FINAL RESULTS (GOLFSTAT) | FINAL RESULTS | PHOTOS
NEW ORLEANS – A strong second round vaulted the University of New Orleans Golf team up seven places on the leaderboard and was backed up by a solid third round that moved the Privateers to a fourth-place finish at the Derek Dolenc Invitational on Tuesday afternoon.
Following a rough opening round on Monday where the Privateers shot a 302 and finished tied for 12
th place, New Orleans responded with a 286 second round – the best second round of anyone in the field – vaulting them up to fifth-place heading into the final round on Tuesday morning. A 288 during round three saw UNO climb up one more spot to fourth place at the conclusion of the final round.
Maximilian Wojciechowski finished on a high note in his UNO debut. Responding to an opening round of 79, the Wichita State transfer finished his second round with a nine-stroke improvement for a 1-under par 70, and then was even better on Tuesday shooting his first collegiate round under 70 – a 2-under par 69. The Berlin native was at par or better at 41 of his 54 holes during the tournament (34 pars, 9 birdies).
Grayson Gilbert picked up the 14
th top-20 finish of his career on the Lakefront after rounds of 73, 74, and 72 left him tied for 20
th at the conclusion of play. The senior made 11 birdies and sank his seventh career eagle on hole 18 during round two. Counting last season's Southland Championship – Gilbert has eagles in three straight tournaments.
Rounding out the scores for the Privateers were
Kyle Bennett who finished tied for 40
th after shooting a 223,
Thomas Artigas who finished tied for 48
th after shooting a 225, and true freshman
Pepe De La Concepcion Quilez who finished tied for 66
th after shooting a 228.
UNO made 45 birdie putts – the second most in the field behind Idaho's 54. Gilbert's 11 birdies paced the Privateers who are now 20-10 (3-0 Southland) after two tournaments this season.
Idaho won the team championship with a score of 865 (5-over-par), while Charlie Forster of Southeastern and Josh Kirkham of Bradley tied for the individual championship with scores of 206 (7-under par.)
New Orleans Golf returns to action on Oct 10-11 when the Privateers make the trip to RidgePointe Country Club in Jonesboro, Ark. for the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate. Live scoring for the tournament will be available on GolfStat.
FINAL RESULTS
4 New Orleans, U. of 302, 286, 288 | 876
T16
Maximilian Wojciechowski (2) 79, 70, 69 | 218
T20
Grayson Gilbert (5) 73, 74, 72 | 219
T40
Kyle Bennett (4) 74, 77, 72 | 223
T48
Thomas Artigas (3) 76, 70, 79 | 225
T66
Pepe De La Concepcion Quilez (1) 81, 72, 75 | 228
HEAD COACH JEFF LORIO
"I'm really proud of the effort over the last two rounds. I think we finally got the monkey off our back and proved to ourselves that we can compete. Unfortunately, all three rounds count! We have to do better at fighting through the adversity and not digging ourselves a deep hole.
That said, we did pick up 12 more wins and another victory over a Southland Conference foe. We played the front nine today at 5-under par and put ourselves in position with a chance to win. We didn't finish it off like we would have liked, but we will learn from this and be a better team the next time out."
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