The Ferris men’s golf team earned a spot in the 2010 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Championships after fin­ish­ing third at the Super Regional on Wednesday.

With a team score of 908 strokes in the three-round NCAA Division II Midwest/South Central Super Regional, the Bulldogs clinched a berth in the Division II Championships as the top five teams from the regional advance. Central Missouri claimed the top spot among the 20 com­pet­ing teams with a score of 904 at the Territory Golf Club in Duncan, Okla.

After an open­ing round 287 that put Ferris in third place, the team slipped to sixth in the sec­ond round after a sub­par round of 320.

Ferris took con­trol in the third and final round, as the team bounced back and fired a 301, the sec­ond low­est team score of the round, to fin­ish the tour­na­ment four strokes off the lead.

Bulldog senior Eric Lilleboe led the charge for Ferris as he fin­ished tied for fourth with a 222 (+6) effort.

Fellow senior Garrett Simons also earned a top-ten fin­ish by plac­ing tied for sev­enth, one stroke behind Lilleboe at 223 strokes. Ferris senior Kurt Valley fin­ished tied for 31^st with a score of 229, while junior Joe Brown came in 79^th with a 241 on the tournament.

Senior Craig Burrows ended the tour­na­ment tied for 84^th place by shoot­ing a 243.

The Bulldogs will try to carry the momen­tum to the NCAA Division II Championships, which will begin on May 18 in Noblesville, Ind.