Georgia Southern,
Wolfes win ODU/Outerbanks Collegiate Invitational
POWELLS POINT, N.C. –
Four Eagles carded under-par rounds as the Georgia Southern golf team shot
a combined 11-under total of 277 in the third round to win the ODU/Outerbanks Collegiate
Invitational at the Kilmaric Golf Club on Tuesday.
It was the second consecutive tournament win for Georgia
Southern, marking the first time the Eagles have done that since 1982, and Tuesday’s
team score ties for the fifth-lowest round in school history.
Scott Wolfes won the individual title after topping
Radford’s Weston Eklund in a one-hole playoff. The sophomore carded four
birdies and two bogeys to finish with a 2-under 70 Tuesday. He finished the
tournament 9-under, his best three-round total as an Eagle, to win his second
individual title this season.
The Eagles went lower each day of the tournament to finish
the event with a 10-under par total of 854 as a team. That mark ties for the
14th lowest three-round team score at Georgia Southern.
Charlie Martin birdied three of the first five holes and
played the back nine at 2-under to post a 69. The sophomore finished the
tournament in fourth place at 4-under, and the only blemish on his third-round
card was a double-bogey on the par-5 fourth hole. It was his second top-five
finish this season.
Will Evans bogeyed the first hole but took off from there,
playing the remaining 17 at 5-under to finish the day with a team-best 68, one
off his career low. The junior tied for 27th with a total of 222 (+6).
Hayden Anderson got off to a great start by carding birdies
on three of the first five holes. The junior had a little trouble going into
the turn with bogeys on seven and nine and a double-bogey on eight, but he was
flawless on the back nine with birdies on 12, 16 and 18 and pars the rest of
the way for a 70. He tied for 10th, his second straight top-10 finish, with a
217 (+1).
Matt Mierzejewski posted a 75 Tuesday and really had just
two trouble holes with double-bogeys on seven and 17. He birdied holes three,
four, 15 and 18.
The Eagles won the tournament by 12 strokes over Richmond,
which stormed up the leaderboard with a 280 Tuesday. Host Old Dominion was
third (868), Radford finished fourth (869) and George Mason took fifth (875).
The Eagles finish off the fall season at the Warrior Wave
Invitational in Hawaii on Nov. 5-7.
Elon finishes seventh
at ODU/Outerbanks Collegiate Invitational
POWELLS POINT, N.C. –
The Elon men's golf team shot a final-round 294 on its way to a
seventh-place showing at the ODU/Outerbanks Collegiate with a three-round score
of 883 (299-290-294).
Stuart Kaufman recorded the best finish of his career by
placing in a tie for sixth in the field of 94 players. Kaufman shot a 2-under
214 (69-72-73) over his three rounds and was seven strokes off the individual
lead.
Jack Adkins also earned a top-20 finish as he tied for 18th
with a 3-over mark of 219 (74-71-74).
Both Will DiIanni and John Somers finished with scores of
227 to tie for 43rd. DiIanni improved his score over each of his three rounds,
posting stroke totals of 83, 73 and 71. Somers earned his 227 following rounds
of 76, 74 and 77.
Matthew Brady rounded out the Phoenix contingent by shooting
a 240 (80-84-76) to tie for 81st.
Georgia Southern's Scott Wolfes won medalist honors after a
one-hole playoff with Radford's Weston Eklund. Both players shot 9-under 207s
over their three rounds.
With a mark of 854 (290-287-277), Georgia Southern claimed
the team title in the 18-team event. The rest of the top five included Richmond
(295-291-280=866), host Old Dominion (295-288-285=868), Radford (299-283-287=869)
and George Mason (299-291-285=875). VCU (298-288-293=879) finished sixth.
The Phoenix bested teams such as Delaware (ninth;
303-298-294=895), James Madison (11th; 311-298-302=911) and Marshall (12th;
310-309-296=915).
Elon will conclude its fall schedule at The Hummingbird
Intercollegiate, which will be played in Cashiers, N.C., on Nov. 3-4.
Samford finishes
seventh at Pinetree Intercollegiate
KENNESAW, Ga. –
Samford men’s golfer Casey O’Toole earned a 10th-place finish Tuesday as the
Bulldogs’ senior native of Oneonta, Ala., completed play at the 2012 Pinetree
Intercollegiate hosted by Kennesaw State University at the challenging par-72,
7,108-yard Pinetree Country Club. Samford finished seventh with a total team
score of 921 (307-302-312).
O’Toole, who qualified for the NCAA Championships as a
junior last season, carded a three-round score of 225 (76-74-75) on Tuesday.
Despite facing one of the most difficult courses in the Southeast, O’Toole’s
score was good enough to earn a 10th-place finish.
Kennesaw State’s Jimmy Beck and Ben Greene placed first and
second on their home course with scores of 209 and 215, respectively.
As a team, Kennesaw State earned the championship title of
the inaugural Pinetree Intercollegiate, while Ball State, Louisiana Tech, South
Alabama and Middle Tennessee rounded out the top five.
Individually, the Bulldogs were paced by O’Toole’s
10th-place performance and sophomore Zach Hughes’ top-20 outing. Hughes posted
a 54-hole score of 227 (75-76-76). The Bulldogs also received scores of 232
(76-76-80) from freshman Chris Clouser, 238 (81-76-81) from senior Drew Aimone
and 242 (80-77-85) from sophomore Mac Hennessy.
This week’s 12-team, 72-player field featured three of the
top-100 teams in the latest Golfstat.com rankings, with six individuals in the
top-100 in the chase for the Golfstat Cup.
The field was comprised of the following: No. 124 Samford,
host No. 80 Kennesaw State, No. 40 Ball State, No. 149 Gardner Webb, No. 142
Florida Gulf Coast, No. 165 Jacksonville, No. 66 Louisiana Tech, No. 158
Marquette, No. 108 Middle Tennessee State, No. 215 Northern Illinois, No. 57
South Alabama, No. 184 Troy and Chattanooga individuals.
The Samford University men’s golf team will next be in
action Nov. 3-4, as the Bulldogs head to North Carolina for their final event
of the fall season, to be held at the Sapphire Valley Country Club in Sapphire,
N.C. The two-day competition will be hosted by Western Carolina University.