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Chris Schenkel Invitational
Pack Opens Play Friday at Chris Schenkel Invitational
3/15/2018 10:30:00 PM | Men's Golf
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RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's golf team opens play at the Chris Schenkel Invitational on Friday. The three-day, 54-hole event will be held at the Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Ga.
The 14-team field, features 13 ranked in the top-100 of the golfstat rankings.
Chris Schenkel Invitational Participants
College of Charleston
ETSU
Florida
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Iowa
Kentucky
Minnesota
Mississippi State
NC State
Notre Dame
Richmond
UAB
Vanderbilt
Last Time Out
The Pack finished in eighth place out of 15 teams at the General Hackler in Myrtle Beach, SC last week. Stephen Franken was the top NC State finisher with a seventh-place finish.
Fall Season Recap
The Pack participated in four events in the fall, winning two. NC State won the Golfweek Conference Challenge in September in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and captured the Wolfpack Intercollegiate held at Lonnie Poole Golf Club in early October. The two tournament victories in the fall marks the first time since the 2014-15 season the Pack has won multiple tournaments in a season. The last time NCState won three or more tournaments in a season was the 1995-96 season.
NC State Line-Up
1. Stephen Franken – The junior leads the Pack with a 70.61 scoring average as he has recorded five top-10 finishes insixtournaments played. Franken collected the first individual title of his career, winning the Wolfpack Intercollegiate, with a three-day score of 15-under-par. Franken's score of 15-under-par tied an NC State program record for score in relation to par. The Raleigh native played 11 of his 18 rounds in the fall at par or lower.
2. Easton Paxton – The lone freshman on the Pack's roster this season, Paxton has competed in five of six events and finished with a scoring average of 73.27. The Riverton, Wyo., native made his collegiate debut at the Golfweek Conference Challenge and helped push the Pack to the tournament title, finishing the three-round event with a score of even-par to place in a tie for 19th out of 75 competitors.
3. Benjamin Shipp – The junior ranks second on the team with a scoring average of 72.80. He won the Golfweek Conference Challenge besting the 75-player field with a three-day scorecard of (68-69-69—206). He closed the fall season, finishing in a tie for seventh-place out of 76 competitors at the UNCG/Grandover Collegiate.
4. Nolan Mills Jr. - The junior joins Franken as the only players to compete in all six tournaments this season. He has a scoring average of 74.56. The Charlotte native finished in a tie for 13th place out of 81 competitors at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate with a three-round score of one-under-par.
5. Harrison Rhoades – This weekend will mark the first tournament of the spring for Rhodaes. He competed in all four tournaments in the fall for the Pack, finishing with a scoring average of 74.33. His top finish of the fall was a tie for 11th out of 90 competitors at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate.
RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's golf team opens play at the Chris Schenkel Invitational on Friday. The three-day, 54-hole event will be held at the Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Ga.
The 14-team field, features 13 ranked in the top-100 of the golfstat rankings.
Chris Schenkel Invitational Participants
College of Charleston
ETSU
Florida
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Iowa
Kentucky
Minnesota
Mississippi State
NC State
Notre Dame
Richmond
UAB
Vanderbilt
Last Time Out
The Pack finished in eighth place out of 15 teams at the General Hackler in Myrtle Beach, SC last week. Stephen Franken was the top NC State finisher with a seventh-place finish.
Fall Season Recap
The Pack participated in four events in the fall, winning two. NC State won the Golfweek Conference Challenge in September in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and captured the Wolfpack Intercollegiate held at Lonnie Poole Golf Club in early October. The two tournament victories in the fall marks the first time since the 2014-15 season the Pack has won multiple tournaments in a season. The last time NCState won three or more tournaments in a season was the 1995-96 season.
NC State Line-Up
1. Stephen Franken – The junior leads the Pack with a 70.61 scoring average as he has recorded five top-10 finishes insixtournaments played. Franken collected the first individual title of his career, winning the Wolfpack Intercollegiate, with a three-day score of 15-under-par. Franken's score of 15-under-par tied an NC State program record for score in relation to par. The Raleigh native played 11 of his 18 rounds in the fall at par or lower.
2. Easton Paxton – The lone freshman on the Pack's roster this season, Paxton has competed in five of six events and finished with a scoring average of 73.27. The Riverton, Wyo., native made his collegiate debut at the Golfweek Conference Challenge and helped push the Pack to the tournament title, finishing the three-round event with a score of even-par to place in a tie for 19th out of 75 competitors.
3. Benjamin Shipp – The junior ranks second on the team with a scoring average of 72.80. He won the Golfweek Conference Challenge besting the 75-player field with a three-day scorecard of (68-69-69—206). He closed the fall season, finishing in a tie for seventh-place out of 76 competitors at the UNCG/Grandover Collegiate.
4. Nolan Mills Jr. - The junior joins Franken as the only players to compete in all six tournaments this season. He has a scoring average of 74.56. The Charlotte native finished in a tie for 13th place out of 81 competitors at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate with a three-round score of one-under-par.
5. Harrison Rhoades – This weekend will mark the first tournament of the spring for Rhodaes. He competed in all four tournaments in the fall for the Pack, finishing with a scoring average of 74.33. His top finish of the fall was a tie for 11th out of 90 competitors at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate.
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