KINGSTON SPRINGS, Tenn. – Loyola University Maryland senior Evan Brown tied for eighth at the NCAA Kingston Springs Regional, the best finish ever for a Greyhounds golfer in NCAA competition, wrapping up his tournament at 4-under 209.
 
Brown shot 67 in his first round on Monday before turning in a pair of even-par 71s in the final two rounds. His 4-under score left him one stroke shy of a playoff to advance as an individual to the NCAA Championships.
 
As a team, the Greyhounds finished 11^th, the best finish at a NCAA Regional in program history and the top finish for a Patriot League team. Both feats bettered Loyola's 12^th-place finish at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional in 2015.
 
Brown and the Greyhounds teed off from The Golf Club of Tennessee's back-nine, and he rolled in birdie putts on three of the first four holes before a triple-bogey six on the 14^th hole brought him back to even for the round.
 
He then birdied the 15^th hole and had pars on the final three of the back nine, his front. He slipped to 1-over for Wednesday after a double bogeying the par-4 first hole, his ninth, before he birdied the third hole to pull level.
 
Brown wrapped up his tournament with six-straight pars to finish the round at 71 for the second day in a row. He was in line for a playoff spot to advance to the NCAA Championships as an individual before Michigan State's James Piot birdied the 17^th hole to get to 5-under for the tournament.
 
Brown entered the tournament ranked No. 92 nationally by Golfstat, and he beat nine golfers ranked in the top-100 and two in the top-15.
 
Brandon Berry, the 2021 Patriot League Champion, was Loyola's No. 2 finisher, tying for 60^th. Carlo Pizzano tied for 64^th, and Brett Inserra was 66^th, while Trent Geritz was 74^th.
 
Vanderbilt, the tournament's host, won the team race, and San Diego State's Puwit Anupansuebsai was the individual medalist.