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Fountain and Wildcats Finish Fifth at SoCon Championship
4/22/2014 3:48:00 PM | Men's Golf
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PINEHURST, N.C. – Three-time all-league selection Richard Fountain finished fifth to lead four Davidson players in the Top-15 as the Wildcats also came home fifth as a team at the 2014 Southern Conference Men's Golf Championship Tuesday.
The three-day 54-hole event was played on Jack Nicklaus' Par 72, 7,144-yard National Golf Club layout.
Davidson (294-293-293 =880), which shared the first-round lead with Western Carolina (294-282-302 = 878), finished just seven strokes behind team champion and nationally-ranked Georgia Southern (296-284-293 = 873). The Eagles edged Chattanooga (297-284-293 = 874) by a single shot, while UNCG (300-285-292 = 877) ended up four back in third place, one ahead of the Catamounts.
The first player in school history to earn three all-conference selections, Fountain birdied three of his last four holes on Tuesday to shoot two-over 74 and finish at 217 (+1) overall.
After opening with a two-under 70 on Sunday, sophomore David Sargent (219/+3) placed tied for ninth to record the lowest 54-hole finish of his career.
Teammates Todd Eckstein (222/+6) and Sam Echikson (222/+6) turned in solid rounds of 72 and 73, respectively, to tie for 15th, while Ralph Blasey (232/+16) ended up tied for 40th.
Western Carolina's J.T. Poston (-10) led wire-to-wire to claim individual medalist by two swings over Chattanooga's Chris Robb (-8), who carded a tournament-low seven-under 65 today.
Playing in its final Southern Conference Championship before making the move to the Atlantic 10 in July, Davidson finished the season with five top-five showings and a school-record 293.16 stroke average.
At-large selections for the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Regionals will be made May 5.
2014 Southern Conference Postseason Awards
SoCon Player of the Year
J.T. Poston, Western Carolina
SoCon Freshman of the Year
Carter Jenkins, UNCG
SoCon Coach of the Year
Larry Mays, Georgia Southern
All-Southern Conference
Richard Fountain, Davidson
Will Evans, Georgia Southern
Charlie Martin, Georgia Southern
Scott Wolfes, Georgia Southern
Taylor Coalson, UNCG
Roy Dixon, UNCG
Carter Jenkins, UNCG
Liam Johnston, Chattanooga
Chris Robb, Chattanooga
J.T. Poston, Western Carolina
All-Freshman
Bryce Howell, Furman
Carter Jenkins, UNCG
Wes Gosselin, Chattanooga
Ewan Scott, Chattanooga
Andrew Novak, Wofford
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PINEHURST, N.C. – Three-time all-league selection Richard Fountain finished fifth to lead four Davidson players in the Top-15 as the Wildcats also came home fifth as a team at the 2014 Southern Conference Men's Golf Championship Tuesday.
The three-day 54-hole event was played on Jack Nicklaus' Par 72, 7,144-yard National Golf Club layout.
Davidson (294-293-293 =880), which shared the first-round lead with Western Carolina (294-282-302 = 878), finished just seven strokes behind team champion and nationally-ranked Georgia Southern (296-284-293 = 873). The Eagles edged Chattanooga (297-284-293 = 874) by a single shot, while UNCG (300-285-292 = 877) ended up four back in third place, one ahead of the Catamounts.
The first player in school history to earn three all-conference selections, Fountain birdied three of his last four holes on Tuesday to shoot two-over 74 and finish at 217 (+1) overall.
After opening with a two-under 70 on Sunday, sophomore David Sargent (219/+3) placed tied for ninth to record the lowest 54-hole finish of his career.
Teammates Todd Eckstein (222/+6) and Sam Echikson (222/+6) turned in solid rounds of 72 and 73, respectively, to tie for 15th, while Ralph Blasey (232/+16) ended up tied for 40th.
Western Carolina's J.T. Poston (-10) led wire-to-wire to claim individual medalist by two swings over Chattanooga's Chris Robb (-8), who carded a tournament-low seven-under 65 today.
Playing in its final Southern Conference Championship before making the move to the Atlantic 10 in July, Davidson finished the season with five top-five showings and a school-record 293.16 stroke average.
At-large selections for the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Regionals will be made May 5.
2014 Southern Conference Postseason Awards
SoCon Player of the Year
J.T. Poston, Western Carolina
SoCon Freshman of the Year
Carter Jenkins, UNCG
SoCon Coach of the Year
Larry Mays, Georgia Southern
All-Southern Conference
Richard Fountain, Davidson
Will Evans, Georgia Southern
Charlie Martin, Georgia Southern
Scott Wolfes, Georgia Southern
Taylor Coalson, UNCG
Roy Dixon, UNCG
Carter Jenkins, UNCG
Liam Johnston, Chattanooga
Chris Robb, Chattanooga
J.T. Poston, Western Carolina
All-Freshman
Bryce Howell, Furman
Carter Jenkins, UNCG
Wes Gosselin, Chattanooga
Ewan Scott, Chattanooga
Andrew Novak, Wofford
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