Pioneers claim Tusculum Invitational for fifth time in school history

Posted: Mar 13, 2011

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- For the fifth time in Tusculum College history, the Pioneers captured the team championship at the 18th annual Tusculum Men's Golf Invitational, held this weekend at Link Hills Country Club.

The Pioneers finished with a two-day score of 580, including Sunday's final round 289. to finish three shots ahead of tournament runner-up Lincoln Memorial, who fired a 36-hole total 583, including a 287 on Sunday. Grand Valley State and Findlay finished tied for third with 587, while Limestone placed fifth with 589, including a tournament-best 283 on Sunday.

LMU's Jamie Jackson captured medalist honors in a playoff over Walters State's Rafael Jackson. The duo tied for first place at two-under par 140. Tusculum's Nick York and Joe McGeean tied for third place at 142. TC's Luke Fullen earned the final spot on the All-Tournament Team via playoff, breaking a four-way tie for fifth place with Chris Cunningham of Grand Valley State and USC Lancaster's Trevor Banks and Josh Hinson, who all posted 144.

Eight players tied for ninth place at 145, including Ben Ross (Limestone), Casey Flenniken (Tennessee Wesleyan), Blak DeBruyn (Tiffin), Nick Gunthorpe (Grand Valley St.), Arran Setro (Anderson) and individual competitors Justin Harvey (Tusculum) and Alex Willnow (Grand Valley State).

In the team competition, Catawba and USC Lancaster tied for sixth with 591, followed by Tennessee Wesleyan (595), Walters State (598), Anderson (599) and Montevallo (602). Tri-County and Tiffin tied for 12th place with 604, followed by King College (607), Spartanburg Methodist (613), Virginia Intermont (618), Wingate B (629), Brevard (630), Mars Hill (634) and Parkland (644).

Tusculum senior Lawson George tied for 32nd place with 70-79=149, while Derek Cantrell tied for 41st with 79-72=151. David Talley posted back-to-back rounds of 76 to post 152 and finish 48th, while individual competitors Matt Poff (72-76=148) and Dakota Norton (77-76=153) finished 24th and 54th, respectively.

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2011 Tusculum Invitational All-Tournament Team
Jamie Chapman, Lincoln Memorial (Medalist - Playoff)
Rafael Jackson, Walters State
Nick York, Tusculum
Joe McGeean, Findlay
Luke Fullen, Tusculum (Playoff)

FINAL RESULTS Tusculum Invitational
Link Hills C.C. Greeneville, TN
** Playoff Winner Dates: 03/12 - 03/13 (Today:03-13-2011)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6763

Fin. School Scores
1 Tusculum College 291 289 580 +12
2 Lincoln Memorial U. 296 287 583 +15
3 Grand Valley St. U. 295 292 587 +19
Findlay, U. of 293 294 587 +19
5 Limestone College 306 283 589 +21
6 Catawba College 294 297 591 +23
USC Lancaster CC 301 290 591 +23
8 Tennessee Wesleyan 296 299 595 +27
9 Walters State JC 306 292 598 +30
10 Anderson Univ. (SC) 304 295 599 +31
11 Montevallo, U of 306 296 602 +34
12 Tri- County CC 305 299 604 +36
Tiffin University 311 293 604 +36
14 King College 315 292 607 +39
15 SpartanburgMthdst CC 310 303 613 +45
16 Virginia Intermont 316 302 618 +50
17 Wingate B 313 316 629 +61
18 Brevard College 327 303 630 +62
19 Mars Hill College 324 310 634 +66
20 Parkland CC 333 311 644 +76

FINAL RESULTS Tusculum Invitational
* Individual Link Hills C.C. Greeneville, TN
** Playoff Winner Dates: 03/12 - 03/13 (Today:03-13-2011)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6763

