DESTIN, Fla. — Two Cougars individually finished in the top 15 as No. 25 Averett University men's golf moved up three spots as a team on the final day to place 14th at the prestigious Golfweek Division III Invitational, which finished play Tuesday at the par-71, 6,651-yard Raven Golf Club.

The consistent Cougars shot a 12-over-par 296 for the third consecutive day to finish the 54-hole event at 36-over.

Junior Antti Vahvaselka and freshman Max Pettersson each made big moves during the final round to finish in a tie for 15th. Vahvaselka moved up five spots while Pettersson moved up 10 spots as both finished at 4-over for the three-day tournament. No. 11 Oglethorpe University's Michael O'Sullivan won the tournament by three strokes at 6-under.

No. 2 Emory University won the tournament as a team, shooting a collective 7-over 859 to beat Oglethorpe by five strokes. The tournament featured 15 of the top 25 teams plus seven others receiving votes in the most recent Bushnell/Golfweek Division III poll.

Averett senior Caleb Kimbrough, who won the Golfweek Division III Invitational last fall, bounced back on the final round to shoot a 1-over 72 to finish at 14-over, along with sophomore Killian O'Reilly, who also shot 14-over. Junior Casper Mellby ended the tournament at 26-over.

Averett returns to the course at Guilford College's O'Briant-Jensen Memorial on Oct. 31 for its final event of the fall.