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MALVERN, Pa. - Senior Mike Johnson shot a two-over 73 in the final round on Tuesday to finish fifth out of 88 players at the Villanova Wildcat Invitational at White Manor Country Club. Johnson shot a 71-76-73=220 (+7) to lead the Explorers for the fifth time this season and the 26th time in his career.

The Explorers shot their third best score of the 2013-14 season on Tuesday, a 297 (+13), which followed up a pair of 292s the team shot at the Rutgers Invitational. La Salle tied for eighth in the 16-team field with a 308-309-297=920. 

"The guys really played great today," head coach Brad Kane said. "We finally got a good day weather-wise to play this spring and showed what we can do. Overall it was a very nice tournament for us."

Johnson opened play on the tenth hole and started birdie-birdie. He remained two-under until a double-bogey on the par five 17th dropped him to even. Seven pars and two bogeys on the back gave him a 73. 

"It was really solid play from the team today and great improvement from yesterday," Johnson said. "It was a good kick start heading into Lafayette next week and remainder of the spring. I had a solid performance this week with a lot of positives."

"Mike was great and just a couple bad swings away from possible winning the individual title," Kane added.

Freshman Joe Markmann shot his collegiate-low score of 73 (+2) after a pair of 82s. He birdied three of his first six holes and added another birdie on his 16th hole. He tied for 61st.

"Joe really bounced back strong which was great to see," Kane said. 

Junior Greg Goodreds was the second Explorer finisher with his 77-76-79=232 (+19) to tie for 43rd. Sophomore Justin Smith shot his second straight 76, which included his second eagle of the tourney, to card a 81-76-76=233. He tied for 46th.

Senior Tyler Fewell had his best round of the spring, a four-over 75, to cap a 79-81-75=235 (+22) showing. He tied for 52nd.

Columbia (892, +40) came from behind with a 284 (E) team score on Tuesday to win the team title by one stroke over Army (893, +41). The rest of the top five was just as tight with Binghamton (896, +44), Youngstown State (897, +45) and Rhode Island and Delaware (907, +55) all within striking distance.

Individually, Drexel's Chris Crawford ran away with medalist honors with his impressive 70-68-74=212 (-1). He bested Army's Peter Kim by four strokes. 

The Explorers are back in action on Sunday and Monday at the Lafayette Invitational.