Team results

Combo report

DeLAND − The Flagler College men's golf team finished in eighth place after shooting a final round 297 for a 54-hole total of 891 at the NCAA Division II South/Southeast Regional which concluded Wednesday at the Victoria Hills Golf Club (par 72; 7072 yards).

Flagler finished just six shots shy of getting one of the five spots for the NCAA Division II National Tournament. Lynn University claimed the team title with an 869 and won by four strokes over Barry University (873). Barton College (877), Newberry College (879), and Columbus State University (885) rounded out the top five and will advance to the national championship May 17-20 in Florence, Ala.

Ricardo Gouveia of Lynn University lead wire-to-wire and wound up sharing medalist honors with Michael Marsburn of Barton College. Gouveia carded a 1-under par 71 today to close the tournament with a 4-under 212. Marshburn shot a 2-under 70 to tie Gouveia. They finished two strokes ahead of Danie Stapff of Barry who finished with a 2-under 214. The individuals advancing to the national championships are Grant Goforth of Delta State University and Jake Murphy of Coker College. Goforth finished fourth with an even par 216. Murphy tied for fifth place with a 2-over 218. 

Andrew McCracken (Virginia Beach, Va., First Colonial HS) led the Flagler contingent with a 4-over 220 and finished tied for 16th place. McCracken shot an even par 72 today. Chris Bray (Hilliard, Fla., Hilliard HS) finished in a tie for 30th place with a 6-over 222. Joel Dahlenburg (St. Augustine, Fla., Bartram Trail HS) finished in a tie for 40th place with an 8-over 224. Greg Mergel (Allenwood, N.J., Wall Township HS) tied for 53rd place with a 10-over 226. Alex Bennett (Rochester, Mich., Scottsdale CC) rounded out the Flagler players and tied for 80th place with a 15-over 231.

NCAA Division II South/Southeast Regional
May 2-4, 2011
DeLand, Fla. (Victoria Hills GC)
Par 72; 7072 yards

Fin Team Scores
1 Lynn 288-293-288=869
2 Barry 294-285-294=873
3 Barton 294-289-294=877
4 Newberry 289-295-295=879
5 Columbus State 294-296-295=885
t6 Florida Tech 295-294-299=888
t6 Georgia College 297-294-297=888
8 Flagler 300-294-297=891
9 West Florida 285-301-307=893
t10 Delta State 293-305-296=894
t10 Belmont Abbey 291-296-307=894
t12 North Alabama 298-303-294=895
t12 USC Aiken 298-297-300=895
14 UNC Pembroke 305-295-296=896
15 Nova Southeastern 307-305-287=899
16 Armstrong Atlantic 297-303-305=905
17 Florida Southern 307-303-302=912
18 Valdosta State 303-311-311=916
19 Rollins 304-312-312=928
20 Queens of Charlotte 308-309-309=928

Fin Top10 players Scores
t1 Ricardo Gouveia (LU) 67-74-71=212 (-4)
t1 Michael Marshburn (BC) 72-70-70=212 (-4)
3 Daniel Stapff (BU) 73-70-71=214 (-2)
4 Grant Goforth (DSU) 70-76-70=216 (E)
t5 Jonathan McCurry (UNCP) 74-73-71=218 (+2)
t5 *Jake Murphy (COKER) 76-70-72=218 (+2)
t7 Chris Carlin (BU) 75-70-74=219 (+3)
t7 Tyler Chandler (UNA) 72-74-73=219 (+3)
t7 Daniel Claytor (BC) 72-70-77=219 (+3)
t7 Jude Eustaquio (FSC) 74-72-73=219 (+3)
t7 Roberto Francioni (LU) 72-76-71=219 (+3)
t7 T. Guste-Pedersen (UWF) 70-74-75=219 (+3)
t7 Jose Joia (LU) 73-69-77=219 (+3)
t7 Corey Menter (FIT) 73-72-74=219 (+3)
t7 Billy Shida (GC) 75-71-73=219 (+3)

Fin Flagler players Scores
t16 Andrew McCracken 76-72-72=220 (+4)
t30 Chris Bray 74-74-74=222 (+6)
t40 Joel Dahlenburg 75-74-75=224 (+8)
t53 Greg Mergel 76-74-76=226 (+10)
t80 Alex Bennett 75-76-80=231 (+15)

*indicates played as an individual