SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. – Three players shot 2-under or better on Tuesday, and the Loyola University Maryland golf team won the Donald Ross Collegiate Class by strokes strokes at Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club.
 
Evan Brown (-3), Brandon Berry (-2) and Matt Malits (-2) combined to shoot 7-under on the 6,723-yard, par-72 course in the final round.
 
As a team, the Greyhounds were 2-under during the final 18 and overtook second-round leader UNC Greensboro to finish 11-over for the tournament. The Spartans finished second at 18-over, while Richmond was third a stroke back.
 
Brown tied for fourth overall at 1-under with rounds of 75-71-69, while Malits had sixth to himself with rounds of 74-72-70 to shoot even par for his best collegiate finish. Berry tied for seventh at 2-over (74-74-70). Turner Foster tied for 58th, and Brett Inserra was 69th. Trent Geritz played as an individual and tied for 63^rd.
 
Loyola opened the day just over midway through the second round – Monday's start was delayed due to frost – and in second place at 8-over. Through 18 holes, the Greyhounds were 13-over and three shots back of UNC Greensboro.
 
Berry, Brown and Malits all had strong front nines to put Loyola in striking distance of the Spartans.
 
Brown was bogey-free at the turn with birdies on the fourth and eighth holes, while Berry was 3-under. He had a pair of bogeys that were cancelled out by an eagle on the par-4 fourth hole, and he also stroked a trio of birdies. Malits rebounded from bogeys on the first and fourth holes to birdie three-straight from six through eight.
 
Berry had a birdie on the 11th before a double bogey on the 12th and bogey on the 15th. Be birdied the par-4 16th to get back to 2-under for the round.
 
Brown, meanwhile, continued to roll in pars with six in a row between nine and 14. He birdied the 15th and 17th holes before a bogey on the final hole of the day set his score at 3-under.
 
Malits had a bogey-free back nine with seven pars and birdies at the 13th and 16th holes to finish at 2-under 70, his best collegiate round.
 
The win is the Greyhounds' first since the 2017 Patriot League Championships and the eighth since 2011 when Chris Baloga became head coach.