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Tale of two nines ends happily for Barry golfers
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Barry coach Jimmy Stobs felt comfortable with his team’s lead after the front nine of the final round at the Division II Men’s Golf Championships.
“But we let it slip away on the back,” Stobs said. “It came down to the wire, but the guys managed to sink putts when they needed to and they came out on top.”
Senior Hernan Borja, who finished second overall with a four-round score of 291 (+7), led the way to Barry’s first men’s golf title at Grand Valley State’s Meadows Course May 22-25.
“We are just very excited right now,” Stobs said. “It’s just a tremendous feeling to win a national title.”
That feeling was in doubt late, largely because the Buccaneers gave the field 13 bogeys on the back nine. Barry led the field from start to finish, but Borja, who had an ace in the opening round, had to come to the rescue with the tournament on the line at the par-4 18th, sinking a six-foot par putt to seal his team’s victory.
“After we made the turn, I glanced at the leader board and saw we had started to falter a little bit,” Borja said. “Finally, on the final hole, coach (Stobs) came up to me and said we were tied for the lead. That final putt was on an uphill lie and I was shaking, but I just told myself that I needed to make this putt and managed to knock it in.”
“All season he has been the team leader and it came down to him sinking that final putt for us to win the national title,” said Stobs, who was named coach of the year by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Barry outdueled a competitive field, edging second-place South Carolina-Upstate by one stroke, third-place Florida Southern by two and fourth-place Columbus State by three. Washburn rounded out the top five, 10 strokes back.
The race for medalist honors wasn’t quite as tight. Columbus State’s Christian Ries was consistently good with rounds of 73,71,70 and 72 to best Borja by four shots. Ries’ teammate Andrew Georgiou shared third place with Josh Gallman of South Carolina-Upstate and Iain Hall of Queens (New York), six shots off the pace. Gallman’s final-round 67 was a tournament best.
The title is Barry’s seventh in team sports and first in men’s sports. The Buccaneers have three crowns in women’s soccer (1989, 1992, 1993) and three in women’s volleyball (1995, 2001, 2004).
Team results
1. Barry, 289-297-304-296 — 1,186; 2. S.C. Upstate, 296-297-305-289 — 1,187; 3. Fla. Southern, 299-292-305-292 — 1,188; 4. Columbus St., 302-291-299-297 — 1,189; 5. Washburn, 296-306-298-296 — 1,196; 6. (tie) GC&SU, 304-297-302-298 — 1,201; and Belmont Abbey, 302-306-300-293 — 1,201; 8. (tie) Abilene Christian, 306-301-299-296 — 1,202; and Cal St. Stanislaus, 307-296-303-296 — 1,202; 10. Grand Canyon, 292-305-315-295 — 1,207; 11. Cal St. San B’dino, 300-306-311-296 — 1,213; 12. North Ala., 301-311-306-299 — 1,217; 13. Sonoma St., 303-297-317-306 — 1,223; 14. Lander, 297-310-317-300 — 1,224; 15. Cameron, 298-312-309-308 — 1,227; 16. Fla. Gulf Coast, 312-319-308-293 — 1,232; 17. Ferris St., 304-316-318-307 — 1,245; 18. Fairmont St., 307-314-303-323 — 1,247; 19. Western N.M., 305-316-321-307 — 1,249; 20. Le Moyne, 318-310-330-317 — 1,275.
