8 Virginia Golf Report
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Seniors/Juniors

U of R Finishes Fifth
Strickler Posts Best
Collegiate Finish
The University of Richmond

Men’s Golf team opened their
Will Strickler, a junior
spring season with a fifth place
from Charlottesville, paced
finish at the Cuthbert Cup played at
the University of Florida
Kiawah Island Resort. The Spiders
golf team when he shot
were led by Richmond resident
71-72-71 to finish in a tie
Jordan Utley who shot 73-71 to
for second at the John Hayt
finish in a tie for 10th individually.
Collegiate at Sawgrass CC
Alex Brown
Tim Courtney, a junior from
in Ponte Vedra, Florida.
Nick Little
John Rosenstock Jordan Utley
VCU
Longwood Richmond
Midlothian, finished T-22nd with
The field included some
Radford
rounds of 75-72.
of the top ranked teams in
college golf including #1
ranked Alabama, #3 ranked
UCLA, and #4 ranked
Charlotte. Florida finished
the tournament in a tie for
fifth.
Strickler is off to a great
start this spring as he also
finished T-17th with rounds
of 73-68-69 at the Suntrust
Phillip Collier Tim Courtney Dustin Groves Ralston King Connor O’Leary
Will Strickler
Gator Invitational.
Southern Illinois Richmond Wake Forest Randolph-Macon Randolph-Macon
Univ. of Florida
Central Virginia HigHligHts
Seniors School Fall 2007 Highlights
Alex Brown, Richmond VCU 11th at Scenic City Invitational 73-66-72, T-13th at VCU Shoot Out 69-73-73
Nick Little, Crozet Radford 2nd at Frank Landrey Invitational 70-69-69, T-4th at WCV Invitational. 70-72
John Rosenstock, Midlothian Longwood T-19th at Cornell Big Red Invit. 78,69-77, T-53rd at Rutgers Invit.75-77-78, T-25th at Frank Landrey Invit.77-76-73
Rob Shrader, Midlothian Hampden-Sydney T-18th at Virginia State Intercollegiate 74-79, 46th at Poplar Hill Intercollegiate 79-80-83
Matt Treacy, Ashland Hampden-Sydney DNP in any fall events
Jordan Utley, Richmond Richmond Won ODU/Seascape Invitational with 67-70,10th at F. Landrey Invit.70-76-75, 3rd at Georgetown Hoya Invit.71-71-69
Juniors
Phillip Collier, Col. Heights Southern Illinois T-2nd at JSU Invit. 75-70-68 as Individual, T-40th at D.A. Weibring Invit.73-75-77, T-44th Skyhawk Classic 75-78-77
Tim Courtney, Midlothian Richmond T-5th at Frank Landrey Invit. 69,76,71, T-8th at Georgetown Hoya Invitational 74-71-71
Dustin Groves, Keswick Wake Forest T-18th at Carpet Capital 73-75-70, T-13th at VCU Shoot Out 78-69-67,T-30th at Isleworth Invit.77-66-77
Ralston King, Richmond Randolph Macon 3rd at Tom Kinder 71-73, 11th at Virginia State Intercollegiate 76-72
Conner O’Leary, Quinton Randloph Macon 36th at Virginia State Intercollegite 84-77
Will Strickler, Charlottesville Univ. of Florida T-50th at Golfweek Preview 75-71-82, Won 2 matches at Callaway Collegiate Match Play
Division I Programs Shoot for Regionals
After a long winter’s rest the central Virginia Division I golf programs are ready to break out the sticks and aim towards an invitation to
regionals in early May. Several of the programs enjoyed fine fall seasons and learned who might step up and lead their respective teams.
The University of Richmond played in four fall events and finished second twice. The Spiders added a tie for fifth and a 7th at their other two
events. One of their runner-up finishes occurred at the Georgetown Hoya Invitational where sophomore Hunter Townsend of Glen Allen shot
75-66-68 to take home the individual crown. In the very next tournament Jordan Utley, a senior from Richmond, captured the individual title at
the Seascape Invitational. The Spiders didn’t fare as well here as they finished tied for fifth. Their other second place finish occurred at the Frank
Landrey Intercollegiate in Amherst.
Having two individual winners in one season was a first for Richmond Head Coach Adam Decker. “It’s pretty exciting when your number four
man wins a tournament,” said Decker, “It says a lot about the team’s depth.” Richmond starts the spring season Feb. 24 at Kiawah Island.
Virginia Commonwealth University struggled to find consistency in their fall tournament season. Vincent Nadeau of Penn Hook led the way
with a 72.53 stroke average. Nadeau, like Townsend and Utley, also captured an individual title when he shot 69-71-66 at the Frank Landrey
Intercollegiate to help the Rams to their best fall finish, a third place showing. VCU added a 7th, 9th, 11th, and tie for 12th in their other starts.
“We definitely underachieved,” said VCU Head Coach Matt Ball. “We’re motivated and excited for the spring season as this is one of my most
talented teams ever.” VCU heads south to Tampa to start their spring schedule February 29th.
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