Wingate wins LRU/Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate title; Three 'Dogs earn all-tourney laurels

Sunset Beach, N.C.----The Wingate University men's golf team adds hardware to the trophy case Tuesday, taking the title in the Lenoir-Rhyne University/Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate at the Sea Trail Golf Links. The Bulldogs finished the two-day event with a 574, three shots better than second place Mount Olive (577). Wingate shot a one-over-par 289 Tuesday after a three-under-par 285 Monday. Eighteen teams and 102 individuals participated in this year's event.

"Our guys played well the last five-to-six holes," Wingate head coach Corey Iacofano says. "With the weather conditions, I thought we did a great job grinding the entire day…we maintained our composure."

Four of Wingate's five players shot the exact same score they posted Monday, despite less-than-stellar weather conditions. Graduate student Benedict Gebhardt (Wiesbaden, Germany) and freshman Phillip Konnikov (Berlin, Germany) repeated their Monday performances with one-under-par 71s

Wingate sophomore Tyler Stone (Peterborough, Ontario) shot a 73 Tuesday after a 69 Monday. The 2013 South Atlantic Conference Freshman of the Year award winner, Stone joined Gebhardt and Konnikov on the all-tournament team. The three Bulldogs shot 142 for the 36-hole tournament, tying for third place on the individual leader board.

Bulldog sophomore Henrique Pombo (Curitiba, Brazil) matched his Monday tally with a 74 for a two-day total of 148. Senior Garrett Dahms (Bahama, N.C.) completed the tourney at 152 with back-to-back 76s. Mount Olive sophomore Sebastian Andersen (Tonsberg, Norway) won a play-off to take medalist honors. Andersen and Lincoln Memorial junior Braden Galyon (Powell, Tenn.) completed 36 holes at three-under-par 141.

"This tournament and our effort speak well for the season ahead," Iacofano says. "This is a first for this group of guys…none of them has won a tournament (prior to this week). We played an extremely strong tournament to get the job done."

Iacofano pockets his second LRU/Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate championship trophy. The Bulldogs won the 2011 event with a two-day total of 572, topping Belmont Abbey by eight strokes. This year, three South Atlantic Conference schools charted in the top five on the team score board. Lincoln Memorial (579) was third, while Coker was fifth (587). Conference Carolinas member Limestone was fourth (586).

Wingate returns to the links Monday, Oct. 28 at the Rock Barn Collegiate Invitational. Lenoir-Rhyne hosts the annual event at Rock Barn Golf & Spa in Conover, N.C. The Rock Barn event will conclude Wingate's fall semester competition slate.

Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate
Sea Trail Golf Links     Sunset Beach, N.C.
Dates: 10/07 - 10/08     (Today:10-08-2013)

Par:        72
Yardage: 6740

1 Wingate University       285 289 574
T 3 Benedict Gebhardt      71 71 142
T 3 Tyler Stone            69 73 142
T 3 Phillip Konnikov       71 71 142
T 27 Henrique Pombo        74 74 148
T 54 Garrett Dahms         76 76 152

FINQ Top 20 Teams Scores
1   Wingate University            285 289    574
2   Mount Olive College           285 292    577
3   Lincoln Memorial U.           292 287    579
4   Limestone College             296 290    586
5   Coker College                 285 302    587
6   Pfeiffer University           297 296    593
7   Queens Univ of Charl          294 300    594
    Emmanuel College GA           285 309    594
    Walters State CC              295 299    594
10 North Greenville U.           291 305    596
11 UNC Pembroke                  305 300    605
12 Belmont Abbey Coll.           300 306    606
13 Barton College                297 311    608
14 Newberry College              304 305    609
    Anderson Univ. (SC)           302 307    609
16 Mars Hill University          295 317    612
    Lenoir-Rhyne                  301 311    612
18 Cape Fear CC                  300 321    621
19 Belmont Abbey B               307 316    623
20 Belmont Abbey C               324 342    666

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