Cougars Finish Fifth at Ocean Course
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. - Senior Henry Smart fired his second consecutive round under par as he carded a 4-under 68 and the College of Charleston men's golf team finished fifth at the Invitational at the Ocean Course Tuesday.
The University of Florida Gators took the team title with an 11 shot victory over UAB. UAB had the individual medalist as Sam Love shot 70-69-70=209 (-7).
After an opening 78 in his first round, Smart came back with a 2-under 70 and his 68 to shoot even-par for the tournament and finish seventh individually.
Cabe Prieskorn shot his third consecutive round of 1-over 73 with five birdies on the day in his first tournament of the season.
The Cougars are back in action Oct. 30-Nov. 1 as they travel to Kauai, Hawaii for the Kauai Collegiate Invitational hosted by Hawaii at Puakea Golf Club.
"We had a great round going today, but we came up a little bit short," Head Coach Mark McEntire said. "We need to learn to close rounds a little better and with more practice in those situations we will improve. I look forward to a couple good weeks of practice before we go to Hawaii for our final fall tournament."
5 College of Charleston 296 288 294 878
T7 Henry Smart (4) 78 70 68 216
T13 Cabe Prieskorn (5) 73 73 73 219
T27 Alex Ellis (3) 72 73 79 224
T39 Neil Gowan (2) 77 72 78 227
T41 Seth Stuart (6) 74 78 76 228
T47 John Duke Hudson (1) 77 77 77 231
2 1 1 Florida 291 276 291 858 -6
1 2 2 UAB 288 289 292 869 +5
T3 4 3 South Florida 294 287 289 870 +6
T3 3 4 Maryland 294 286 291 871 +7
5 5 5 College of Charleston 296 288 294 878 +14
6 T6 6 Mercer 298 292 301 891 +27
T7 T6 7 Notre Dame 300 290 303 893 +29
11 8 8 Davidson College 304 287 303 894 +30
T7 9 T9 Richmond 300 295 301 896 +32
12 10 T9 USC Upstate 305 292 299 896 +32
10 12 11 Charleston Southern 303 299 299 901 +37
9 11 12 Kansas 302 297 305 904 +40
Furman's Matt Broome Grabs Top 10 Finish At AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic
Duluth, Ga. -- Furman's Matt Broome carded a final round 71 to earn a share of seventh place while the Paladins settled for a ninth place finish in the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic at the par-72 Berkeley Hills Country Club on Tuesday.
Broome (-1), one-over par through his first six holes, notched birdies at No. 16, No. 1 and No. 3 en route to a one-under 71 that moved him into a three-way tie for seventh. Furman's Austin Reeves posted a final round 73 to share 21st place at six-over while Matt Brown shot 75 to finish in a tie for 44th place at 12-over par.
The 10th-ranked University of North Florida Osprey (-8) used a final round 281 to best 24th-ranked Chattanooga (-7) by one stroke and grab team honors. East Carolina (+6) and Minnesota (+8) placed third and fourth, respectively, while Georgia Southern and Georgia State shared fifth place at 20-over.
East Carolina's Harold Varner (-8) capped the 54-hole tournament with a three-under 69 to hold off Chattanooga's Steven Fox (-7) for individual medalist honors.
The Paladins return to the course October 31 - November 1, at The Hummingbird Intercollegiate hosted by Western Carolina University in Cashiers, N.C.
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9 Furman 295 299 302 896
T7 Matt Broome 71 73 71 215
T21 Austin Reeves 72 77 73 222
T44 Matt Brown 79 74 75 228
T68 Michael Borton 73 82 83 238
72 Josh Chay 80 75 86 241
*T55 Greg Carrier 77 78 75 230
SAMFORD MEN'S GOLF EARNS THIRD-PLACE FINISH AT F&M BANK APSU INTERCOLLEGIATE
--- The Bulldogs' Drew Aimone finishes second in the 93-player field ---
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. --- In cold and windy conditions at the par-72, 7,132-yard The Links at Novadell on Tuesday, the Samford University men's golf team placed third out of 16 teams at the 2011 F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate. The Bulldogs finished the two-day, 54-hole competition with a total team score of 14-under-par 850 (284-277-289).
