Sept. 15, 2013
Chapel Hill, N.C. – Bo Andrews fired a team-best 4-under-par 68 to lead fourth-ranked Georgia Tech on Sunday, while his four teammates took the top four spots in the individual race to help the Yellow Jackets complete a 20-stroke victory at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate golf tournament.
Seth Reeves, a senior from Duluth, Ga., captured his second collegiate title with an 8-under-par total of 208, while Richard Werenski (212, -4), Schniederjans (213, -3) and Anders Albertson (214, -2) finished 2-3-T4 in the individual race. Reeves, Schniederjans and Albertson all shot 2-under-par 70 in Sunday’s final round, while Werenski carded a 73.
Only eight individuals broke par for the weekend on the 7,242-yard, par-72 UNC Finley Golf Course. Andrews, who struggled in his opening round Saturday, wound up tied for 23rd.
“It was a very good effort by everyone this weekend,” said head coach Bruce Heppler, whose team plays again Oct. 4-6 at the Brickyard Collegiate in Macon, Ga.. “When you focus on the team, the individual stuff takes care of itself. Like last weekend, we had five guys on top of their game and playing well. We look forward to getting back out there in a couple of weeks.”
Heppler’s team has won back-to-back tournaments for the first time since the 2001-02 academic year, when Tech won four in a row, and it is the first time since that same year that the individual champion in back-to-back tournaments has been a Yellow Jacket. Then, Troy Matteson was the champion in three straight spring events in which Tech participated. He would win the NCAA individual title at the end of that spring, and Tech was the runner-up.
Tech began the final round Sunday with a 15-shot lead, but stretched it to 20 by day’s end with a 10-under-par score of 278, completing 54 holes with a 22-under-par total of 842. The Yellow Jackets outdistanced Atlantic Coast Conference rival NC State, which posted a 5-under-par round of 283 Sunday and a tournament total of 862 (-2). UNC Greensboro was third at 873 (+9), followed by host North Carolina at 877 (+13) and VCU at 881 (+17).
The margin of victory tied for the fifth-largest in Tech history, and the Jackets won by 20 in a tournament for the sixth time. Tech has led wire-to-wire in both of its tournaments this fall, posting the best score of the day in four of six rounds.
Werenski posted the sixth top-10 finish of his career and second in two events this fall. Albertson, the defending ACC Champion, logged his 11th top-10 finish, while Schniederjans posted his 10th.
TAR HEEL INTERCOLLEGIATEUNC Finley Golf Course, Chapel Hill, N.C.Final Results
Team Standings 1 Georgia Tech 283 281 278 842 -22 2 North Carolina State 284 295 283 862 -2 3 UNCG 293 289 291 873 +9 4 North Carolina 295 288 294 877 +13 5 VCU 292 297 292 881 +17 T6 East Carolina 291 294 297 882 +18 T6 Duke 288 295 299 882 +18 8 UNCW 292 299 293 884 +20 9 East Tennessee State 295 292 301 888 +24 10 Davidson College 299 301 293 893 +29 11 Maryland 304 300 294 898 +34 12 Furman 308 302 291 901 +37 13 Gardner-Webb 307 305 304 916 +52 14 Boston College 315 303 300 918 +54
Individual Leaders 1 Seth Reeves Georgia Tech 69 69 70 208 -8 2 Richard Werenski Georgia Tech 71 68 73 212 -4 3 Ollie Schniederjans Georgia Tech 71 72 70 213 -3 T4 Brandon Dalinka North Carolina 72 69 73 214 -2 T4 Max Greyserman Duke 71 71 72 214 -2 T4 Anders Albertson Georgia Tech 72 72 70 214 -2 T7 Matt Ball Jr. VCU 72 71 72 215 -1 T7 James Chapman North Carolina State 71 79 65 215 -1 T9 Stanhope Johnson North Carolina State 72 73 71 216 E T9 Carter Jenkins UNCG 73 72 71 216 E T23 Bo Andrews Georgia Tech 80 72 68 220 +4
