WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Despite bad weather conditions, the Appalachian State University men's golf team finished sixth out of 27 schools at the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate on the par-70, 6,765 yard River Course at the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Va.
The Mountaineers started the third round in sixth place, and finished in sixth despite bad weather conditions. The Mountaineers dropped the head-to-head matchup to only five schools in which two of those were ranked top-50. Wind gusts were nearly 20 mph and a cold and rainy day proved to be challenging for all golfers. The average score for the third round was 75.59, just sightly better than the overall course average of 75.82.
Senior John Michael Cole had the best tournament for the Mountaineers but could not withstand that excellent play in the third round. In the first round, Cole tied his season low of 69 (-1) and finished the second round with a 72 (+2). He was tied for fifth place after the second round, but the 76 (+6) in the final round dropped him to tie for 13th.
Sophomore Lee Mitchell started the tournament carding a 75 (+5) and improved in the second round finishing with 71 (+1). In the third round, he matched his first round score of 75 to finish tied for 25th place.
Senior Casey Komline started the tournament off rough, carding the worst score for Appalachian on the day, 80 (+10) but carded a 71 (+1) in both the second and third rounds to finish tied for 37th place.
SophomoreCaleb Keck finished tied for 54th, only three strokes behind Komline and juinor Eric Eberspeaker carded a total score of 228 which was three strokes behind Keck.
The second round was the Mountaineers best round scoring a total team score of 287 (+7) and finished with a total team score of 878 (+38)
No. 50 Texas Tech won the tournament with a total team score of 851. Clement Sordet, of Texas Tech, was crowned individual champion posting a total score of 208 (-2).
The Mountaineers will be back in action at the annual University Cup on April 3 against Gardner-Webb at the Mimosa Hills Country Club in Morganton, N.C.
