This is first AAC title for Union since the 2003 squad won the conference tournament. Current head coach Eric Wyrick was a member of the squad and earned All-AAC honors as a freshman.
Union finished the four rounds of AAC play with a total of 1,214. King (Tenn.) College entered the Bulldog Spring Invitational with the conference lead, however the Tornado were overtaken by Union. King finished second, 10 shots behind Union. Tennessee Wesleyan College followed in third with Milligan (Tenn.) College in fourth.
The AAC regular-season honors were based on the two rounds from the Bulldog Spring Invitational and the Tornado Invitational played in October at the Country Club of Bristol (Tenn.) hosted by King.
Jordan Hogue (Stanford, Ky.) finished with All-Bulldog Spring Invitational honors after a final-round 73. He finished in a tie for fourth along with Josh Bamberger from King (Tenn.) College. Hogue's one-over-par performance was the second-lowest round of the day.
Senior Sam Lee (Knoxville, Tenn.) posted a 79 Tuesday to help secure a spot as an All-AAC team member. He finished the invitational in a tie for 8th, but was third in the conference standings.
Josh Goddard (Mt. Olivet, Ky.) and Magnus Lundberg (Stockholm, Sweden) both shot 80 in the final round.
Adam LaTulippe (Hamilton, Ohio) might have slipped in the final round with an 81, however he held on to finish in a two-way tie for fourth in the AAC standings.
In the Bulldog Invitational team standings, Union held onto the opening-round lead with a 312 Tuesday. The Bulldogs finished with a two-round total of 615, two shots ahead of Walters State (Tenn.) Community College. Covenant (Ga.) College was third, two shots better than Tennessee Wesleyan. Covenant posted a team score of 621 with Tennessee Wesleyan at 623. Milligan was fifth at 638.
Covenant's David Spencer won a playoff for invitational medalist honors. Dave Wilkinson, also from Covenant and Virginia Intermont College's Grayson Rossi were also in the playoff. The trio all fired rounds of 75 to finish with a two-day score of 148 at the top of the standings.
The event was played at the par-72, 6,757 yard layout Wasioto Winds Golf Course in Pineville, Ky.
Next on the schedule for Union is the Centre College Invitational Saturday at the Old Bridge Golf Course in Danville, Ky.
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