LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Barry University men's golf team finished the first two rounds of play at the Matlock Collegiate Classic tied for 11th out of 15 teams earlier today at the Grasslands Golf and Country Club.
The Buccaneers battled through the cold and wind in the opening round of the tournament and carded a 306 team score to finish in a three-way tie for eighth with Georgia College & State University and conference rival Lynn. However, a second-round 311 score dropped the Bucs three spots to an 11th-place tie at the conclusion of the first day.
Host Florida Southern currently boasts as the tournament leader with a two-round 588 (288-300) score. They were the only team to fire an even-par 288 score in either round. Lynn shaved 14 strokes off their opening round and carded a 292 in the second to move from an eighth-place tie to second, just 10 strokes off the tournament leader. West Florida (290-309=599), Missouri (299-306=605), and Florida Gulf Coast (297-309=606) rounded out the top five respectively.
Barry's Nick Gillaspy was the most consistent in both rounds carding a 150 (76-74) two-round score and finished the first day tied for 15th to lead the Buccaneers. Jack Ehlers, who joined the team this spring, finished three strokes behind Gillaspy with a two-round score of 153 (76-77) and tied for 27th. After firing a one-over-par opening round 73 score, Hernan Borja carded an 81 in the second round for a two-round 154 score and tied at 31, while Juan Weissenberg (81-79=160) and John Quigley (81-84=165) rounded out the Bucs' team score and finished T64 and 70 respectively.
Florida Southern's Greg Koch turned in a three-under-par 69 score in the opening round and an even-par 72 in the second to finish with a two-round three-under-par 141 score and is currently the tournament individual medalist.
The tournament will conclude on Tuesday, Feb. 14 beginning with an 8 am tee off.
Fin. School Scores
1 Florida Southern Col 288 300 588
1 Greg Koch 69 72 141
2 Blake Holbrook 69 76 145
T 15 Brett Blondell 75 75 150
T 23 Marc France 75 77 152
T 64 Ryan Davis 79 81 160
2 Lynn University 306 292 598
T 4 Keir McNicoll 78 69 147
T 6 Gavin Dear 75 73 148
T 23 Hoyt McGarity 77 75 152
T 23 Greg Gonzales 76 76 152
T 31 Sebastian Salem 79 75 154
3 West Florida, U. of 290 309 599
T 6 Will Grace 70 78 148
T 10 Fredrik Lundberg 70 79 149
T 31 Brian Lawrence 72 82 154
T 31 Federico Damus 78 76 154
T 39 Chris Myers 79 76 155
4 Missouri, U. of 299 306 605
3 Shawn Jasper 70 76 146
T 15 Ben Scott 75 75 150
T 50 Chris Mabry 81 76 157
T 50 Peter Malnati 78 79 157
T 50 Ryne Fisher 76 81 157
5 Florida Gulf Coast U 297 309 606
T 6 Drew Pierson 72 76 148
T 10 Kyle Hammond 73 76 149
T 43 Kyle Henderson 74 82 156
T 43 Chris Covelli 78 78 156
T 61 Jim Ellis 80 79 159
6 Rollins College 307 302 609
T 21 Dan Walters 76 75 151
T 23 Tim Acquaviva 79 73 152
T 27 Scott Wilson 75 78 153
T 43 Andrew Pranger 80 76 156
T 57 Darren Lundgren 77 81 158
7 Francis Marion U. 298 313 611
T 10 Jacob Tveit 75 74 149
T 21 Luke Hart 72 79 151
T 43 Aengus McAllister 74 82 156
T 57 Colin Floyd 77 81 158
T 68 Adam Hart 83 79 162
8 Kansas State Univ. 305 307 612
T 4 Robert Streb 72 75 147
T 31 Tyler Cummins 77 77 154
T 39 Joe Kinney 78 77 155
T 43 Jay Kramer 78 78 156
T 50 Kyle Yonke 78 79 157
T 9 Old Dominion Univ. 309 305 614
T 10 Jeff Long 77 72 149
T 31 Matt Watson 78 76 154
T 43 Nick Kenney 78 78 156
T 50 Greg Sampson 78 79 157
T 50 Stan Guerrero 76 81 157
T 9 Georgia Coll & St. U 306 308 614
T 15 Johan Cronvall 75 75 150
T 15 Juan Bialet 75 75 150
T 27 Niclas Szeiger 77 76 153
67 Josey Cameron 79 82 161
T 71 Chan Metts 79 87 166
T 11 Tenn.-Chattanooga 302 315 617
T 27 Gary Ferguson 74 79 153
T 31 Ben Rickett 75 79 154
T 39 Scott Vick 74 81 155
T 50 Tripp Harris 81 76 157
T 64 Jonathan Hodge 79 81 160
T 11 Barry University 306 311 617
T 15 Nick Gillaspy 76 74 150
T 27 Jack Ehlers 76 77 153
T 31 Hernan Borja 73 81 154
T 64 Juan Weissenberg 81 79 160
70 John Quigley 81 84 165
13 Nova Southeastern U. 309 313 622
T 15 Michael Wangsness 75 75 150
T 39 Martin Styf 74 81 155
T 57 Nick Pateman 82 76 158
T 61 Michael Davenport 78 81 159
T 74 Constantin Schwierz 82 86 168
14 Valdosta St. U. 309 314 623
T 6 Blake DeCesare 72 76 148
T 10 Nate Balanis 74 75 149
T 68 Bobby Dyer 82 80 162
T 71 Josh Tompkins 81 85 166
T 74 Brad Skinner 85 83 168
15 Delta State U. 307 320 627
T 31 Kevin Jones 77 77 154
T 43 Matt Sellers 78 78 156
T 57 Brandon Hartzell 74 84 158
T 61 Ben Whelan 78 81 159
73 Dale Sykes 80 87 167
