Men's Golf Releases (2005-06) - Guilford Wins Greensboro Invitational - Guilford College

 

      Winston-Salem, NC (10/11/05) -- Guilford College shot a second day 288 and won the Greensboro College Invitational at the Meadowlands Golf Course on Tuesday with a 585 two-day tally.

      The Quakers won by one stroke over Huntingdon College. Huntingdon led by three strokes after Monday's first round. Guilford is the defending national champion and currently ranked first in the NCAA Division III poll.

      Seeking it is third straight Greensboro College Invitational title, Methodist College finished third with a 587. The Monarchs had the day's lowest score (285). Host Greensboro College was fourth with a 590, and placed Oglethorpe fifth (592).

      Individually, there was a three-way tie for first place.  Nathaniel James of Washington & Lee, Rocky Manning of Greensboro and LaGrange's Bennett Maki all shot 141/minus three for the for the event.  Guilford golfers Joseph Poplin (142, -2) and Jeff Osberg (143, -1) placed fourth and fifth respectively.

      There was a playoff to decide an individual medalist.  The playoff, however, was halted due to darkness. As with the first day, the tournament was delayed more than two hours due to inclement weather.

 

-Story courtesy of Greensboro Sports Information.

 

TEAM SCORES

1 Guilford College 297 288 585 +9
2 Huntingdon College 294 292 586 +10
3 Methodist College 302 285 587 +11
4 Greensboro College 301 289 590 +14
5 Oglethorpe Univ. 304 288 592 +16
6 LaGrange College 306 292 598 +22
7 Emory University 306 294 600 +24
8 Ohio Wesleyan Univ. 305 300 605 +29
9 Christopher Newport 310 296 606 +30
10 Randolph-Macon College 315 304 619 +43
11 Washington & Lee Univ. 317 304 621 +45
12 Bridgewater College 321 309 630 +54
13 Averett University 323 308 631 +55
14 Ferrum College 328 315 643 +67
15 North Carolina Wesleyan 392 368 760 +184
 

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1 Nathaniel James (Wash & Lee) 73-68-141 (-3)
Rocky Manning (Greensboro) 70-71-141 (-3)
Bennett Maki (LaGrange) 70-71-141 (-3)
4 Joseph Poplin (Guilford) 71-71-142 (-2)
5 Jeff Osberg (Guilford) 73-70-143 (-1)

 

GUILFORD TEAM SCORES

Joseph Poplin 71-71-142

Jeff Osberg 73-70-143

Chris Lowman 76-71-147

Colin Clark 78-76-154

Ben Hicks 77-79-156

 

Charles Dean 73-79-152 (individual)

Matt Tipton 80-90-170 (individual)