The Eastern men’s and women’s golf teams competed in two events over the past week in Jacksonville, Fla., hosted by Butler University.

March 9-11, the teams’ competed two-day action at the Don Benbow Butler Invitational at the Jacksonville Beach Golf Club.

On the men’s side, the Panthers finished in 11th place out of 13 teams with a two-round score of 640, with its best day coming on the final day of the tournament, when it shot a 314.

Sophomore Oscar Borda led the Panthers with a tournament total of 153, with his best day shooting a 4-over 76 on the first day of the tournament, which was good enough for being tied in 23rd place.

Caleb Sibley, from Florida Atlantic University, finished in first place with a 1-under 71, and a 2-under 70 for his tournament total of 141.

Juan Pablo Segurola, from IUPUI, shot a 4-under 68 in the first day of the tournament, and was in first place after day one. His second day total of 74 slipped him into second place.

Evansville finished the tournament in first place with a two-day total of 581 and Florida Atlantic finished three points behind Evansville for second place.

Cleveland State rounded out the top three finishing with a two-day total of 591.

Eastern’s women’s golf team finished in 10th place out of 11 teams in the tournament with a two-day score of 714.

Tiffany Wolf led all Panthers tied for 26th place for the tournament, while Ana Fernandez de Mes won the tournament with a score of 149, shooting a 4-over 76 in day one and a 1-over 73 in day two.

Newberry College won the tournament with a score of 649, led by Sophia Optiz who tied for third with a score of 158.

Cleveland State finished one point behind Newberry and ended up in second place for the tournament.

Alabama State rounded out the top three with a score of 655.

In the Butler Bulldog tournament, the men’s team placed fifth out of nine teams competing.

Again, the Panthers were led by Borda, who had a rough first day shooting a 11-over 83, but coming back strong the second day, shooting a 3-over 75.

Butler University won the men’s side of the tournament with a two-day total of 608, and was led by Joey Arcuri, who placed first for the individual with a score of 143.

On the women’s side, the Panthers finished in eighth place out of nine teams competing in the tournament. Eastern was led by Elyse Banovic, who finished in 26th place, with a score of 175 for the two days.

IUPUI won the tournament with a score of 659 and Chicago State came in second with a score of 666 for the tournament.

The Eastern women return to the action for Western Kentucky Invitational play on March 30-April 4 at the Bowling Green Country Club in Bowling Green, Ky.

The Panther men will next compete at the Arkansas State Red Wolf Intercollegiate at the RidgePoint Country Club on April 6-8 in State University, Ark.

Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.