Men's Golf Release (03) - Final Fall Poll - Guilford College

GUILFORD GOLFERS UP TO THIRD IN NATIONAL POLL

Greensboro, NC (10/22/03) -- Guilford's men's golf team rose two spots to third in the October 22 Division III Precept Coaches Poll, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced Wednesday. Methodist remained atop the poll as it has all season and received 11 first-place votes. St. John's (MN) received three first-place votes and 401 points for second place. Oglethorpe, which placed second in the October 1 poll, slipped to sixth place. Greensboro is ranked 11th in this week's poll.

Coach Jack Jensen's Quakers were ranked 12th in the preseason Precept poll, but rose steadily thanks to one of its most successful fall seasons in school history. Guilford won its season-opening Uwharrie Point/Johnny Palmer Invitational and recorded second-place finishes at the Greensboro Invitational and the North Shore/Pfeiffer Intercollegiate. The Quakers missed the team title in both tournaments by one stroke. Guilford claimed third in its own Tom O'Briant Memorial and its 'B' team finished fourth in the Dogfight at Stoney Creek. The team's 293.82 stroke average in 11 fall rounds leads the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC). The Quakers stand fourth in the Golfstat.com Division III Head-to-Head Rankings.

A trio of sophomores and two freshmen comprised the Quakers' lineup for most of the year. Three Guilford players received the ODAC's Golfer of the Week Award in three consecutive weeks. Sophomore Brant Stovall (Lawsonville, NC/North Stokes) leads the team with a 73.45 stroke average in 11 rounds. He won the team's first ODAC prize for his eighth-place showing at the Uwharrie Point/Johnny Palmer Invitational and third-place finish at the O'Briant. Sophomore Daniel Day (Cheshire, CT/Cheshire) earned the ODAC Golfer of the Week Award for the week of October 8 and stands second on the team with a 73.91 stroke average. Rookie Colin Clark (Durham, NC/Chapel Hill) took the October 15 award and ranks third on the team with a 74.0 stroke average. He played number-one in Guilford's lineup this fall after posting the best scores during preseason qualifying.

Guilford's spring season in tentatively scheduled to open with an 18-hole ODAC match February 23 at the Cardinal Golf and Country Club in Greensboro.

The Quakers finished 17th in the 2003 NCAA Division III National Tournament after winning the national title in 2002.