Samford's Drew Aimone earned runner-up accolades Tuesday after completing the tournament with an 8-under-par 208 (67-68-73). He finished the third round tied for the individual lead with Austin Peay's Marco Iten and the duo subsequently squared off in a two-hole playoff on holes No. 10 and 11.
Austin Peay's Iten eventually won the playoff on the 11th hole to earn individual medalist honors.
As a team, Samford finished third in the 16-team tournament, just two strokes behind second-place Jacksonville State (282-282-284=848). Austin Peay, the host school for this week's tournament, earned the championship title with a final score of 839 (279-281-279).
The Bulldogs concluded the 2011 F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate with two players in the top 10. Aimone finished second out of the 93 participants, while junior Casey O'Toole placed sixth with a final 54-hole score of 211 (72-70-69).
Samford's Bill Nabors and Gabe Hyde both finished the tournament with identical three-round scores of 216. In Tuesday's final round of action, Nabors and Hyde both carded scored of 2-over-par 74.
Also on Tuesday, the Bulldogs' sophomore William Catanzaro turned in his best round of the tournament with a 1-over-par 73. Samford's native of Gadsden, Ala., completed the competition with a 54-hole score of 222 (75-74-73).
The Samford University men's golf team will next be in action Oct. 31 through Nov. 1, as the Bulldogs are slated to compete in the 2011 Western Carolina Invitational which will be held at the Sapphire Valley Country Club in Cashiers, N.C.
Davidson Men's Golf Places Eighth at The Invitational at The Ocean Course
KIAWAHISLAND, S.C. - Led by underclassmen Todd Eckstein and Sam Echikson, the Davidson men's golf team placed eighth with a three-round score of 893 (304+287+303) at The Invitational at the Ocean Course Tuesday hosted by theCollege of Charleston.
Eckstein and Echikson both tied for 23rd place at 223, seven-over-par. Eckstein rebounded from a first-round 80 Monday morning with a two-under-par 70 in the second round and a one-under 71 in the final round. Echikson was three over par after the first two rounds Monday and fired a four-over 76 Tuesday.
Sophomore Richard Fountain finished one stroke behind Eckstein and Echikson in a tie for 27th at 224. Fountain was tied for sixth after the first two rounds Monday after firing a one-under 71 and an even-72, but he shot a nine-over 81 Tuesday.
Junior John Skeadas also placed in the Top 50, tying for 44th at 229 (79+73+77).
Florida was the lone team to finish under par, placing first at 858 (291+276+291), six-under-par. No. 14 UAB (869), South Florida (870) and Maryland (871) claimed places two through four. Host CofC was the only other Southern Conference team in the tournament, rounding out the top five at 878.
The Wildcats placed one stroke behind seventh-place finishing Notre Dame, ranked 31st in the nation by Golfstat.
UAB's Sam Love won individual medalist honors with a seven-under 209.
The 12-team field competed on the 7,504-yard Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, S.C., the site of the upcoming 2012 PGA Championship.
The tournament concludes the fall season for the Wildcats. They will return to action in February 20-21 at the Wexford Plantation Collegiate in Hilton Head, S.C.
Golf Ties for Fifth at AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic
Gruber and Martin finish in top-20 to lead Eagles
Duluth, Ga. - Georgia Southern fell into a tie for fifth place Tuesday in the third and final round of the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic hosted by Georgia State at the Berkeley Hills Country Club.
The Eagles began the day in third place after posting back-to-back 292s through two rounds to enter the final frame at 8-over par, nine strokes behind leader North Florida and six strokes back of second place Chattanooga. Georgia Southern was unable to make a run on the final day, posting a 305 and a 54-hole total of 884 (+20).
North Florida finished at 855 (-9) to edge the Mocs by two strokes to win the inaugural tournament. East Carolina's Harold Varner finished with a 54-hole total of 208 (-8) to win individual honors.
Senior Lewis Gruber (Tallahassee, Fla.) tied for seventh place at 1-under 215 (70-73-72) and freshman Charlie Martin (LaGrange, Ga.) tied for 19th place at 5-over 221 (74-69-78). Martin's 3-under 69 on Monday afternoon was the low round of the tournament for the Eagles. Freshman Matt Mierzejewski (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Sophomore Hayden Anderson (Knoxville, Tenn.) tied for 44th place at 228 (+12).