Individual results
1. Christian Ries, Columbus St., 73-71-70-72 — 286; 2. Hernan Borja, Barry, 70-73-75-72 — 290; 3. (tie) Josh Gallman, S.C. Upstate, 74-75-76-67 — 292; Andrew Georgiou, Columbus St., 73-71-73-75 — 292; and Iain Hall, Queens (N.Y.), 72-75-74-71 — 292; 6. (tie) Marc France, Fla. Southern, 72-72-75-74 — 293; Greg Koch, Fla. Southern, 75-72-75-71 — 293; and John Robbins, Washburn, 71-74-76-72 — 293; 9. Erick Justesen, Cal St. Stanislaus, 72-74-76-72 — 294; 10. (tie) Wes Smith, North Ala., 74-77-74-70 — 295; and Juan Weissenberg, Barry, 74-73-74-74 — 295
Individual results
1. Christian Ries, Columbus St., 73-71-70-72 -- 286; 2. Hernan Borja, Barry, 70-73-75-72 -- 290; 3. (tie) Josh Gallman, S.C. Upstate, 74-75-76-67 -- 292; Andrew Georgiou, Columbus St., 73-71-73-75 -- 292; and Iain Hall, Queens (N.Y.), 72-75-74-71 -- 292; 6. (tie) Marc France, Fla. Southern, 72-72-75-74 -- 293; Greg Koch, Fla. Southern, 75-72-75-71 -- 293; and John Robbins, Washburn, 71-74-76-72 -- 293; 9. Erick Justesen, Cal St. Stanislaus, 72-74-76-72 -- 294; 10. (tie) Wes Smith, North Ala., 74-77-74-70 -- 295; and Juan Weissenberg, Barry, 74-73-74-74 -- 295; 12. (tie) Connor Tomlinson, Belmont Abbey, 76-78-72-70 -- 296; and Gene Webster, Cal St. San B’dino, 76-77-74-69 -- 296; 14. (tie) Joe Campbell, Belmont Abbey, 74-75-74-74 -- 297; Baxter Culler, S.C. Upstate, 77-75-76-69 -- 297; Matt Hollinsead, Cal St. Stanislaus, 76-75-73-73 -- 297; Hugues Joannes, Abilene Christian, 79-71-74-73 -- 297; Niclas Johansson, GC&SU, 74-74-74-75 -- 297; and Matt Stauch, Fla. Southern, 74-76-74-73 -- 297; 20. Jarin Todd, Sonoma St., 69-72-79-78 -- 298; 21. (tie) Curtis Harris, Abilene Christian, 75-73-72-79 -- 299; Matt Rutledge, Grand Canyon, 74-74-81-70 -- 299; and Ian Schneider, S.C. Upstate, 75-73-77-74 -- 299; 24. (tie) Dane Bagnell, Cal St. San B’dino, 71-75-79-75 -- 300; Mitch Boles, Central Oklahoma, 75-72-78-75 -- 300; and Blake Parks, Grand Canyon, 72-76-77-75 -- 300; 7. (tie) Jake Amos, Lander, 73-76-75-77 -- 301; Johan Cronvall, GC&SU, 76-76-76-73 -- 301; Matt Ewald, Washburn, 76-79-74-72 -- 301; Nick Gillaspy, Barry, 72-79-77-73 -- 301; Andrew Hedrick, Colorado St.-Pueblo, 73-77-77-74 -- 301; Kyle Hopkins, Sonoma St., 74-74-79-74 -- 301; and Kyle Lickenbrock, SIU Edwardsville, 75-71-83-72 -- 301; 34. (tie) Francisco Bide, GC&SU, 80-73-77-72 -- 302; Matt Jonah, Barry, 73-75-78-76 -- 302; Cane Shumaker, Cameron, 73-80-74-75 -- 302; Kasey Timms, Belmont Abbey, 76-77-76-73 -- 302; and Cooper Tinsley, Lander, 72-78-77-75 -- 302; 39. (tie) Kyle Byerly, Abilene Christian, 75-80-76-72 -- 303; and Dan McCarthy, Le Moyne, 75-72-76-80 -- 303; 41. (tie) Robert Taylor, Fla. Gulf Coast, 76-79-77-72 -- 304; and Matt Trammell, Cameron, 78-75-75-76 -- 304; 43. (tie) Jeff Carlson, Ferris St., 75-74-78-78 -- 305; Michael Hart, Fla. Gulf Coast, 79-76-74-76 -- 305; Matt Lazzo, Washburn, 77-76-74-78 -- 305; Andy Moren, Cal St. Stanislaus, 80-71-81-73 -- 305; Brett Munson, North Ala., 79-75-74-77 -- 305; and