The No. 8-ranked Emory University golf team continues its spring season on Monday and Tuesday (Mar. 8-9) when it competes at the Lonnie Barton Memorial Invitational.  The 36-hole tourney will be played at the 7,016-yard, par-72 Savannah Quarters Country Club.

The Eagles of head coach Mike Phillips will be one of eight teams vying for the championship.  Other squads taking part include host Long Island University, Fairfield University, Robert Morris, Longwood, High Point, Bryant and Laval.   Longwood enters this event as defending champion after topping a 10-team field last year.

Emory is coming off a seventh-place finish out of 15 teams at the Callaway Collegiate Invitational (Mar. 1-2).  Sophomore Ryan Dagerman finished as Emory's top performer, totaling a seven-over par 151 (75-76), good for a 12th-place tie in the 85-player field. Senior Shane Miller was next on the Eagles' leader board with a 157 (76-81) that tied him for the 31st position. 

The tournament is named after Lonnie Barton, who served as golf coach at Long Island University for eight years.   Barton passed away in 2004 following a three-year bout with cancer.