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Seminole Intercollegiate | |
DATES | March 11-13, 2016 |
LOCATION | Southwood Golf Course; Tallahassee, Florida. (par 72, 7,172 yards) |
SCORING & INFO | Live Scoring |
FIELD | Auburn, East Tennessee State, Florida State University (host), Illinois State, Jacksonville University, James Madison, Louisville, Mercer, Penn State, Troy, University of Mississippi, University of Pennsylvania, Virginia Commonwealth University, West Virginia. |
March 11, 2016
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The 23rd-ranked Penn State men's golf team sits tied in sixth place after the opening round of play on the Southwood Golf Course at the Seminole Intercollegiate in Tallahassee. The Lions finished the day at even par and enter the second round of competition tied with VCU in the 14-team tournament.
The Nittany Lions have three individuals within the top 35, led by Cole Miller (New Tripoli, Pa.) who is tied for fourth place after carding a 3-under round. Miller's round was highlighted by an eagle on hole sixteen which put him at 3-under where he remained throughout the remaining two holes finishing with a 69.
Charles Huntzinger (Duluth, Ga.) finished his opening round with a 1-under 71, which places him in a fifteen way tie for 12th place. Christian Elliott (Port Perry, Ontario) finds himself in 33rd place after a 1-over round, while Geoff Vartelas (Cromwell, Conn.) and JD Dornes (Lancaster, Pa.) round out the Nittany Lion golfers with scores of 75 (T50th) and 76 (T56th), respectively.
Chris Houston (Gilford, N.H.) who was entered into the tournament as an individual shot a 1-under 71 to finish in a tie for 12th with Huntzinger.
James Madison currently sits atop the team leaderboard after a 6-under round, while VCU's Adam Ball and East Tennessee State's Adrian Meronk finished the day each carding a 5-under 67 to tie atop the player leaderboard.
Penn State will be paired with Troy (T3rd, -3) and East Tennessee State (T3rd, -3) for second round play.
Due to expected inclement weather on Sunday the tournament will conclude Saturday with all teams playing their final 36 holes to wrap up the three round event. The second round will begin with teams teeing off at 8:30 a.m.
Pos. | Team/Player (seed) | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Total | + / - |
T6 | Penn State | 288 | 288 | E | ||
T4 | Cole Miller (4) | 69 | 69 | -3 | ||
T12 | Charles Huntzinger (2) | 71 | 71 | -1 | ||
T33 | Christian Elliott (3) | 73 | 73 | +1 | ||
T50 | Geoff Vartelas (5) | 75 | 75 | +3 | ||
T56 | JD Dornes (1) | 76 | 76 | +4 |