Oct. 14, 2003
Signal Mountain, Tenn. - After setting three school records through 36 holes of play on Monday at the Sonic/Chattanooga Intercollegiate, two more Catamount records fell on Tuesday as the event concluded at the Signal Mountain Country Club. Western carded a three-day total of 871, which betters the previous school record by one stroke, to place 11th in the 15-team field. Also, sophomore Blake Wray set a WCU individual record for a three-round event, firing a 210 to place sixth (tied).
Wray (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca HS) records his first ever top 10 finish as his 210 establishes a school record by one stroke. On Monday, Wray set a school record for shooting 135 for 36 holes. He had also tied a school record with a 67 in the first round, only to have teammate Tripp Morrow (Forest City, N.C./East Rutherford HS) shatter the mark with a 64 in the second round. Morrow, playing in his second collegiate event, turned in a one-over par 214 to place 20th (tied). Morrow's 214 is the third-best three-round score in WCU history.
After the three days, Wray now owns the second-best, single-round score with a 67; the third-best, single-round score with a 68; the best two-round score with a 135 and the best three-round score with a 210 in Western Carolina history. Morrow owns the best one-round score with a 64; the third-best, two-round score with a 139 and the third-best, three-round score with a 214 in school history.
The Catamounts end the tournament setting team records for lowest one-round score (282, lowest two-round score (571) and lowest three-round score (871).
Rounding out Western's scoring Tim Eckberg (75-75-72=222/46th) , Matt Flueckiger (72-75-78=225/58th) and Alex Arrigo (84-78-78=240/75th).
Jacksonville State won the two-day event with a score of 832, defeating host team Chattanooga by 19 strokes.
Western Carolina will return to action Oct. 27-28 at the Lipscomb Invitational, held at Temple Hills Country Club in Brentwood, Tenn.
Sonic/Chattanooga Intercollegiate Signal Mountain CC - Signal Mountain, Tenn. Dates: Oct. 13-14, 2003 - Par: 71 - Yardage: 6095
Fin. School Scores 1 Jacksonville State 271 270 291 = 832 -20 2 Chattanooga 279 278 282 = 839 -1 3 Davidson 285 282 278 = 845 -7 4 Tennessee Tech 288 287 279 = 854 +2 5 Longwood University 291 277 289 = 857 +5 6 Murray State 284 282 294 = 860 +8 7 Belmont 288 276 297 = 861 +9 8 Troy State 293 283 291 = 867 +15 9 Samford 287 285 298 = 870 +18 Morehead State 285 293 292 = 870 +18 11 Western Carolina 289 282 300 = 871 +19 12 Lipscomb 290 293 297 = 880 +28 13 Chattanooga "B" 298 293 294 = 885 +33 14 Radford 310 291 308 = 909 +57
WCU SCORES Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Tot. Place Blake Wray 67 68 75 = 210 (-3) 6th-t Tripp Morrow 75 64 75 = 214 (+1) 20th-t Tim Eckberg 75 75 72 = 222 (+9) 46th-t Matt Flueckiger 72 75 78 = 225 (+12) 58th-t Alex Arrigo 84 78 78 = 240 (+27) 75th