Michael Todd, Charleston (W.V.), 76-69-86-74 -- 305; 49. (tie) Juan Bialet, GC&SU, 74-74-80-78 -- 306; and Taylor Dunham, Washburn, 80-77-74-75 -- 306; 51. (tie) Justin Caroli, Fairmont St., 79-79-71-78 -- 307; Patrick Hanauer, Abilene Christian, 78-77-77-75 -- 307; Kyle Henderson, Fla. Gulf Coast, 73-82-78-74 -- 307; Ryan Nickell, Cal St. Stanislaus, 80-76-73-78 -- 307; and Byron Parton, Grand Canyon, 76-79-75-77 -- 307; 56. (tie) Kyle Albright, Columbus St., 78-77-78-75 -- 308; Ralph Baxley, Cal St. San B’dino, 74-77-79-78 -- 308; Charlie Hoyle, Lander, 76-77-83-72 -- 308; Brandon Kuban, Columbus St., 78-76-78-76 -- 308; and Michael Lawrence, S.C. Upstate, 75-74-76-83 -- 308; 61. (tie) Daniel Creel, North Ala., 76-79-79-75 -- 309; and Donald Zaruba III, Grand Canyon, 71-79-86-73 -- 309; 63. (tie) Ryan Deutsch, Washburn, 72-80-81-77 -- 310; Matt Gourgeot, North Ala., 72-81-80-77 -- 310; Evan Scanlan, Columbus St., 81-73-79-77 -- 310; and Kurt Valley, Ferris St., 74-81-81-74 -- 310; 67. (tie) Matt Chidester, Belmont Abbey, 81-76-78-76 -- 311; Andrew Johnson, Grand Canyon, 75-76-82-78 -- 311; and Greg Pool, Western N.M., 72-80-81-78 -- 311; 70. (Tie) Micah Burke, Cal St. San B’dino, 81-77-79-75 -- 312; Danny Evelyn, Fla. Southern, 79-72-88-73 -- 312; Marcus Molina, Western N.M., 77-77-78-80 -- 312; and Tyler Tucker, S.C. Upstate, 72-80-81-79 -- 312; 74. (tie) Billy Belair, Lander, 76-79-82-76 -- 313; Will Gautreau, Fairmont St., 76-79-76-82 -- 313; Tim Martins, Le Moyne, 85-72-81-75 -- 313; Kyle Mason, Ferris St., 78-82-77-76 -- 313; Zack Rudy, Fairmont St., 75-76-81-81 -- 313; and Spencer Shishido, Sonoma St., 83-76-78-76 -- 313; 80. (tie) Stephen Knight, Abilene Christian, 78-83-77-76 -- 314; Danny MacDonough, Sonoma St., 80-75-81-78 -- 314; and Peter Svajlen, Cameron, 73-79-82-80 -- 314; 83. (tie) Eric Chavez, Western N.M., 82-80-82-71 -- 315; Kyle Collins, GC&SU, 80-79-75-81 -- 315; and Michael Lee, Cameron, 74-80-78-83 -- 315; 86. (tie) Blake Holbrook, Fla. Southern, 78-79-81-78 -- 316; and Carlos Velez, Barry, 80-76-80-80 -- 316; 88. (tie) Tyler Franklin, Fairmont St., 81-80-75-82 -- 318; Chris Galvin, Sonoma St., 80-78-82-78 -- 318; and Jonathan Henderson, North Ala., 80-80-79-79 -- 318; 91. Steven Taylor, Fla. Gulf Coast, 84-84-80-71 -- 319; 92. (tie) Joe Alldis, Cal St. San B’dino, 79-79-85-77 -- 320; Brett Leavell, Cameron, 82-78-83-77 -- 320; Brody Moreland, Ferris St., 77-80-83-80 -- 320; and Joe Tesori, Le Moyne, 79-83-84-74 -- 320; 96. Trevor Keeney, Western N.M., 74-79-86-86 -- 325; 97. Chris Baron, Belmont Abbey, 76-80-87-83 -- 326; 98. (tie) Jon Burnside, Fairmont St., 77-82-83-85 -- 327; and Matt Erickson, Ferris St., 85-81-82-79 -- 327; 100. Riley Marshall, Cal St. Stanislaus, 79-86-82-82 -- 329; 101. Alister Munro, Fla. Gulf Coast, 85-82-79-85 -- 331; 102. Patrick Wilson, Lander, 81-84-86-82 -- 333; 103. David McGlone, Western N.M., 93-88-80-78 -- 339; 104. Mark Sierotnik, Le Moyne, 84-83-89-88 -- 344; 105. Brian Tischler, Le Moyne, 80-95-91-96 -- 362.
