North Carolina State University Athletics
Men's Golf Jumps into Top-10
10/13/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
RALEIGH, N.C. – Based on a strong performance through the first two fall tournaments, the NC State men’s golf team is now ranked No. 9 nationally according to GolfStat.com with an adjusted score of 73.28.
NC State started its fall campaign with a third place showing at the Maryland Intercollegiate in early September, and followed that up with a fourth place showing at the prestigious PING-GolfWeek Preview in late September. NC State has now finished fifth or better in eight straight tournaments dating back to last season.
The PING-GolfWeek Preview featured five teams ranked in the top-10, and a total of 11 of the 15 teams ranked overall. Thus far, NC State has posted a record of 23-5 if you competed head-to-head, but more impressively the Pack has gone 4-4 against top-25 quads and is 12-5 against teams in the top-50 overall.
NC State also brought home its first individual medalist honor of the school year last week. Senior Kent Copeland won the Gordin-Myers Collegiate by two strokes at the Duke University Golf Club. Copeland finished at one-under (215), with rounds of 69-74-72. He used a bidie the final hole to clinch the victory.
With Copeland’s recent victory, NC State not gone more than two events without an individual champion over the last 18 months.
The Pack will have one more fall tournament, when NC State will travel to Johnson City, Tenn., to compete in The Ridges Intercollegiate this weekend. The field for this year’s event will include 10 teams currently ranked in the nation’s top-50.
NC State started its fall campaign with a third place showing at the Maryland Intercollegiate in early September, and followed that up with a fourth place showing at the prestigious PING-GolfWeek Preview in late September. NC State has now finished fifth or better in eight straight tournaments dating back to last season.
The PING-GolfWeek Preview featured five teams ranked in the top-10, and a total of 11 of the 15 teams ranked overall. Thus far, NC State has posted a record of 23-5 if you competed head-to-head, but more impressively the Pack has gone 4-4 against top-25 quads and is 12-5 against teams in the top-50 overall.
NC State also brought home its first individual medalist honor of the school year last week. Senior Kent Copeland won the Gordin-Myers Collegiate by two strokes at the Duke University Golf Club. Copeland finished at one-under (215), with rounds of 69-74-72. He used a bidie the final hole to clinch the victory.
With Copeland’s recent victory, NC State not gone more than two events without an individual champion over the last 18 months.
The Pack will have one more fall tournament, when NC State will travel to Johnson City, Tenn., to compete in The Ridges Intercollegiate this weekend. The field for this year’s event will include 10 teams currently ranked in the nation’s top-50.
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