TUNICA – In a strong field that included seven out of the Top 20 teams in the latest Golf World Preseason NCAA Division III poll, Millsaps placed 20th with a combined score of 660 for the two-day tournament at Tunica National Golf Resort.

Twenty-one teams competed on Sunday and Monday in the annual event, with 4th-ranked Oglethorpe, 5th-ranked Huntingdon, 11th-ranked Emory, 13th-ranked UT-Tyler, 15th-ranked Rhodes, 19th-ranked Transylvania and 20th-ranked Texas Lutheran all in the field.

Oglethorpe, who finished third in last year's event, took first place with a combined score of 579 to edge out second place Huntingdon by three strokes. Olafur Loftsson dropped a 69 on the scorecard on Monday to finish the weekend 2-under par to lead the Stormy Petrels.

Texas Lutheran (588), Oglethorpe-Team B (590) and UT-Tyler (592) rounded out the Top 5 teams, while Millsaps stumbled to a 20th place finish after carding a 660.

Sophomore Adam Haywood led the Majors with a two-day score of 163 to finish t-82nd overall, whereas Jerry Johnston (165), Madison Field (165) and Jack Rader (167) rounded out the top scores for Millsaps.

Millsaps will take two weeks off before its next competition, Oct. 13-14, at the North Alabama Golf Classic in Florence, Ala. The team will tee it up at Blackberry Trail GC.