Eckard Leads Appalachian at Stetson Invitational

DeLAND, Fla. - Brady Eckard shot a nine-over-par 225 as the Appalachian State University men's golf team placed seventh Tuesday at the Stetson/CFSC Invitational hosted by Stetson University at the par-72 Victoria Hills Golf Course.

As a team the Mountaineers shot a 60-over-par 924 in the three rounds of the two-day tournament.

ASU opened the invitational with a 313 in round one for seventh place in the round. The Mountaineers' best round of the event came in round two with a 304, followed by a 307 in the third and final round. Rollins College took the team title, finishing with a three-round score of 875. Jacksonville University (895), Campbell University (898), Bethune-Cookman College (902) and Stetson (916) rounded out the top five.

Rollins's Tim Acquaviva took the individual title, defeating teammate Dan Walters and Behune-Cookman's Carl Corbin by one stroke with a score of 217. Rollins's Darren Lundgren (219), Jacksonville's Russel Knox (220) and Matt McIntyre of Campbell (220) rounded out the top-five individuals. Eckard was able to recover from a first round score of 7-over-par 79 to shoot a 1-under par 71 in round two. The senior finished the tournament with a third round score of 75.

Senior Dan Gossin and freshman Taylor Hines tied for 24th with three-round scores of 232. Rounding out the scoring for the Mountaineers were junior Ronnie Christopher (80-81-77--238, 31st) and senior Guido Di Cicco (78-80-81--239, T-32nd)

Stetson/CFSC Invitational (Victoria Hills G.C. Par 72, 6,989 Yards) 1. Rollins College (294-290-291-875, +11) 2. Jacksonville University (306-296-293-895, +31) 3. Campbell University (308-293-297-898, +34) 4. Bethune-Cookman Colllege (294-303-305-902, +38) 5. Stetson University (306-300-310-916, +52) 6. Columbia (311-315-297-923, +59) 7. Appalachian State University (313-304-307-924, +60) 8. South Carolina State (319-330-328-977, +113) ASU Individual Results 10. Brady Eckard (79-71-75--225) T-24. Dan Gossin (77-78-77--232) T-24. Taylor Hines (79-75-78--232) 31. Ronald Christopher (80-81-77--238) T-32. Guido Di Cicco (78-80-81--239)

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