UVa Golfers Finish 26th at NCAAs

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West Lafayette, IN The Virginia men’s golf team was in 26th place after the third round of the NCAA Championships that were completed Saturday morning after being suspended Friday due to weather. The Cavaliers failed to make the 54-hole cut to advance to the final round which is also scheduled for Saturday.

The only unranked team in the field and the No. 30 seed, the Cavaliers shot 24-over 312 in the third round. UVa opened the tournament with a 312 and managed to shoot 307 in the second round. UVa’s 54-hole total was 67-over 931. The 15th place team, Middle Tennessee State, was at 49-over 913 after three rounds.

Freshman Will Collins led UVa during the final round with the team’s best effort of the week, carding a score of 1-under 71. After playing the front nine at 3-over, Collins used four birdies on the back side to break par and move up to 39th overall when the third round ended.

Senior Greg Carlin, playing his final round as a Cavalier, posted his best single-round effort with a 4-over 76. He was 93rd overall at 233. Freshman Amory Davis shot 79 and finished 122nd at 238. Sophomore Kyle Stough, who was in 17th place after 36 holes, struggled on the tough front nine in the windy conditions, shooting 12-over and finished the day at 17-over 89. He dropped back to 119th place at 237. Sophomore Steven Rojas finished with an 86 for a three-day total of 253.

UCLA reclaimed he lead heading into the final round at 888. USC and Clemson were tied for second at 891 and Stanford was in third place at 893.

UCLA’s Kevin Chappell enters the final round in fist place at 4-under 210. Clemson’s Kyle Stanley and Washington’s Nick Taylor are tied for second at 214.

Live scoring of the final round is online at Golfstat.com.

NCAA Championships
Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex Kamden Course
West Lafayette, IN
Par-72, 7,450 yards
Third Round Results

Team Results
1. UCLA (5) 297-293-298-888
2. USC (1) 297-294-300-891
2. Clemson (10) 301-288-302-891
4. Stanford (8) 309-288-296-893
5. Oklahoma State (4) 298-296-301-895
6. Florida (7) 302-291-306-899
7. Kent State (27) 301-297-302-900
8. Georgia (3) 303-293-305-901
9. Washington (49) 305-290-307-902
10. Alabama (2) 309-297-297-903
11. Charlotte (6) 306-295-306-907
11. Louisville (26) 311-296-300-907
11. San Diego State (23) 310-303-294-907
14. Texas A&M (19) 309-294-306-909
15. Middle Tennessee State (46) 309-293-311-913
The top 15 teams advance to the Final Round
16. Auburn (14) 306-304-304-914
17. Arizona State (22) 311-293-312-916
17. Illinois (36) 302-302-312-916
19. Texas (38) 311-309-297-917
20. UC-Irvine (34) 320-297-302-919
21. Indiana (20) 313-310-297-920
22. UAB (17) 311-297-315-923
22. Wake Forest (12) 314-304-305-923
22. East Tennessee State (16) 313-300-310-923
25. Penn State (33) 315-298-313-926
26. Virginia 312-307-312-931
27. Mississippi State (31) 326-297-312-935
27. Oregon (29) 315-304-316-935
29. Augusta State (40) 326-308-302-936
30. St. Mary’s (42) 333-209-307-949
Golfstat ranking in parenthesis

Individual Leaders
1. Kevin Chappell, UCLA 69-73-68-210
2. Kyle Stanley, Clemson 72-68-74-214
2. Nick Taylor, Washington 75-66-73-214
4. Billy Horschel, Florida 72-67-76-215
5. Tim Sluiter, USC 70-73-73-216
6. Jorge Campilo, Indiana 75-70-72-217
7. Joel Sjoholm, Georgia State* 72-72-75-219
8. Rob Grube, Stanford 78-69-73-220
8. Henrik Norlander, Augusta State 75-72-73-220
8. David Palm, San Diego State 76-72-72-220
* Competing as an individual

Virginia Results
39. Will Collins 78-78-71-227
93. Greg Carlin 77-80-76-233
119. Kyle Stough 75-73-89-237
122. Amory Davis 82-77-79-238
155. Steven Rojas 88-79-86-253