In only its third appearance in the Division II Men's Golf Championships, Francis Marion played like a postseason veteran, winning the title by leading from wire to wire.

The championships were played May 20-23 at Crosswater Golf Club in Sunriver, Oregon.

Not only had the Patriots not finished higher than 10th in their three previous trips to the finals since 1992 when they joined Division II, they finished fourth in their own conference tournament and second in the regional.

But all five scorers had played in last year's championships, and the squad backed its reputation as an NAIA power when the school posted five top-10 national finishes in seven appearances before 1992.

Francis Marion led at the end of every round, building a three-stroke first-round lead to a 19-shot cushion entering the last round of the tournament. Though the Patriots posted their highest score the final day, only one team beat par in the fourth round, which helped secure a 14-stroke victory.

Rollins finished second in the team standings, followed by Cal State Stanislaus. Rollins, the defending champion, posted the best round of the final day, a two-under-par 286, but the Tars were not able to close to within fewer than 11 strokes.

Francis Marion's win was a team effort, as only four shots (73-77) separated the five Patriot scores in the final round. The five-man squad shot between 69 and 74 the previous day.

In the final round, senior Matt Dura and junior Per Hallberg posed 1-over-par 73s.

In the individual competition, Pfeiffer's Andrew McArthur shot 3 under on the last day to finish with a 279 and earn medalist honors. Scott Usher from South Carolina-Aiken had the lead after the second and third rounds but fell to second after a fourth-round 73.

Team results

1. Francis Marion, 284-286-285-294 -- 1,149; 2. Rollins, 303-286-288-286 -- 1,163; 3. Cal St. Stanislaus, 292-288-294-297 -- 1,171; 4. Cal St. Bakersfield, 295-287-296-294 -- 1,172; 5. Cal St. Chico, 296-282-304-292 -- 1,174; 6. (tie) North Alabama, 292-291-291-301 -- 1,175; and West Fla., 299-295-286-295 -- 1,175; 8. S.C.-Aiken, 301-290-289-295 -- 1,176; 9. UC Davis, 298-291-292-298 -- 1,179; 10. UC-Colo. Spgs., 287-295-295-304 -- 1,181; 11. Western Wash., 287-300-297-300 -- 1,184; 12. Pfeiffer, 305-301-290-290 -- 1,186; 13. Central Okla., 305-301-289-294 -- 1,189; 14. Barton, 310-299-305-297 -- 1,211; 15. Ferris St., 308-299-301-308 -- 1,216; 16. Washburn, 307-304-298-309 -- 1,218; 17. Bryant, 317-299-309-303 -- 1,228; 18. Millersville, 316-330-323-313 -- 1,282.

1. Andrew McArthur, Pfeiffer, 72-69-69-69 -- 279; 2. Scott Usher, S.C.-Aiken, 71-65-72-73 -- 281; 3. Tommy Medina, Grand Canyon, 72-67-73-70 -- 282; 4. Bill Noon, Cal St. Bakersfield, 72-72-69-71 -- 284; 5. Fredrik Ohlsson, Francis Marion, 70-72-69-74 -- 285; 6. Dylan Keylock, Francis Marion, 68-70-71-77 -- 286; 7. (tie) Lee Stroever, Rollins, 75-73-73-67 -- 288; Matt Guyton, Clarion, 72-73-71-72 -- 288; Nick Cowper, Armstrong Atlantic, 72-72-70-74 -- 288; and Alex Smith, Rollins, 77-68-72-71 -- 288; 11. (tie) Jim Schafer, Cal St. Stanislaus, 71-74-73-71 -- 289; and Jon Olson, UC-Colo. Spgs., 68-73-73-75 -- 289; 13. Mark Hocking, UC-Colo. Spgs., 70-73-70-77 -- 290; 14. Matt Dura, Francis Marion, 73-73-72-73 -- 291; 15. (tie) Jay Westerlund, UC Davis, 76-73-72-71 -- 292; Joe Christianson, West Fla., 75-70-73-74 -- 292; Brian Benedictson, Cal St. Chico, 71-71-77-73 -- 292; and Bryan Sangid, S.C.-Aiken, 74-75-72-71 -- 292; 19. Jason Vaughn, North Ala., 79-72-70-72 -- 293; Ben Daughan, Rollins, 78-70-73-72 -- 293; 21. (tie) J.J. Jakovac, Cal St. Chico, 74-71-76-73 -- 294; Scott Gordon, UC Davis, 71-70-77-76 -- 294; and Stephen McNair, North Ala., 70-72-73-79 -- 294.

