NCAA Championships Delayed; UNF Continues Second Round Thursday Morning
6/2/2010 11:14:30 PM | Men's Golf
OOLTEWAH, Tenn. – No. 22/21 University of North Florida men's golf team sits in 14th after a 2-hour rain delay postponed action on the second day of competition at the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tenn. Freshman Kevin Phelan and sophomore Sean Dale have two holes left to play on Thursday, June 3, beginning at 7 a.m. to conclude the second round.
The Ospreys have an 8-over, 570 (292-278) and are seven strokes back from eighth place. The top eight teams advance to match play.
No. 11/19 Florida State leads the field with a 14-under, 562 (283-279). No. 4/1 Oklahoma State is second with a 9-under, 567 (283-284) while No. 15/17 Georgia Tech is third with a 4-under, 572 (290-282). No. 9/5 Augusta State is fourth with a 1-under, 575 (287-288). No. 13/6 Florida and No. 25/31 San Diego round out the top-5 with even par, 576's.
Phelan and Dale still have to conclude the second round of action. With two holes left, Phelan has shot a 3-under in the round and is tied for 11th. Dale shot 3-over and is tied for 68th.
The rest of the Osprey team finished day two. Senior J.C. Horne is tied with Dale for 68th with a 3-over, 147 (73-74). Sophomore Joe Byun has a 7-over, 151 (75-76) to tie for 117th while senior Jordan Gibb improved his score by nine strokes on the second day to score a 74, giving him a two round total of 157.
All rounds can be followed on Golfstat.com. The final round of medal play will be available via webcasting on Thursday. Cameras will be posted on holes 16, 17 and 18 to capture the action on NCAA.com.
The championship consists of 54 holes of medal play followed by three rounds of match play. All 30 teams and six individuals will compete for 54 holes of medal play, 18 per day, to determine the individual medalist. The top eight teams then qualify for match play. The teams will be seeded by their order of finish in medal play and will square off in a single-elimination bracket, playing one round of match play each day to determine team champion, June 4-6.
UNF is ranked 22nd in the Golfstat Index and 21st in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. Individually for the Ospreys, Dale is 13th in the Golfstat Index and 21st in the Golfweek/Sagarin standings while Phelan is 96th and 102nd, respectively.
DAY TWO RESULTS
