Oct. 15, 2002
Signal Mountain, Tenn. - The Western Carolina men's golf team fired a 906, which is the eighth-lowest, three-round score in WCU history, to tie for 12th at the annual Sonic/Chattanooga Intercollegiate, held at Signal Mountain Country Club.
The Catamounts were led by junior college transfer Tim Eckberg, who carded a three-round total of 220. Eckberg shot rounds of 72-71 on Monday before turning in a 77 today to tie for 23rd. Eckberg's 220 is the 10th-lowest three-round total in school history. Western sophomore Ryan Barry had a consistent tournament with rounds of 74-74-76 for a 224, which tied him for 36th. Matt Flueckiger (229) and Chase Kress (233) rounded out Western's scoring.
Jacksonville State took team honor a 14-under 838, which was 23 strokes better than runner-up Tennessee Tech (861). Jacksonville State also claimed individual honors as Matais Anselmo won in a playoff over teammate Angel Monguzzi and Radford's Chris Clark.
The Catamounts will return to action Oct. 28-29 when they host the WCU Invitational at Waynesville's Laurel Ridge Country Club.
Sonic/Chattanooga Intercollegiate Signal Mountain Country Club Signal Mountain, Tenn. Oct. 14-15, 2002TEAM TOTAL 1. Jacksonville State 284-272-282=838 2. Tennessee Tech 291-277-293=861 3. Chattanooga 291-282-295=868 4. Winthrop 293-284-294=871 5. Gardner-Webb 288-290-294=872 6. Lipscomb 288-294-300=882 7. Appalachian State 295-289-303=887 8. Radford 301-291-307=898 9. DePaul 301-291-307=899 Morehead 299-296-304=899 11. Samford 296-302-303=901 12. Western Carolina 298-295-313=906 Belmont 301-302-303=906 14. Chattanooga "B" 306-292-310=908
WCU RESULTS Tim Eckberg 72-71-77=220 23rd-t Ryan Barry 74-74-76=224 36th-t Matt Flueckiger 75-73-81=229 50th-t Chase Kress 77-77-79=233 58th-t Clay Kilgore 78-DQ --
