MORGANTON, N.C. – Despite the team equaling the fourth-lowest three-round total in program history and sophomore Calahan Keever's fourth-place finish, the Anderson men's golf team slipped four spots and finished seventh, Tuesday at Lenoir-Rhyne's Donald Ross Intercollegiate.
LR hosted the two-day, 54-hole tournament at the par-70, 6,718-yard Mimosa Hills Country Club.
"It was an extremely disappointing finish today," said Anderson Director of Golf Danny Neal. "After a strong start to the tournament yesterday - finishing the day in third - we completely fell apart today and dropped to seventh. Frankly, it was embarrassing. We not only miss-executed shots, but also made some poor course and game management decisions. In the midst of that, Calahan (Keever) played well individually - shooting even par for the tournament and finishing fourth. And Reece (Coleman) managed a top-16 finish. Hopefully, the team can regroup quickly, as they travel to Miami this coming weekend."
Mount Olive overcame a seven-stroke deficit during Tuesday's final round to win the team title by two shots over runner-up Belmont Abbey. Erskine jumped from a share of fifth place into third, with the host Bears falling from the top of the leaderboard into fourth place. Wingate jumped from seventh place into a fifth-place finish, while Coker finished sixth.
The Trojans finished five strokes behind Coker in seventh place and 10 shots in front of Catawba. King remained in ninth place, with Sandhills Community College jumping three spots into 10th place. Glenville State remained 11th, while Lenoir-Rhyne (B) claimed 12th place.
Emmanuel, Fayetteville State, Mars Hill, Chowan, Johnson and Wales and Pfeiffer finished out the 18-team field.
Mount Olive's Brice Ballin (66-69-70=205) won individual medalist honors after leading wire-to-wire following a three-round, 5-under-par 205 and increased his lead over the rest of the field on Tuesday. Belmont Abbey's Jack Warren (70-69-69=208) and Erskine's Alberto Dominguez (71-70-67=67) shared the runner-up spot, with AU sophomore Calahan Keever posting the fourth-lowest 54-hole total in school history (68-69-73=210) and finishing alone in fourth place.
Junior Reece Coleman on Tuesday carded his second 1-over-par-71 in as many days and finished in a six-way tie for 16th, with classmate Caleb Henson claiming a share of 28th place following a 9-over 219. In his first tournament of the year, sophomore Daniel Coker finished in a tie for 48th, while freshman Simon Wright claimed a share of 58th place.
The Trojans are scheduled to wrap up their fall schedule next week at the Miami Intercollegiate, which will be hosted by Southern Golf at Trump National Doral.
NOTABLES
• AU's three-round total 867 tied for the fourth-lowest 54-hole total in program history.
• The Trojans' 36-hole total 569 on Monday tied the third-best score in school history.
• AU's 2nd and 3rd round total 581 marked the 10th-best 36-hole total in school history.
• AU's second-round 283 matched the seventh-lowest round in school history and marked the second-best round of the season.
• Reece Coleman's first-round and third-round 1-over 71s were his best of the season.
• Calahan Keever's first-round 2-under 68 was his best of the season and matched the 15th best round in program history.
• Keever's first and second round total 137 matched the second best 36-hole total in school history.
• Keever's three-round 210 ties the fourth-best 54-hole total in program history.
• Caleb Henson's second-round 70 marked his lowest round of the season and AU's third-lowest score of the year.
7 Anderson 286 283 298 867
4 Calahan Keever 68 69 73 210
T16 Reece Coleman 71 73 71 215
T28 Caleb Henson 72 70 77 219
T48 Daniel Coker 75 71 79 225
T58 Simon Wright 76 75 77 228
Team Scores
1 Mount Olive 291 279 278 848 +8
2 Belmont Abbey 285 282 283 850 +10
3 Erskine College 292 281 281 854 +14
4 Lenoir-Rhyne 284 279 293 856 +16
5 Wingate 289 286 282 857 +17
6 Coker 295 278 289 862 +22
7 Anderson 286 283 298 867 +27
8 Catawba 287 290 300 877 +37
9 King 292 289 303 884 +44
10 Sandhills 308 294 283 885 +45
11 Glenville State 300 296 292 888 +48
12 Lenoir-Rhyne (B) 300 295 294 889 +49
13 Emmanuel 303 299 300 902 +62
14 Fayetteville St 293 303 314 910 +70
15 Mars Hill 319 311 309 939 +99
16 Chowan 313 303 324 940 +100
17 Johnson & Wales 331 321 312 964 +124
18 Pfeiffer 339 333 327 999 +159