“But we let it slip away on the back,” Stobs said. “It came down to the wire, but the guys managed to sink putts when they needed to and they came out on top.”
Senior Hernan Borja, who finished second overall with a four-round score of 291 (+7), led the way to Barry’s first men’s golf title at Grand Valley State’s Meadows Course May 22-25.
“We are just very excited right now,” Stobs said. “It’s just a tremendous feeling to win a national title.”
That feeling was in doubt late, largely because the Buccaneers gave the field 13 bogeys on the back nine. Barry led the field from start to finish, but Borja, who had an ace in the opening round, had to come to the rescue with the tournament on the line at the par-4 18th, sinking a six-foot par putt to seal his team’s victory.
“After we made the turn, I glanced at the leader board and saw we had started to falter a little bit,” Borja said. “Finally, on the final hole, coach (Stobs) came up to me and said we were tied for the lead. That final putt was on an uphill lie and I was shaking, but I just told myself that I needed to make this putt and managed to knock it in.”
“All season he has been the team leader and it came down to him sinking that final putt for us to win the national title,” said Stobs, who was named coach of the year by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Barry outdueled a competitive field, edging second-place South Carolina-Upstate by one stroke, third-place Florida Southern by two and fourth-place Columbus State by three. Washburn rounded out the top five, 10 strokes back.
The race for medalist honors wasn’t quite as tight. Columbus State’s Christian Ries was consistently good with rounds of 73,71,70 and 72 to best Borja by four shots. Ries’ teammate Andrew Georgiou shared third place with Josh Gallman of South Carolina-Upstate and Iain Hall of Queens (New York), six shots off the pace. Gallman’s final-round 67 was a tournament best.
The title is Barry’s seventh in team sports and first in men’s sports. The Buccaneers have three crowns in women’s soccer (1989, 1992, 1993) and three in women’s volleyball (1995, 2001, 2004).
Team results
1. Barry, 289-297-304-296 — 1,186; 2. S.C. Upstate, 296-297-305-289 — 1,187; 3. Fla. Southern, 299-292-305-292 — 1,188; 4. Columbus St., 302-291-299-297 — 1,189; 5. Washburn, 296-306-298-296 — 1,196; 6. (tie) GC&SU, 304-297-302-298 — 1,201; and Belmont Abbey, 302-306-300-293 — 1,201; 8. (tie) Abilene Christian, 306-301-299-296 — 1,202; and Cal St. Stanislaus, 307-296-303-296 — 1,202; 10. Grand Canyon, 292-305-315-295 — 1,207; 11. Cal St. San B’dino, 300-306-311-296 — 1,213; 12. North Ala., 301-311-306-299 — 1,217; 13. Sonoma St., 303-297-317-306 — 1,223; 14. Lander, 297-310-317-300 — 1,224; 15. Cameron, 298-312-309-308 — 1,227; 16. Fla. Gulf Coast, 312-319-308-293 — 1,232; 17. Ferris St., 304-316-318-307 — 1,245; 18. Fairmont St., 307-314-303-323 — 1,247; 19. Western N.M., 305-316-321-307 — 1,249; 20. Le Moyne, 318-310-330-317 — 1,275.