24. (tie) Courtney Faircloth, Barton, 74-76-72-73 -- 295; Tim Feenstra, Western Wash., 72-72-74-77 -- 295; Juan Pablo Bossi, Francis Marion, 77-71-73-74 -- 295; Jess Stimack, Cal St. Chico, 75-71-75-74 -- 295; Matthew Berzovich, West Fla., 77-78-70-70 -- 295; and Luke Bennett, Western Wash., 70-74-74-77 -- 295; 30. (tie) Kevin Warrick, West Fla., 72-74-72-78 -- 296; Chance Cruson, Central Okla., 78-75-71-72 -- 296; and Fredrik Lundberg, West Fla., 75-76-72-73 -- 296; 33. (tie) Justin Regan, North Ala., 78-72-74-73 -- 297; Andy Barnum, Cal St. Chico, 76-69-80-72 -- 297; Eric Restrepo, UC Davis, 76-72-72-77 -- 297; Derek Dultmeier, Washburn, 74-73-72-78 -- 297; and Andrew Pranger, Rollins, 73-76-71-77 -- 297; 38. (tie) Kevin Klebe, Cal St. Bakersfield, 74-70-80-74 -- 298; Josh Immordino, Western Wash., 71-77-75-75 -- 298; Jordan Stelmach, Pfeiffer, 78-72-74-74 -- 298; Bill Sutt, Cal St. Stanisslaus, 72-74-71-81 -- 298; Chris Anderson, Western Wash., 74-77-74-73 -- 298; and Charlie Zinn, Cal St. Stanislaus, 76-66-80-76 -- 298; 44. (tie) Dave Patronik, Gannon, 72-77-75-75 -- 299; Nicholas Babl, UC-Colo. Spgs., 75-73-76-75 -- 299; Per Halberg, Francis Marion, 73-79-74-73 -- 299; Jonathan Spann, North Ala., 70-75-74-80 -- 299; Mark Baker, Cal St.Bakersfield, 74-78-76-71 -- 299; and Chris Morgan, Cal St. Stanislaus, 73-74-74-78 -- 299.

50. (tie) Donnie Keim, Central Okla., 74-78-71-77 --300; and Steven Rist, Central Okla., 79-76-73-72 -- 300; 52. (tie) Donnie Martin, Central Okla., 76-72-74-79 -- 301; Ron Killmer, Cal St. Bakersfield, 75-73-75-78 -- 301; Dane Burkhart, S.C.-Aiken, 78-74-72- 77 -- 301; and Brett Borchers, UC Davis, 75-76-74-76 -- 301; 56. (tie) Kyle Long, Mo. Southern St., 76-76-74-76 -- 302; and Ryan Thornberry, Cal St. Stanislaus, 77-77-76-72 -- 302; 58. (tie) Nick Mason, Hawaii-Hilo, 79-79-76-69 -- 303; Jonathan Woodall, Barton, 77-72-78-76 -- 303; Tyler Averdick, Ferris St., 80-68-75-80 -- 303; Adam Neville, West Fla., 78-75-72-78 --303; Patrick Simmer, Ferris St., 75-76-79-73 -- 303; and Will Cannon, Pfeiffer, 75-81-73-74 -- 303; 64. (tie) Chris Starke, Central Okla., 77-79-75-73 -- 304; and Tony Orlandini, Cal St. Bakersfield, 76-72-76-80 -- 304; 66. (tie) Aaron Black, S.C.-Aiken, 78-77-76-74 -- 305 ; Jim O'Connell, Bryant, 80-77-76-72 -- 305; Chris Kilkenny, UC Davis, 80-76-74-75 -- 305; David Cosper, Rollins, 82-75-72-76 -- 305; Paul Resner, Washburn, 78-73-79-75 -- 305; Jon McAlpin, North Ala., 74-80-74-77 -- 305; and Nick Van Etten, UC-Colo. Spgs., 74-76-78-77 -- 305; 73. Chris Taylor, Coker, 75-75-80-76 -- 306.

74. (tie) Keir McNicoll, Lynn, 78-79-79-71 -- 307; Luke Stephan, Kennesaw St., 77-79-76-75 -- 307; and Dan Falcucci, Bryant, 83-69-80-75 -- 307; 77. (tie) Jeremy Lederer, Ft. Lewis, 77-77-78-76 -- 308; and Aaron Brown, Ferris St., 77-79-75-77 -- 308; 79. (tie) John Richer, Western Wash., 78-80-76-75 -- 309; and Matt Warnock, Washburn, 77-80-76-76 -- 309; 81. Ben Bridgers, Barton, 80-78-80-72 -- 310; 82. (tie) Wes Byers, S.C.-Aiken, 83-78-73-77 -- 311; Chris Griffin, Ferris St., 77-78-72-84 -- 311; and Joe Johnson, Chico St., 78-76-76-81 -- 311; 85. (tie) Cam Hubbard, Washburn, 78-78-76-80 -- 312; and Luke Poulter, Pfeiffer, 81-79-79-73 -- 312; 87. Jason Clary, Bryant, 77-75-84-78 -- 314; 88. (tie) Erik Swenson, Bentley , 79-83-80-73 -- 315; and Pierre Goethals, Abilene Christian, 81-80-81-73 -- 315; 90. (tie) Mitch Flemming, Ferris St., 79-77-82-78 -- 316; and Craig Chapman, Bryant, 81-78-76-81 -- 316; 92. Chris Killiany, Millersville, 78-79-80-80 --317; 93. Rider Mozingo, Barton, 88-73-75-82 -- 318; 94. Brad Gordon, Millersville, 77-87-78-77 -- 319; 95. (tie) Scott Micklewright, Millersville, 80-84-78-78 -- 320; Dave Falcucci, Bryant, 79-86-77-78 -- 320; and Russ Jones, Pfeiffer, 80-84-74-82 -- 320; 98. Mark Ruybalid, UC-Colo. Spgs., 83-81-76-82 -- 322; 99. Garrett Donavon, Washburn, 80-86-74-84 -- 324; 100. Trevor Pope, Millersville, 81-85-87-79 -- 332; 101. Adam Black, Millersville, 84-82-88-79 -- 333; WD -- Josh Talton, Barton, 79-WD-WD-76.