Fin. Name School Scores
** 1 Jamie Chapman LMU 70 70 140 -2
2 Rafael Jackson WltrsStJC 71 69 140 -2
3 Nick York Tusculum 72 70 142 E
Joe McGeean Findlay 71 71 142 E
5 Luke Fullen Tusculum 73 71 144 +2
Chris Cunningham Gnd Valley 73 71 144 +2
Trevor Banks SCLancast 73 71 144 +2
Josh Hinson SCLancast 69 75 144 +2
9 Ben Ross Limestone 74 71 145 +3
Casey Flenniken TWC 70 75 145 +3
Blake DeBruyn Tiffin U. 77 68 145 +3
Nick Gunthorpe Gnd Valley 71 74 145 +3
Arran Setro AndersonSC 73 72 145 +3
Joshua Cornett LMU 76 69 145 +3
*Justin Harvey Tusculum 74 71 145 +3
*Alex Willnow Gnd Valley 74 71 145 +3
17 Taylor Banks SCLancast 77 69 146 +4
Richard Powell King Coll. 72 74 146 +4
19 John Moore AndersonSC 75 72 147 +5
Aaron Ebert Montevallo 76 71 147 +5
Harrison Buddin Limestone 76 71 147 +5
Drew Sloan Limestone 75 72 147 +5
Brad Cline Catawba 73 74 147 +5
24 Blane Breheny Tri Cty CC 76 72 148 +6
Evan Kilchenstein Catawba 73 75 148 +6
Gonzalo Gambertoglio Montevallo 73 75 148 +6
Wesley Farris TWC 73 75 148 +6
Matt Jones Findlay 74 74 148 +6
Kyle Kegerreis Catawba 73 75 148 +6
Travis Shooks Gnd Valley 76 72 148 +6
*Matt Poff Tusculum 72 76 148 +6
32 Will Ferrell Mars Hill 77 72 149 +7
Justin Watren Findlay 74 75 149 +7
Lawson George Tusculum 70 79 149 +7
*Kyle Nickson Findlay 74 75 149 +7
36 Eric Kennedy LMU 74 76 150 +8
Mike Opsitnick Catawba 77 73 150 +8
Dalton Ward Tri Cty CC 78 72 150 +8
Justin Epure Tiffin U. 76 74 150 +8
*Cory Talley LMU 78 72 150 +8
41 Josh Bamberger King Coll. 81 70 151 +9
Phillip Rogers Limestone 82 69 151 +9
Derek Cantrell Tusculum 79 72 151 +9
Michael Alread TWC 77 74 151 +9
Tyson Lynn Intermont 76 75 151 +9
Zane Rollins Intermont 75 76 151 +9
Elliot Blake Catawba 75 76 151 +9
48 Cole Pierce SprtbgMeth 79 73 152 +10
Michael Schmitmeyer Findlay 78 74 152 +10
David Talley Tusculum 76 76 152 +10
Andrew Ramsey WltrsStJC 78 74 152 +10
Chase Olsen Gnd Valley 75 77 152 +10
Tanner Garland WltrsStJC 80 72 152 +10
54 Mariano Lepori Montevallo 79 74 153 +11
Stefan Grochowski Tri Cty CC 78 75 153 +11
Dillon Klein Tiffin U. 79 74 153 +11
Ethan Parrish SprtbgMeth 79 74 153 +11
*Dakota Norton Tusculum 77 76 153 +11
59 Mark Hickey WltrsStJC 77 77 154 +12
David Crawford Wingate B 75 79 154 +12
Cory Bartlett LMU 82 72 154 +12
Jeffrey Mocini Findlay 74 80 154 +12
Sindre Rambjor Montevallo 78 76 154 +12
Luke Butler LMU 76 78 154 +12
Austin Carney AndersonSC 75 79 154 +12
66 Chase Epting AndersonSC 81 74 155 +13
Josh Burt Gnd Valley 80 75 155 +13
Mike Kerns Tri Cty CC 75 80 155 +13
69 TJ Hoard Brevard Co 82 74 156 +14
James Bell Tiffin U. 79 77 156 +14
Michael Stamper Brevard Co 82 74 156 +14
Cameron Gee SprtbgMeth 73 83 156 +14
Tommy Ricker King Coll. 78 78 156 +14
Tyler Smith TWC 76 80 156 +14
*Marcus Hunt Findlay 79 77 156 +14
76 Justin Brown Intermont 83 74 157 +15
Cody Robertson Limestone 81 76 157 +15
Danny Kish Wingate B 80 77 157 +15
Zach Cole TWC 82 75 157 +15
*Logan Cooke Findlay 86 71 157 +15
81 Jarrod Phelps SprtbgMeth 79 79 158 +16
Bradley Bartram WltrsStJC 81 77 158 +16
Will Riggins SCLancast 82 76 158 +16
Garrett Dahms Wingate B 79 79 158 +16
James Anderson SprtbgMeth 81 77 158 +16
*Kevin Hall SCLancast 81 77 158 +16
87 Tom Rennie Brevard Co 80 79 159 +17
Jonathan Poole Brevard Co 83 76 159 +17
Nathan Ballenberger Intermont 82 77 159 +17
Skyler Blair Tri Cty CC 76 83 159 +17
*Jon Klein Tiffin U. 77 82 159 +17
92 Stuart Bryson Wingate B 79 81 160 +18
Tyler Welch King Coll. 84 76 160 +18
Sean Shelton AndersonSC 83 77 160 +18
Lewis Martin Prkland CC 83 77 160 +18
Chris Spitzmiller Prkland CC 80 80 160 +18
97 Bryan Ideus Prkland CC 86 75 161 +19
Lucas Kruk Mars Hill 86 75 161 +19
99 Chase Lippard Mars Hill 80 82 162 +20
Seth Sayler Mars Hill 81 81 162 +20
101 Tim Wilson Intermont 84 79 163 +21
102 Nick Carden King Coll. 92 72 164 +22
Addison Cudd SCLancast 89 75 164 +22
104 Matt Hart Prkland CC 84 81 165 +23
Ross Leary Prkland CC 86 79 165 +23
106 *Won Jacob Yoon AndersonSC 87 79 166 +24
107 Jason Crow Tiffin U. 86 82 168 +26
108 Logan Delp Mars Hill 91 83 174 +32

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