"We did our job yesterday, by putting ourselves in the final group," said Head Coach Larry Mays. "We got off to a rough start in the second round and were able to fight back, but today we didn't get the four scores we needed and got lapped by some teams that played well."
The Eagles' fall schedule concludes Nov. 7-8 when they co-host the Amelia National Intercollegiate at the Amelia National Golf and Country Club in Fernando Beach, Florida.
Men's Golf Places Fourth at Donald Ross
MORGANTON, N.C. - Appalachian State University men's golf played three consistent rounds at its own Donald Ross Intercollegiate to tie for fourth place at 292-286-293=871 (+13). Four Mountaineer golfers finished in the top 12 of the 64-player field at par-70 Mimosa Hills Golf and Country Club.
Leading the official Mountaineer team, sophomore Casey Komline (Dorset, Vt./Burr and Burton Academy) finished the event strong with a 71-73-68=212 (+2) to place seventh, followed closely by Dustin Hudson (Hildebran, N.C./East Burke) in a tie for ninth at 76-68-70=214 (+4).
Jason Woodall (Yanceyville, N.C./The Elon School) carded a 75-72-80=227 (+17) to place 40th. John Michael Cole (Fayetteville, N.C./Cape Fear) and Darren Cook (Boone, N.C./Watauga) each finished just one stroke back in a tie for 42nd. Cole carded a 72-73-83 and Cook shot a 74-79-75.
Head coach Bill Dicus also entered a second, unofficial squad of five individuals in the event with equal success.
Josh Nichols (Kernersville, N.C./Salem Baptist Christian) led the group with a sixth-place finish at 72-67-70=209 (-1). Lance Wheeler (Claremont, N.C./Bunker Hill) was next in the group with a 71-72-72=215 (+5) to tie for 12th.
Daniel Walsh (Wilkesboro, N.C./West Wilkes) placed 21st at 72-78-69=219 (+9), while newcomer Eric Eberspeaker (Rock Hill, S.C./Rock Hill) placed 28th at 75-73-74=222 (+22).
Drew Harris (Lenoir, N.C./Hildebran) rounded out the team with a 72-79-75=226 (+16) for 36th place.
Lynn University took home the team title at 853 (+13), five strokes ahead of second-place Gardner-Webb.
GWU's Kristopher Gray tied Presbyterian's Matt Sizemore for the individual title at 203 (-7).
The Mountaineers tied Western Carolina for fourth, while fellow Southern Conference member Elon placed ninth at 894 (+54).
Appalachian's fall slate continues on Oct. 31 at WCU's Hummingbird Intercollegiate at Cashiers, N.C.'s Country Club of Sapphire Valley.
Mocs, Fox Finish 2nd at AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic
Steven Fox's five-under par 67 led the Mocs to nine-under par round of 279 as all four counting scores were below par
MACON, Ga --- The 24th-ranked Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team made a valiant final round charge before finishing second at the AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic at Berkeley Hills Country Club. Steven Fox (Hendersonville, Tenn.) led it with a five-under par 67 as the team tied its season-best round at nine-under par 279.
All four counting scores were under par as UTC finished second to No. 10 North Florida. The Ospreys had a three-shot lead on the Mocs entering the final round and had to post an eight-under 280 to hold on for the title.
"I could not be more pleased with how we played today," said head coach Mark Guhne. "We played well enough to win this tournament; North Florida was just a little better. This is a great way to end the fall."
UNF matched the Mocs shot-for-shot throughout the round. UTC cut the lead to one at the turn and after all five Mocs birdied the par five 10th, the teams were knotted at seven under.
The Ospreys answered with four birdies over the next four holes to go up four shots heading into the par five 15th. The Mocs rallied with three birdies there to close within two, but that's as close as it would get. UNF won with a nine-under par 855, while UTC was second at seven under, 857.
Fox was outstanding in his final round. A tap-in birdie on one - after knocking it to just a foot - was the first of seven on the day tying his career high. He ended up second at seven-under 209, one shot off the pace set by East Carolina's Harold Varner at minus 10.
