Tulsa finishes seventh at Irish Creek

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – The Tulsa men’s golf team jumped three spots on Sunday to finish tied for seventh-place at the Irish Creek Collegiate tournament at The Club at Irish Creek’s par-71 course. Sebastian Smith was the top finisher for the Hurricane after a season-best single round score of 68 and a season-low 54-hole score of 214. The sophomore finished tied for 12th-place.

Senior Colton Staggs counted a 217 total over the three rounds and finished tied for 23rd-place and fellow senior Matt Mabrey was just behind him at 218 with a share of 28th-place.

Francisco Yanez finished with 220 and tied for 35th-place and Matthew Marquez totaled 232.

Fellow American Athletic Conference member 17th-ranked South Florida (853) overtook No. 24 North Florida (854) on Sunday to win the team title.

Up next the Hurricane will head to Lecanto, Fla. for the American Championships on April 26-28.

TEAM RESULTS

1.     South Florida             286-282-285=853

2.     North Florida             284-277-293=854
3.     Kennesaw State        277-286-293=856

4.     East Carolina             287-282-291=860

5.     Charlotte                    277-290-296=863

6.     McNeese State           292-288-287=867

T7.   Tulsa                          296-286-287=869

T7.   Georgia State             288-292-289=869

9.      VCU                             283-295-294=872
10.    UNCW                         288-291-295=874

11.    UNCG                          290-294-296=880

12.    Akron                          292-294-299=885

13.    Appalachian State     293-298-301=892

14.    Davidson College       298-305-301=904

15.    Richmond                   297-295-314=906

 
TULSA INDIVIDUALS

T12.    Sebastian Smith                    75-71-68=214

T23.    Colton Staggs                         70-75-72=217

T28.    Matt Mabrey                          75-70-73=218

T35.    Francisco Yanez                     76-70-74=220

T75.    Matthew Marquez                79-76-77=232

TOP-5 INDIVIDUALS

T1.       Taylor Hancock, North Florida         70-68-70=208 (-5)

T1.       Rigel Fernandes, South Florida        69-69-70=208 (-5)
T1.       Fredrik Nilehn, Kennesaw State      66-68-74=208 (-5)

4.         Daniel Brantley, Charlotte                68-69-72=209 (-4)
T5.       Trey Guy, UNCW                               67-69-75=211 (-2)
T5.       Adam Ball, VCU                                  69-71-71=211 (-2)

T5.       Victor Wiggins, Charlotte                  68-69-74=211 (-2)