CONOVER, N.C. - As a group, the Anderson University golf team trimmed four strokes off Monday's second round and finished fourth at the 2012 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Golf Championship at the Rock Barn's par 72, 6,944 yard Jones Course layout.
Junior John Moore (80-75-73=228) and sophomores Sean Shelton (72-80-77=229) and Arran Setro (79-75-76=230) all notched top-20 finishes, with Moore leading the way by tying for 17th with a 12-over par effort. Shelton finished alone at 19th and Setro tied for 20th.
Senior Chase Epting (74-80-77=231) finished one stroke further back after posting an overall 15-over par to close in a tie for 22nd, while freshman CJ Messana (89-82-85=256) wrapped up the tourney tied for 46th.
Paced by three of the top seven individual scores, Wingate combined to shoot a three-round total of 13-over-par 877 to win the team title.
As a team, Wingate carded rounds of 292, 284 and 301 to finish 15 strokes ahead of second-place Newberry, which ended with a team score of 892.
By winning the SAC title, Wingate earns an automatic berth to the 2012 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship
The Bulldogs got strong performances over the two-day SAC Championship from Braden Jackson, who finished second in the individual standings with a four-over 220, Clifford Blanquicet, who ended just one stroke behind Jackson, and Antoine LeSaux, who carded a 223.
Newberry's Matthew Campbell shot rounds of 69, 71 and 75 for a final score of one-under 215 to win the Championship's individual medal.
Carson-Newman came in third in the team standings with a total score of 912, followed by No. 4 Anderson at 918 and No. 5 Lenoir-Rhyne at 920.
C-N's Gavin Hay finished the event at seven-over, tying LeSaux, Lincoln Memorial's Eric Kennedy, Carson-Newman's Jonathan Kim-Moss and Newberry's Jon Weiss for a fourth-place individual finish of 223. All five student-athletes tied for the final spot on the All-Tournament First Team, joining Campbell, Jackson and Blanquicet.
The All-Tournament Second Team was made up of Catawba's Matt Hardman, LMU's Jamie Chapman, Wingate's Brian Denton, L-R's David Glenister, Brevard's Kim Koivu and Tusculum's Nick York.
Hardman shot an eight-over 224 for the Championship, while Chapman, Denton, Glenister, Koivu and York each finished tied with a final score of 225.
LMU placed sixth in the team standings, with No. 7 Tusculum, No. 8 Catawba, No. 9 Brevard and No. 10 Mars Hill rounding out the field.
finish top 20 schools scores
1 Wingate University 292 284 301 877 +13
2 Newberry College 304 299 289 892 +28
3 Carson-Newman 300 315 297 912 +48
4 Anderson University 305 310 303 918 +54
5 Lenoir-Rhyne College 308 309 303 920 +56
6 Lincoln Memorial 303 312 309 924 +60
7 Tusculum College 316 308 301 925 +61
8 Catawba College 320 311 309 940 +76
9 Brevard College 316 314 312 942 +78
10 Mars Hill College 351 349 341 1041 +177
finish top 20 players school scores
1 Matthew Campbell Newberry College 69 71 75 215 -1
2 Braden Jackson Wingate University 76 70 74 220 +4
3 Clifford Blanquicet Wingate University 70 80 71 221 +5
T4 Gavin Hay Carson-Newman 73 77 73 223 +7
T4 Eric Kennedy Lincoln Memorial 74 77 72 223 +7
T4 Jonathan Kim-Moss Carson-Newman 74 79 70 223 +7
T4 Antoine LeSaux Wingate University 73 71 79 223 +7
T4 Jon Weiss Newberry College 77 73 73 223 +7
9 Matt Hardman Catawba College 79 71 74 224 +8
T10 Jamie Chapman Lincoln Memorial 72 77 76 225 +9
T10 Brian Denton Wingate University 75 73 77 225 +9
T10 David Glenister Lenoir-Rhyne College 72 76 77 225 +9
T10 Kim Koivu Brevard College 75 76 74 225 +9
T10 Nick York Tusculum College 74 75 76 225 +9
15 Matthew Killen Newberry College 81 76 69 226 +10
16 David Crawford Wingate University 74 70 83 227 +11
T17 Derek Cantrell Tusculum College 79 76 73 228 +12
T17 John Moore Anderson 80 75 73 228 +12
19 Sean Shelton Anderson 72 80 77 229 +13
T20 Tom Rennie Brevard College 75 78 77 230 +14
