Pioneers, Bulldogs shoot 282, share first round lead of Tusculum Invitational

Posted: Mar 10, 2012

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum College and Wingate University each posted a two-under par team score of 282 as the Pioneers and Bulldogs share the opening day lead at the 19th annual Tusculum Men's Golf Invitational. The two-day, 36-hole event is being held at the par 71, 6,763-yard Link Hills Country Club.

The Bulldogs finished with the first 282 of the day, led by Brian Denton as he carded a four-under 67 and leads by one shot over USC Lancaster's Matthew Moore (68) and two shots ahead of Tusculum's Justin Harvey (69). Catawba's Matt Hardman and Walters State's Zach Briggs are tied for fourth place with 70 (-1) to round out the top five, individually.

The host Pioneers were one of the last groups to finish as TC matched Wingate's 282, while carding its best team tally of the season. The 282 was also the fifth lowest score ever recorded at Tusculum and is the Pioneers best round ever in the history of competing at the TC Invitational.

Walters State finished third with 290, while Anderson placed fourth with 291. King was fifth with 292, followed by USC Lancaster (296), Catawba (297), Tri-County Tech (297), Tennessee Wesleyan (298), Lincoln Memorial (299), Tiffin (301), Limestone (304), Marian (304), Bluefield State (309), Spartanburg Methodist (310), Brevard (311), Virginia Intermont (321) and Mars Hill (329).

Twenty-two (22) players are within five shots of Denton and the lead, including an eight-way tie for sixth place at 71. Included in that group are Tusculum standouts David Talley, Nick York and Warren Cheney. Tusculum junior Derek Cantrell is in a nine-player logjam for 14th place with 72.

TC's Coleman Glick posted a 74 and is tied for 29th place, playing as an individual competitor. Also playing as individual competitors for Tusculum are: Leif Ratliff (T38th - 75), Matt Poff (T43rd - 76) and Dakota Norton (T53rd - 77).

The final wave on Sunday will pit Tusculum, Wingate and Walters State in the last five groups as the three schools have combined to win this event seven times. Tusculum is the defending champion having won its spring tournament five times (1995, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2011). Wingate won the 2001 title, while Walters State was the inaugural champion of the event in 1994.

The final round is scheduled to being at 8 a.m. on Sunday morning from Link Hills Country Club.

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Tusculum Invitational (First Round)
Link Hills C.C. Greeneville, TN
Dates: 03/10 - 03/11 (Today:03-10-2012)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6763

Fin. School Scores
1 Tusculum College 282 -2
Wingate University 282 -2
3 Walters State JC 290 +6
4 Anderson Univ. (SC) 291 +7
5 King College 292 +8
6 USC Lancaster CC 296 +12
7 Tri- County CC 297 +13
Catawba College 297 +13
9 Tennessee Wesleyan 298 +14
10 Lincoln Memorial U. 299 +15
11 Tiffin University 301 +17
12 Limestone College 304 +20
Marian University IN 304 +20
14 Bluefield St. Coll. 309 +25
15 SpartanburgMthdst CC 310 +26
16 Brevard College 311 +27
17 Virginia Intermont 321 +37
18 Mars Hill College 329 +45

Tusculum Invitational
* Individual Link Hills C.C. Greeneville, TN
Dates: 03/10 - 03/11 (Today:03-10-2012)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6763