Stephan Jaeger's (Munich, Germany) 70 gave him a 54-hole mark of six-under 210. He tied for fourth, his fourth top 10 in five fall events, and third top five.
Benni Weilguni (Langelois, Austria) and Davis Bunn (Knoxville, Tenn.) rounded out the counting scores with 71s (-1). It is the first time this season that the Mocs counted four sub-par cards. Liam Johnston (Dumfries, Scotland) had the drop score with a 79.
Weilguni ended up tied for 13th at 220 (+4) giving him three top 15s in the fall. Johnston tied for 38th (226), while Bunn tied for 53rd (229).
Two other Mocs competed as Chris Robb (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) and Alex Ratliff (Kingsport, Tenn.) finishing tied for 21st (222) and 44th (228), respectively. Robb fired a three-under par 69 to join in the Chattanooga scoring frenzy.
While UNF and UTC duked it out atop the leaderboard, Varner led ECU to a third-place finish at 870. Southern Conference rivals Georgia Southern (tie 5th), UNCG (8th), Furman (9th) and Wofford (10th) were in the field. The foursome finished 27-40 strokes behind Chattanooga.
This ends the fall portion of the Mocs schedule. They return to action February 26-27 for the Seahawk Intercollegiate in Wilmington, N.C.
Men's golf finishes eighth at AutoTrader.com College Classic
DULUTH, Ga.-UNCG men's golf team fired a final round 298 and finished eighth at the Georgia State AutoTrader.com College Classic, which concluded play Tuesday at Berkeley Hills Country Club.
The Spartans finished the three-round tournament with an overall score of 893 (302-293-298) in the 12-team field, finishing well behind overall team champion North Florida (855). Chattanooga (857), East Carolina (870), Minnesota (872), and Georgia Southern and Georgia State (884) comprised the rest of the top five.
UNCG senior Colin Chapman led the Spartans by finishing tied for 19th at 221 (75-70-76). Freshman Alex Ehlert shot 71 on Tuesday and finished tournament play tied for 21st at 222 (74-77-71).
Junior Robert Hoadley finished in a four-way tie for 25th at 223 (74-71-78), while freshman Roy Dixon finished 63rd at 235 (79-77-79). Sophomore Andy Know, who was forced to withdraw during Monday's first round after suffering a knee injury, shot 1-over par 73 on Tuesday. His overall score did not count in the standings.
Two Spartans played as individuals. Senior Will Almand tied for 42nd at 227 (76-74-77), and sophomore Alex Simmons tied for 44th at 228 (79-75-74).
The Spartans close out the fall portion of their 2011-12 schedule when they host the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate, Oct. 29-30 at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro.
8 UNCG 302-293-298=893
T19 Colin Chapman 75-70-76 =221
T21 Alex Ehlert 74-77-71=222
T25 Robert Hoadley 74-71-78=223
63 Roy Dixon 79-77-79=235
75 Andy Knox WD-75-73=148
UNCG Individuals
T42 Will Almand 76-74-77=227
T44 Alex Simmons 79-75-74=228
Wofford Completes AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic
DULUTH, GA. - The Wofford men's golf team finished in tenth place after the 54-hole AutoTrader.com Collegiate Classic at the Berkley Hills Country Club Monday and Tuesday with a score of 897.
North Florida took the top spot with a three-stroke lead over Chattanooga 855-857. East Carolina took third with an 870, and Minnesota finished in fourth with an 872. Georgia Southern and Georgia State tied for fifth with an 884.
Zach Capps led the Terriers with a 78-72-70-220 to finish in a tie for 13th. He jumped 16 spots in the final round with his two-under round of 70. Hayes Brown finished tied for 29th with a 75-71-78-224, while Brent Whitehead finished in a tie for 44th after an 82-70-76-228. Chandler Brazeal carded a 71-82-77-230, and Mark Joye ended the tournament with an 82-78-88-237.
Brent McKenzie finished with an 80-69-80-229 to finish tied for 53rd as an individual.
Wofford will compete in the Hummingbird Intercollegiate for its next tournament on October 31.