Individual results
1. Christian Ries, Columbus St., 73-71-70-72 — 286; 2. Hernan Borja, Barry, 70-73-75-72 — 290; 3. (tie) Josh Gallman, S.C. Upstate, 74-75-76-67 — 292; Andrew Georgiou, Columbus St., 73-71-73-75 — 292; and Iain Hall, Queens (N.Y.), 72-75-74-71 — 292; 6. (tie) Marc France, Fla. Southern, 72-72-75-74 — 293; Greg Koch, Fla. Southern, 75-72-75-71 — 293; and John Robbins, Washburn, 71-74-76-72 — 293; 9. Erick Justesen, Cal St. Stanislaus, 72-74-76-72 — 294; 10. (tie) Wes Smith, North Ala., 74-77-74-70 — 295; and Juan Weissenberg, Barry, 74-73-74-74 — 295
Individual results
1. Christian Ries, Columbus St., 73-71-70-72 -- 286; 2. Hernan Borja, Barry, 70-73-75-72 -- 290; 3. (tie) Josh Gallman, S.C. Upstate, 74-75-76-67 -- 292; Andrew Georgiou, Columbus St., 73-71-73-75 -- 292; and Iain Hall, Queens (N.Y.), 72-75-74-71 -- 292; 6. (tie) Marc France, Fla. Southern, 72-72-75-74 -- 293; Greg Koch, Fla. Southern, 75-72-75-71 -- 293; and John Robbins, Washburn, 71-74-76-72 -- 293; 9. Erick Justesen, Cal St. Stanislaus, 72-74-76-72 -- 294; 10. (tie) Wes Smith, North Ala., 74-77-74-70 -- 295; and Juan Weissenberg, Barry, 74-73-74-74 -- 295; 12. (tie) Connor Tomlinson, Belmont Abbey, 76-78-72-70 -- 296; and Gene Webster, Cal St. San B’dino, 76-77-74-69 -- 296; 14. (tie) Joe Campbell, Belmont Abbey, 74-75-74-74 -- 297; Baxter Culler, S.C. Upstate, 77-75-76-69 -- 297; Matt Hollinsead, Cal St. Stanislaus, 76-75-73-73 -- 297; Hugues Joannes, Abilene Christian, 79-71-74-73 -- 297; Niclas Johansson, GC&SU, 74-74-74-75 -- 297; and Matt Stauch, Fla. Southern, 74-76-74-73 -- 297; 20. Jarin Todd, Sonoma St., 69-72-79-78 -- 298; 21. (tie) Curtis Harris, Abilene Christian, 75-73-72-79 -- 299; Matt Rutledge, Grand Canyon, 74-74-81-70 -- 299; and Ian Schneider, S.C. Upstate, 75-73-77-74 -- 299; 24. (tie) Dane Bagnell, Cal St. San B’dino, 71-75-79-75 -- 300; Mitch Boles, Central Oklahoma, 75-72-78-75 -- 300; and Blake Parks, Grand Canyon, 72-76-77-75 -- 300; 7. (tie) Jake Amos, Lander, 73-76-75-77 -- 301; Johan Cronvall, GC&SU, 76-76-76-73 -- 301; Matt Ewald, Washburn, 76-79-74-72 -- 301; Nick Gillaspy, Barry, 72-79-77-73 -- 301; Andrew Hedrick, Colorado St.-Pueblo, 73-77-77-74 -- 301; Kyle Hopkins, Sonoma St., 74-74-79-74 -- 301; and Kyle Lickenbrock, SIU Edwardsville, 75-71-83-72 -- 301; 34. (tie) Francisco Bide, GC&SU, 80-73-77-72 -- 302; Matt Jonah, Barry, 73-75-78-76 -- 302; Cane Shumaker, Cameron, 73-80-74-75 -- 302; Kasey Timms, Belmont Abbey, 76-77-76-73 -- 302; and Cooper Tinsley, Lander, 72-78-77-75 -- 302; 39. (tie) Kyle Byerly, Abilene Christian, 75-80-76-72 -- 303; and Dan McCarthy, Le Moyne, 75-72-76-80 -- 303; 41. (tie) Robert Taylor, Fla. Gulf Coast, 76-79-77-72 -- 304; and Matt Trammell, Cameron, 78-75-75-76 -- 304; 43. (tie) Jeff Carlson, Ferris St., 75-74-78-78 -- 305; Michael Hart, Fla. Gulf Coast, 79-76-74-76 -- 305; Matt Lazzo, Washburn, 77-76-74-78 -- 305; Andy Moren, Cal St. Stanislaus, 80-71-81-73 -- 305; Brett Munson, North Ala., 79-75-74-77 -- 305; and Michael Todd, Charleston (W.V.), 