at 7-over 217. Freshman Ben Rusch was the Cavaliers' top finisher. He shot 72 Tuesday to climb to ninth place at 3-over 213.

Rusch's finish marked the second time this year he has led the team in scoring. He was the runner up last fall at The Ridges.

Senior Amory Davis also carded a 72 during the final round and was 16th at 216. Will Collins was 20th at 218 including a 75 Tuesday and Bruce Woodall shot 77 in the final round to place 32nd at 222.

Alabama's Bud Cauley shot a tournament record 9-under 201 to take medalist honors. He had rounds of 66, 66 and 69.

Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate
Par-70, 6,617 yards
Palmetto Golf Club
Aiken, SC

Final Round Results
 1. Alabama            288-277-284-849
 2. Virginia           291-280-289-860
 3. Liberty            285-284-293-862
 4. Chattanooga        280-294-292-866
 4. East Carolina      293-285-288-866
 6. Clemson            285-286-297-868
 7. Vanderbilt         291-284-302-877
 8. Wofford            292-290-301-883
 9. Akron              291-286-307-884
 9. USC-Aiken          296-283-305-884
11. Georgia Southern   296-291-306-893
12. Maryland           298-298-302-898
13. Kentucky           314-290-295-899
14. Furman             306-286-308-900
14. Col. of Charleston 298-296-306-900
16. Elon               298-296-307-901
16. Presbyterian       306-293-302-901
18. Francis Marion     310-301-315-926

Individual Leaders
1. Bud Cauley, Alabama                  66-66-69-201
2. Harold Varner, East Carolina         71-67-68-206
3. Adam Hofmann, Vanderbilt             70-69-70-209
4. Benni Weilguni, Chattanooga          67-73-70-210
5. Matt Atkins, USC-Aiken               75-67-70-212
5. Crawford Reeves, Clemson             69-69-74-212
5. John Duke Hudson, Col. of Charleston 69-70-73-212
5. Cory Whitsett, Alabama               76-65-71-212
9. Robert Karlsson, Liberty             73-71-69-213
9. Ben Rusch, Virginia                  72-69-72-213

Virginia Results
 9. Ben Rusch      72-69-72-213
16. Amory Davis    75-69-72-216
17. Ben Kohles     74-73-70-217
20. Will Collins   70-73-75-218
32. Bruce Woodall  76-69-77-222