The Tusculum College men's golf team wrapped up the 2013 Food
Lion South Atlantic Conference Championship with a fifth-place
finish on Tuesday at the Sevierville Golf Club's River Course.
The Pioneers showed consistency through the three-day event,
shooting 307 on Tuesday after recording rounds of 307 on Sunday and
306 on Monday. Tusculum's team score of 922 was six strokes behind
fourth-place Carson-Newman (916) and 12 shots in back of
third-place Lenoir-Rhyne (910).
Senior Derek Cantrell was the top finisher for the Pioneers with a
54-hole score of 228, good for a tie for 11th place. Cantrell shot
a 78 on Tuesday and was two shots back of 10th place and the final
All-Tournament position.
Freshman Nick Forsberg matched his Monday score with a round of 76
on Tuesday, and completed the tournament in a tie for 22nd place
with a score of 232. Junior Dakota Norton carded a 78 in the final
round and wrapped up tournament play with a score of 234, putting
him in a tie for 28th place.
Sophomore Warren Cheney had his best round of the week on Tuesday,
shooting a team-best 75 and finishing competition at 235, tied for
30th place overall. Senior Nick York came home with an 83 in the
final round and was tied for 32nd place overall at 239.
Lincoln Memorial University won the team title with a score of 873,
33 strokes ahead of runner-up Wingate (906). The Raisplitters'
Connor Froning completed a wire-to-wire win with a 73 on Tuesday,
giving him a score of 209 and a four-shot victory over Newberry's
Chandler Gruenemeier. Froning's score was tied for the second-best
in tournament history, just one shot off the record.
2013 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Men's Golf Championship
at Sevierville, Tenn. -- Sevierville Golf Club, River Course
Par 72 - 7,054 yards
Team Scores
Rk Team Scores Total Par
1. Lincoln Memorial..287-289-297--873 (+9)
2. Wingate...........301-302-303--906 (+42)
3. Lenoir-Rhyne......309-302-299--910 (+46)
4. Carson-Newman.....309-301-306--916 (+52)
5. Tusculum..........307-308-307--922 (+58)
t6.Brevard...........311-309-308--928 (+64)
t6.Newberry..........314-312-302--928 (+64)
8. Catawba...........316-321-312--949 (+85)
9. Anderson..........320-320-310--950 (+86)
10.Mars Hill.........329-329-324--982 (+118)
Tusculum Players
t11. Derek Cantrell....75-75-78--228
t22. Nick Forsberg.....80-76-76--232
t28. Dakota Norton.....79-77-78--234
t30. Warren Cheney.....77-83-75--235
t32. Nick York.........76-80-83--239