Hurricanes Make Final Round Push to Claim Second Place in Valdosta

Hurricanes Make Final Round Push to Claim Second Place in Valdosta

VALDOSTA, Ga. -- The sixth-ranked Georgia Southwestern men's golf team posted the low round on Tuesday, a 282 (-6), to move up one spot in the standings and finish in second place at the 17-team First Federal Southeastern Collegiate played at the par-72, 7,421-yard Kinderlou Forest Golf Club which featured nine programs ranked in the Top 30 of NCAA Division II according to the latest National Collegiate Golf Rankings. Erik Fogel led the Hurricanes with a 4-under par for the week and finished fourth out of 90 golfers.

Fogel shot the low round of the tournament with a 66 in Round 2 that was bogey free and included six birdies. He finished three strokes behind Michael Hay of Nova Southeastern University for individual medalist honors. Joao Costa shot up the leaderboard on the final day for GSW posting a score of 68. Costa climbed 23 spots in the standings to tie for fifth place as he played a bogey-free round. Mateo Quiroga jumped 16 spots in Round 3 behind a score of 70 and tied for 17th place. Jack Tharrington moved up 15 spots on the final day to tie for 50th and Payne Sells finished tied for 59th, up six slots from Monday.

The defending national champions, No. 15 Nova Southeastern won the event and held off the Hurricanes with a 12-under par, three strokes ahead of GSW. 

The Hurricanes return to the links on Monday for the Bobcat Invitational hosted by Georgia College & State University at The Golf Club at Cuscowilla in Eatonton, Ga.


2024 FIRST FEDERAL SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGIATE - TEAM SCORES 

Pos ↑↓  Team Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Total +/-
1 Nova Southeastern (15) 282 283 287 852 -12
↑1 Georgia Southwestern (6) 291 282 282 855 -9
3 - Lincoln Memorial (2) 286 287 288 861 -3
4 ↓2 Shorter (24) 287 284 291 862 -2
5 Lee (8) 294 280 292 866 +2
6 ↑4  Tampa (31) 288 295 285 868 +4
T7 ↓2 Florida Southern (10)   286 288 296 870 +6
T7 ↑1 Union   295 285 290 870 +6
9 ↑2  West Florida (19) 296 291 284 871 +7
10 ↓3 Rollins 299 279 294 872 +8
11 Valdosta State 294 293 286 873 +9
12 ↓3  Barry (33) 296 285 299 880 +16
13 Saint Leo (11) 300 288 293 881 +17
14 Lynn 298 292 293 883 +19
15 - Columbus State (20) 299 295 293 887 +23
16 - West Georgia 303 298 298 899 +35
17 Georgia College 312 308 303 923 +59
 
( ) - NCAA Division II National Collegiate Golf Rankings
 

 

GSW SCORES

Place ↑↓  Player Rd. 1 Rd. 2
Rd. 3 Total +/-
↓2 Erik Fogel 73 66 73 212 -4
T5  ↑23 Joao Costa 73 72 68 213 -3
T17  ↑16 Mateo Quiroga 75 71 70 216 E
T50 ↑15 Jack Tharrington 70 81 71 222 +6
T59 ↑6 Payne Sells 78 73 73 224 +8