 |
 Senior Matt Cook (pictured) and freshman Caleb Marsh are tied for third after two rounds in Florence, S.C. |
 |
Sept. 17, 2007
Raines Development Group Intercollegiate - Rounds 1 and 2 Results
Download Free Acrobat Reader
Cullowhee, N.C. - Led by senior Matt Cook and freshman Caleb Marsh deadlocked in a three-way tie for third-place, Western Carolina has four golfers in the top 25 after two rounds of the Raines Development Group Intercollegiate and stands two-strokes behind first day leader, East Carolina. Cook and Marsh each shot 143 through the first two rounds and are just three strokes in arrears with 18 holes left to play at the par 72, 7,101-yard Country of South Carolina.
As a team, Western carded rounds of 295 and 287 to be in the clubhouse at a six-over 582, three strokes behind the ECU Pirates, who also shot 287 in round two but were three strokes better over the opening 18 at 292. Host Francis Marion (585) stands third, three strokes behind WCU, while Troy (587) and Furman (592) round out the top five.
Troy University's Michael McGrady leads the 80-man field entering the final round after carding a four-under, 140 (71-69). Peter McGibney of Francis Marion is second, two strokes back at 142 (68-74), while Cook, Marsh and East Carolina's Tripp Brizendine are tied for third at 143.
After shooting an opening round of 75, Cook bounced back to post the lowest score of the second round, 68, tying the low round of the day (McGibney's 68 in round 1). The Murphy, N.C., native was one of only three golfers to shoot in the 60s on Monday. Marsh, in just his second collegiate event, shot around par in both rounds with a 72 over the first 18 and a one-under, 71, on the latter to stand tied with his teammate.
Sophomore Ricky Stout fired a two-round, three-over par on Monday to stand alone in 18th-place, four strokes behind his teammates and seven back of the leader. Rounding out Western's five entrants were junior Andres Cuenca (t-25th, 149) and sophomore Cody Walker (t-59th, 156) as each WCU golfer shot two-over or better on the second set of 18 holes over the first two rounds. Playing as an individual, junior transfer Dustin Furnari is tied for 11th after carding 75 and 71 for a two-round total of 146.
The Catamounts are not the only Southern Conference team trying to get a leg up on next semester's conference championship, which will be played on the same course. Western leads conference-mates Furman (5th, 592), Elon (t-8th, 604), Wofford (11th, 613) and Appalachian State (t-12th, 615).
The third and final round is scheduled to begin at 8:00 am on Tuesday morning.
1 East Carolina Univ. 292 287 579 +3
2 Western Carolina 295 287 582 +6
3 Francis Marion U. 291 294 585 +9
4 Troy University 300 287 587 +11
5 Furman University 298 294 592 +16
6 Jacksonville Univ. 302 294 596 +20
7 Samford University 301 296 597 +21
8 Elon University 299 305 604 +28
Georgia Coll & St. U 303 301 604 +28
10 Presbyterian College 310 298 608 +32
11 Wofford College 304 309 613 +37
12 Appalachian State U. 310 305 615 +39
Charleston Southern 311 304 615 +39
14 Winthrop University 303 314 617 +41
South Carolina-Aiken 311 306 617 +41
2 Western Carolina U. 295 287 582
T 3 Matt Cook 75 68 143
T 3 Caleb Marsh 72 71 143
18 Ricky Stout 73 74 147
T25 Andres Cuenca 75 74 149
T59 Cody Walker 82 74 156
T11 Dustin Furnari* 75 71 146
|
|
|