Fin. Name School Scores
1 Brian Denton Wingate U. 35- 32 67 -4
2 Matthew Moore SCLancast 36- 32 68 -3
3 Justin Harvey Tusculum 37- 32 69 -2
4 Matt Hardman Catawba 34- 36 70 -1
Zach Briggs WltrsStJC 36- 34 70 -1
6 Trey Pfund Marian IN 36- 35 71 E
Clifford Blanquicet Wingate U. 34- 37 71 E
David Talley Tusculum 36- 35 71 E
Wesley Farris TWC 37- 34 71 E
Antoine LeSaux Wingate U. 35- 36 71 E
Nick York Tusculum 36- 35 71 E
Sean Shelton AndersonSC 36- 35 71 E
Warren Cheney Tusculum 37- 34 71 E
14 John Moore AndersonSC 37- 35 72 +1
Mike Cabush Tri Cty CC 34- 38 72 +1
Josh Bamberger King Coll. 37- 35 72 +1
Rafael Jackson WltrsStJC 36- 36 72 +1
Chandler McDonald SCLancast 36- 36 72 +1
Blake DeBruyn Tiffin U. 35- 37 72 +1
Derek Cantrell Tusculum 36- 36 72 +1
Chase Adkins WltrsStJC 35- 37 72 +1
C.J. Messana AndersonSC 34- 38 72 +1
23 Kim Koivu Brevard Co 37- 36 73 +2
Brad Cline Catawba 36- 37 73 +2
Dalton Ward Tri Cty CC 37- 36 73 +2
Lee Whitehead King Coll. 34- 39 73 +2
John Scott King Coll. 36- 37 73 +2
Braden Jackson Wingate U. 37- 36 73 +2
29 Adrian Kibsey King Coll. 37- 37 74 +3
Michael Alread TWC 36- 38 74 +3
Tyler Maranville Tiffin U. 36- 38 74 +3
Jamie Chapman LMU 37- 37 74 +3
Andrew McCullough SprtbgMeth 37- 37 74 +3
Joshua Cornett LMU 37- 37 74 +3
David Crawford Wingate U. 36- 38 74 +3
Laurent Oudenne Tri Cty CC 38- 36 74 +3
*Coleman Glick Tusculum 36- 38 74 +3
38 Ryan Cisler Limestone 35- 40 75 +4
Steven Hollingsworth Limestone 36- 39 75 +4
Chris Finke SprtbgMeth 37- 38 75 +4
Braden Gaylon LMU 35- 40 75 +4
*Leif Ratliff Tusculum 35- 40 75 +4
43 Cody Robertson Limestone 39- 37 76 +5
Matthew Chambers WltrsStJC 38- 38 76 +5
Tyler Browning Bluefield 34- 42 76 +5
J.P. Hyden Marian IN 38- 38 76 +5
Chase Epting AndersonSC 36- 40 76 +5
John Gillepsie WltrsStJC 37- 39 76 +5
Kyle Kegerreis Catawba 38- 38 76 +5
Tre Mullins LMU 39- 37 76 +5
Tyler Hughes TWC 38- 38 76 +5
*Matt Poff Tusculum 38- 38 76 +5
53 Eric Kennedy LMU 37- 40 77 +6
Dylan Payne Mars Hill 38- 39 77 +6
Cody Godfrey TWC 38- 39 77 +6
Chandler Beavers Bluefield 39- 38 77 +6
Jason Crow Tiffin U. 38- 39 77 +6
Josh Ginger Bluefield 40- 37 77 +6
Jordan Hinson SCLancast 41- 36 77 +6
*Johnny Page LMU 35- 42 77 +6
*Dakota Norton Tusculum 37- 40 77 +6
62 Dillon Klein Tiffin U. 41- 37 78 +7
Jarrod Phelps SprtbgMeth 41- 37 78 +7
Jeremy Kilgore Catawba 40- 38 78 +7
Cody Clepper Limestone 40- 38 78 +7
Andrew Harvey Tri Cty CC 40- 38 78 +7
Jared McGinn Marian IN 41- 37 78 +7
Patrick Brown Limestone 35- 43 78 +7
Landon Garrett Tri Cty CC 36- 42 78 +7
70 Nick Dent Bluefield 38- 41 79 +8
Bobby Few SCLancast 38- 41 79 +8
Tom Rennie Brevard Co 41- 38 79 +8
TJ Hoard Brevard Co 38- 41 79 +8
Tim Wilson Intermont 41- 38 79 +8
Taylor Imel Marian IN 40- 39 79 +8
76 Justin Brown Intermont 36- 44 80 +9
Robbie Koors Marian IN 38- 42 80 +9
Arran Setro AndersonSC 43- 37 80 +9
Stephen Adeimy Intermont 39- 41 80 +9
Jeff McGraw Bluefield 40- 40 80 +9
Corey Martinez Tiffin U. 39- 41 80 +9
Diego Oritz Brevard Co 41- 39 80 +9
Zach Griffis Catawba 42- 38 80 +9
*Jon David Ozmint AndersonSC 39- 41 80 +9
*Colt Johnson Catawba 39- 41 80 +9
86 Michael Stamper Brevard Co 36- 45 81 +10
Luke Harper Mars Hill 44- 37 81 +10
Nick Carden King Coll. 38- 43 81 +10
89 Zane Rollins Intermont 44- 38 82 +11
Nathan Ballenberger Intermont 42- 40 82 +11
*Bradley Bartram WltrsStJC 42- 40 82 +11
92 Greg McCullough SprtbgMeth 39- 44 83 +12
Jordan Haugen TWC 40- 43 83 +12
94 *T.J. Knight Bluefield 41- 43 84 +13
95 Seth Sayler Mars Hill 44- 41 85 +14
96 Chase Lippard Mars Hill 43- 43 86 +15
Dalton Olawsky SCLancast 40- 46 86 +15
Mason Light Mars Hill 42- 44 86 +15
99 Chase Davis SprtbgMeth 42- 45 87 +16

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