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Golfers Improve to Fifth After Strong Final Round




Feb. 28, 2006

The Marquette golf team vaulted up the standings to finish fifth place at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate to start the spring season. Marquette shot a final round 295, tying tournament winner S.C.-Aiken for the best team round of the tournament.

USC-Aiken won the event at 36-over, 900. Marquette placed fifth at 52-over, 916.

Sophomore Ted Gray was Marquette's highest finisher, placing 10th with a 10-over 226. Eastern Michigan's Korey Mahoney won the event going away, shooting one-under, 215. He won the event by six strokes.

Senior Joe Weber improved 20 spots to 45th. He finished in 25th at 232. Senior Nathan Colson rebounded from the bottom five to finish 33rd. He finished at 17-over 233.

Senior Kyle Murphy finished in 48th at 20-over, 236. Freshman Mike Van Sickle placed 54th at 23-over, 239.

The Golden Eagles return to action this weekend, taking part in the three-day Dick Wittcoff/USF Invitational, which starts Friday and runs through Sunday.

Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate
Wexford Plantation G.C.; Hilton Head, S.C.
Feb. 27-28, 2006
6,838-yard, par 72

TEAM STANDINGS

1. S.C.-Aiken 296-309-295 -- 900 +36 2. Tenn.-Chattanooga 300-306-301 -- 907 +43 3. Francis Marion 304-298-309 -- 911 +47 4. Eastern Michigan 306-306-301 -- 913 +49 5. Marquette 308-313-295 -- 916 +52 6. Furman 318-298-304 -- 920 +56 7. Davidson 308-305-310 -- 923 +59 Kansas State 310-312-303 -- 923 9. Northern Illinois 310-303-311 -- 924 +60 10. Wofford 316-035-304 -- 925 +61 11. East Carolina 300-317-309 -- 926 +62 12. Toledo 308-307-312 -- 927 +63 13. Miami (Ohio) 317-315-305 -- 937 +73 14. Iowa 322-305-320 -- 947 +83 15. Iowa State 317-320-317 -- 954 +90

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS

1. Korey Mahoney, Eastern Mich. 70-71-74 -- 215 -1 2. Scott Brown, USCA 67-78-77 -- 222 +6 3. Nicholas Schenk, Northern Ill. 79-72-73 -- 224 +8 Andrew Hewitt, Wofford 79-72-73 -- 224 5. Neil O'Briain, Wofford 76-73-76 -- 225 +9 6. Bryce Ledford, Tenn.-Chat. 73-76-76 -- 225 Roberto Diaz, USCA 74-76-75 -- 225 Ryan Swelin, Miami 78-77-70 -- 225 Colin Floyd, Francis Mar. 82-72-71 -- 225 10. Steve Mayo, Davidson 75-73-78 -- 226 +10 Ted Gray, Marquette 74-82-70 -- 226 12. Clint Smith, USCA 78-82-68 -- 228 +12 Justin Hull, Toledo 75-76-77 -- 228 14. Matt Thomas, Miami 74-81-74 -- 229 +13 Graham Hill, Eastern Mich. 80-78-71 -- 229 Ben Rickett, Tenn.-Chat. 80-73-78 -- 229 Ronald Langevin, Toledo 75-77-77 -- 229 Tripp Harris, Tenn.-Chat. 73-81-75 -- 229 Gordon Strother, Tenn.-Chat. 76-79-74 -- 229 20. Ben Kern, Kansas State 75-73-82 -- 230 +14 Dane Burkhart, USCA 77-78-75 -- 230 22. Alex Knoll, Davidson 77-80-74 -- 231 +15 Zach Jecklin, Northern Ill. 75-81-75 -- 231 David Smith, East Carolina 71-81-79 -- 231 25. Luke Hart, Francis, Mar. 80-75-77 -- 232 +16 Joe Weber, Marquette 80-77-75 -- 232 Joe Kinney, Kansas State 77-80-75 -- 232 Michael Sauri, Davidson 77-76-79 -- 232 Tyler Cummins, Kansas State 77-80-75 -- 232 Robert Jamieson, Furman 78-77-77 -- 232 Andre Thorsen, East Carolina 72-80-80 -- 232 Jared Steger, Northern Ill. 76-75-81 -- 232 33. Robert Streb, Kansas State 81-79-73 -- 233 +17 Nathan Colson, Marquette 86-76-71 -- 233 Aengus McAllister, Francis Mar. 72-82-79 -- 233 Chris Baker, Iowa State 78-77-78 -- 233 Joe Cernak, Iowa State 80-74-79 -- 233 38. Philip Reale, East Carolina 85-78-71 -- 234 +18 Ben Goforth, Furman 87-75-72 -- 234 Jacob Tvoit, Francis Mar. 77-75-82 -- 234 Garland Farreli, Furman 77-81-76 -- 234 Jonathan Hodge, Tenn.-Chat. 78-78-78 -- 234 Robin Smith, East Carolina 75-78-81 -- 234 Andy Tiedt, Iowa 82-75-77 -- 234 Andrew Pitcher, Francis Mar. 75-76-83 -- 234 46. Jon Feldick, Iowa 75-77-83 -- 235 +19 Kevin Ackford, Eastern Mich. 78-77-80 -- 235 48. Kyle Murphy, Marquette 78-79-79 -- 236 +20 Chris Ross, Eastern Mich. 78-80-78 -- 236 David Fowler, Davidson 79-78-79 -- 236 51. Richard Kilpatrick, Toledo 80-78-79 -- 237 +21 Jonathan Bowden, Furman 80-70-87 -- 237 53. T.J. Blanford, Furman 83-76-79 -- 238 +22 54. Matt Giftos, USCA 79-77-83 -- 239 +23 Drew Perry, Wofford 78-81-80 -- 239 Dan Griffen, Northern Ill. 82-75-82 -- 239 Mike Van Sickle, Marquette 76-81-82 -- 239 58. Tim Dillon, Davidson 79-78-83 -- 240 +24 Todd Larson, Iowa 80-75-85 -- 240 Tyler Riley, Toledo 85-76-79 -- 240 61. Ben Daniel, Miami 83-83-75 -- 241 +25 Johnny Larson, Iowa 76-82-83 -- 241 63. Bryan Haase, Eastern Mich. 81-83-78 -- 242 +26 64. Cole Peevler, Iowa 85-80-78 -- 243 +27 65. Richard Cox, Wofford 88-82-75 -- 245 +29 Bennett Hammerberg, Iowa 85-78-82 -- 245 67. Garan McLeavey, Toledo 78-81-87 -- 246 +30 Martin Nicholls, East Carolina 82-85-79 -- 246 Conner Doherty, Miami 82-78-86 -- 246 70. Adam Dox, Wofford 83-79-85 -- 247 +31 71. Jay Kramer, Kansas State 84-86-78 -- 248 +32 72. Ethan Roush, Northern Ill. 80-85-85 -- 250 +34 Joshua Dean, Miami 84-79-87 -- 250 74. Rodney Hamblin, Iowa State 83-87-81 -- 251 +35 75. Curtis Foster, Iowa State 84-91-79 -- 254 +38


 

 

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