Sunday, March 28, 2010

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DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - The FGCU men’s golf team concluded play in seventh place at the 18-team 2010 FAU Invitational in Delray Beach, Fla. on Sunday afternoon. As an individual, Fort Myers sophomore Alex Medinis placed in the top 10 overall.

Turning in a three-round team score of 873 (291-286-296) placed the Eagles in seventh place ahead of Minnesota (878), Ohio State (884), Notre Dame (885), USF (890), Marquette (906), and Wisconsin (909). Illinois captured the team title with a 10-under score of 842 (282-279-281).

Medinis (Fort Myers, Fla.) guided the Eagles through the three round event, and finished alone in seventh place with a scorecard of 211 (70-68-73). Junior Daniel Mazziotta (Fort Myers, Fla.) placed inside the top 30 with a three day total of 220 (72-76-72), good for a share of 27th overall with five other participants. With three sub-par rounds, Illinois’ Chris DeForest won the individual medalist honor with a 205 (67-68-70) score.

With the fourth spring competition behind them, the Eagles will now prepare for the 2010 A-Sun Championships. This year’s event will be held at The Legends Course at Chateau Elan in Braselton, Ga. on April 18-21.

FGCU Final Results
7 Alex Medinis (70 68 73) 211
T27 Daniel Mazziotta (72 76 72) 220
T33 Brandon Pena (75 71 75) 221
T45 Gyles Robin (74 74 76) 224
T71 Jeremy Self (81 73 76) 230

Leaderboard
1 Illinois (282 279 281) 842
2 Iowa (295 281 284) 860
3 Penn State U. (290 283 289) 862
4 Eastern Michigan U. (293 290 282) 865
5 Florida Atlantic U. (291 287 288) 866
6 Michigan (290 284 295) 869
7 Florida Gulf Coast U (291 286 296) 873
8 Minnesota (293 292 293) 878
9 Murray State Univ. (298 293 289) 880
T10 St. Mary's-Californ. (298 287 299) 884
T10 Ohio State (302 289 293) 884
12 Notre Dame, U. of (288 297 300) 885
13 So. Florida, U. of (298 296 296) 890
14 Northern Illinois U. (301 302 302) 905
15 Marquette University (298 304 304) 906
16 Wisconsin, U. of (306 294 309) 909