Virginia Golf Team Finishes 12th At Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic

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Oct. 7, 2001

DALTON, Ga. – The University of Virginia golf team finished 12th in the 15-team Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic Tournament on Sunday (Oct. 7).

Georgia Tech won the 54-hole tournament with a six-under-par total of 858 on the par 72 course at The Farm Golf Club. The University of Tennessee finished second with a four-over-par total of 868 and Wake Forest University was third with an eight-over-par total of 872. Virginia finished 12th with a team total of 913.

D.J. Trahan of Clemson University won the individual competition with a six-under-par total of 210 after rounds of 69-69-72. Camilo Villegas of the University of Florida finished second with a four-under-par total of 212 (75-65-72), and Ryan Hybl of the University of Georgia (72-71-70) and Troy Matteson of Georgia Tech (68-69-76) tied for third with three-under-par totals of 213.

Virginia’s top finisher was senior Steve Marino (Fairfax, Va.) who tied for 30th in the individual competition with a nine-over-par total of 225 (77-73-75). Also competing for the Cavaliers were junior Justin Goodhue (74-73-81 228, Glastonbury, Conn.), junior Thomas Lee (77-76-80 233, Guttenburg, N.J.), sophomore Jeremy Luce (77-81-75, 233, Austin, Texas) and senior Shep Nowlin (81-86-75 242, Lynchburg, Va.).

The Cavaliers compete next in the Duke Golf Classic scheduled for October 14-15 in Durham, N.C.

Carpet Capital Classic – Team Results

1. Georgia Tech 8582. Tennessee 8683. Wake Forest 8724. Clemson 8825. Florida 8906. Georgia 8917. North Carolina 9008. Auburn 9019. N.C. State 90210. South Carolina 90311. Augusta State 90912. Virginia 91313. East Tennessee State 91514. UCLA 916, UNLV 916