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WONDER BOYS OPEN SPRING SEASON WITH 15TH PLACE FINISH
AT PRESTIGIOUS 27TH-ANNUAL MATLOCK COLLEGIATE CLASSIC
LAKELAND, Florida –
Arkansas Tech Men’s Golf opened up the spring portion of
its schedule with a 15th place finish at the prestigious
27th-Annual Matlock Collegiate Classic held here at Lone
Palm Golf Club.
The tournament featured four of the top six ranked teams
in the country in NCAA Division II men’s golf, and nine
of the Top 25. In addition, four others schools,
including Tech, were among other teams receiving votes.
Tech finished the 15-team, 54-hole tournament with a
score of 944. The Wonder Boys opened the tournament with
a 320, then shot a 319 in the second round and concluded
play with a 305 in Tuesday’s final round. Florida
Southern, the tournament’s host school, took home the
team title for the third time in the last four years as
the fifth-ranked Moccasins shot a two-day total of 870,
while top-ranked West Florida shot an 874 to finish in
second place and Georgia College & State University, the
tournament’s first-round leader, shot an 880 to finish
in third place.
“This was an extremely tough tournament for our
golfers,” Tech Head Coach Dave Falconer said.
“The weather wasn’t the best and the field of teams was
very strong. I liked the way we rebounded and finished
the tournament after struggling in the first two
rounds.”
Leading the way for the Wonder Boys was junior Jarred
Carlyle (Nashville, Ark.), who fired a 54-hole total
of 222 to finish in a tie for 16th place. Carlyle opened
the tournament with a 77, then carded a two-under par 70
in the second round and finished play with a 75 in the
final round.
West Florida’s Matthew Galloway took home individual
medalist honors for the second consecutive season as he
fired a six-under par 210. Galloway became just the
third player in the tournament’s 27-year history to win
medalist honors in back-to-back seasons. Nova
Southeastern’s Constantin Schwierz finished second after
carding a three-under par 213, while Valdosta State’s
Brent Witcher and Florida Southern’s Matt Stauch each
shot a one-under 215 to finish tied for third place.
In addition to Carlyle, sophomore Ryan Hitt
(Allen, Texas) shot a 242 (75, 85, 82) for the
tournament to finish in a tie for 68th place, while
sophomore Jonathon Spikes (Danville, Ark.) and
junior Taylor Wallner (Fayetteville, Ark.) each
carded 245s to finish in a tie for 72nd place. Spikes
had rounds of 85, 84 and 76, while Wallner had rounds of
86, 80 and 79. The fifth finisher for Tech was junior
B.J. Hawkins (Winnsboro, Texas), who shot a 246 (83,
88, 75) to finish in 74th place.
Tech will continue its spring season on Feb. 24-25 at
the Henderson State Invitational at Hot Springs Country
Club in Hot Springs, Ark.
ARKANSAS
TECH 320 319 305
T16 Jarred
Carlyle 77 70 75 – 222
T68 Ryan
Hitt 75 85 82 – 242
T72
Jonathon Spikes 85 84 76 – 245
T72 Taylor
Wallner 86 80 79 – 245
74 B.J.
Hawkins 83 88 75 - 246
27th-Annual Matlock Collegiate Classic results
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