76-69-86-74 -- 305; 49. (tie) Juan Bialet, GC&SU, 74-74-80-78 -- 306; and Taylor Dunham, Washburn, 80-77-74-75 -- 306; 51. (tie) Justin Caroli, Fairmont St., 79-79-71-78 -- 307; Patrick Hanauer, Abilene Christian, 78-77-77-75 -- 307; Kyle Henderson, Fla. Gulf Coast, 73-82-78-74 -- 307; Ryan Nickell, Cal St. Stanislaus, 80-76-73-78 -- 307; and Byron Parton, Grand Canyon, 76-79-75-77 -- 307; 56. (tie) Kyle Albright, Columbus St., 78-77-78-75 -- 308; Ralph Baxley, Cal St. San B’dino, 74-77-79-78 -- 308; Charlie Hoyle, Lander, 76-77-83-72 -- 308; Brandon Kuban, Columbus St., 78-76-78-76 -- 308; and Michael Lawrence, S.C. Upstate, 75-74-76-83 -- 308; 61. (tie) Daniel Creel, North Ala., 76-79-79-75 -- 309; and Donald Zaruba III, Grand Canyon, 71-79-86-73 -- 309; 63. (tie) Ryan Deutsch, Washburn, 72-80-81-77 -- 310; Matt Gourgeot, North Ala., 72-81-80-77 -- 310; Evan Scanlan, Columbus St., 81-73-79-77 -- 310; and Kurt Valley, Ferris St., 74-81-81-74 -- 310; 67. (tie) Matt Chidester, Belmont Abbey, 81-76-78-76 -- 311; Andrew Johnson, Grand Canyon, 75-76-82-78 -- 311; and Greg Pool, Western N.M., 72-80-81-78 -- 311; 70. (Tie) Micah Burke, Cal St. San B’dino, 81-77-79-75 -- 312; Danny Evelyn, Fla. Southern, 79-72-88-73 -- 312; Marcus Molina, Western N.M., 77-77-78-80 -- 312; and Tyler Tucker, S.C. Upstate, 72-80-81-79 -- 312; 74. (tie) Billy Belair, Lander, 76-79-82-76 -- 313; Will Gautreau, Fairmont St., 76-79-76-82 -- 313; Tim Martins, Le Moyne, 85-72-81-75 -- 313; Kyle Mason, Ferris St., 78-82-77-76 -- 313; Zack Rudy, Fairmont St., 75-76-81-81 -- 313; and Spencer Shishido, Sonoma St., 83-76-78-76 -- 313; 80. (tie) Stephen Knight, Abilene Christian, 78-83-77-76 -- 314; Danny MacDonough, Sonoma St., 80-75-81-78 -- 314; and Peter Svajlen, Cameron, 73-79-82-80 -- 314; 83. (tie) Eric Chavez, Western N.M., 82-80-82-71 -- 315; Kyle Collins, GC&SU, 80-79-75-81 -- 315; and Michael Lee, Cameron, 74-80-78-83 -- 315; 86. (tie) Blake Holbrook, Fla. Southern, 78-79-81-78 -- 316; and Carlos Velez, Barry, 80-76-80-80 -- 316; 88. (tie) Tyler Franklin, Fairmont St., 81-80-75-82 -- 318; Chris Galvin, Sonoma St., 80-78-82-78 -- 318; and Jonathan Henderson, North Ala., 80-80-79-79 -- 318; 91. Steven Taylor, Fla. Gulf Coast, 84-84-80-71 -- 319; 92. (tie) Joe Alldis, Cal St. San B’dino, 79-79-85-77 -- 320; Brett Leavell, Cameron, 82-78-83-77 -- 320; Brody Moreland, Ferris St., 77-80-83-80 -- 320; and Joe Tesori, Le Moyne, 79-83-84-74 -- 320; 96. Trevor Keeney, Western N.M., 74-79-86-86 -- 325; 97. Chris Baron, Belmont Abbey, 76-80-87-83 -- 326; 98. (tie) Jon Burnside, Fairmont St., 77-82-83-85 -- 327; and Matt Erickson, Ferris St., 85-81-82-79 -- 327; 100. Riley Marshall, Cal St. Stanislaus, 79-86-82-82 -- 329; 101. Alister Munro, Fla. Gulf Coast, 85-82-79-85 -- 331; 102. Patrick Wilson, Lander, 81-84-86-82 -- 333; 103. David McGlone, Western N.M., 93-88-80-78 -- 339; 104. Mark Sierotnik, Le Moyne, 84-83-89-88 -- 344; 105. Brian Tischler, Le Moyne, 80-95-91-96 -- 362.
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