DEARBORN, Mich. -- The Wayne State University men's golf team won its third event in a row on Tuesday for the first time since the 2019-20 season.  The Warriors finished atop the leaderboard at their own Motor City Shakedown thanks to a two-day score of 567 (-9, 290-277), 10 strokes better than Saginaw Valley State in second place.  WSU's 277 in round two is the squad's second-best 18-hole team score in the last 21 years, second only to a 274 set on Sept. 28, 2019 in round one of the WSU HawksHead Invitational.

Individually, Tyler Hurtubise (Essex, Ont. / Essex District) took home the first individual title of his career among the field of 54 and fifth top-10 placing as a Warrior.  Hurtubise carded a 140 (-4, 70-70), the lowest 36-hole total of his career, while the 70 is two shots off his personal best that he set in round three of Hillsdale's Get To Foundation Invitational on Sept. 17.

"I am almost at a loss for words," said head coach Mike Horn.  "What an outstanding comeback again today.  The boys put the pedal to the metal and hit the gas today!  Fantastic rounds from Matty Ice (Mat Hawryluk), Max Leppelmeier, Josh Lahner and Shawn Sehra.  What an awesome way to pick up his first victory in college, congratulations to Tyler Hurtubise on an outstanding two days with a four-under-par.  We are definitely living dangerously by having to come back on the last day, but these guys have done it three tournaments in a row and now we stand at 30 and 0."

"Huge shout out to Mo Makki, Steve Booth and Chad Johnson for helping bring the Warriors as well," added Horn.  "Another win!  Thanks to Marissa (Krynak), Lisa (Erickson) and Lydia (Lee) for helping with the event as well.  What a great team victory on our home turf.  We are going to get ready for Findlay in two weeks where we'll try to keep it going."

Right on the heels of the senior as the runner-up was redshirt senior Josh DiCarlo (Amherstburg, Ont. / General Amherst), his second top-10 showing of the season and 11th of his illustrious career.  DiCarlo did so with a 142 (-2, 70-72).  Hurtubise and DiCarlo were joined in the top five by Mat Hawryluk (Chatham, Ont. / Ursuline College Chatham) who tied-for-fifth with a 144 (E, 78-66).  That 66 moved Hawryluk 30 spots up the individual rankings and is just one stroke off the program record for 18 holes.

The record of 65 was set twice previously including Tyler LaSerra in 2012 and matched by Max Leppelmeier (Wauseon, Ohio / Pettisville) nearly a decade later.

In a tie-for-seventh, Leppelmeier rounded out the scoring for Wayne State's "A" group while firing a 145 (+1, 75-70).  Leppelmeier ascended nine spots on day two, tied with Josh Lahner (Roselle, Ill. / Lake Park) for the second-best improvement of any Warrior.  Lahner shot a 147 (+3, 76-71) to tie-for-15th while the "A" team's sixth player in Ian Smith (Canton, Mich. / Plymouth) tied-for-25th with a 150 (+6, 75-75).
 
Switching gears, Wayne State's "B" team finished in eighth at 28 over (604, 306-298).  That group consisted of the following six:

T11. Shawn Sehra (Windsor, Ont. / Academy 21 [Xavier]) - 146 (+2, 75-71)
T25. Andrew Daily (Brighton, Mich.) - 150 (+6, 75-75)
T36. Luc Warnock (McGregor, Ont. / E.J. Lajeunesse [Northern Illinois]) - 155 (+11, 79-76)
T38. Harrison Chapman (Marshall, Mich.) - 156 (+12, 80-76)
50. Chandler Stodolak (Standish, Mich. / Standish-Sterling Central) - 164 (+20, 77-87)
51. Tommy Gebeck (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. / University Liggett) - 166 (+22, 86-80)

Next on the schedule for Wayne State is Findlay's Doc Spragg Fall Invitational on Oct. 14-15 at the Findlay Country Club in Ohio.