Solid Start Puts Men's Golf in Second after Round One at Quail Valley

Sunday, October 14

Vero Beach, Fla.

8:30 a.m.

University of North Florida

Quail Valley Collegiate

Photo by: Todd Drexler

Solid Start Puts Men's Golf in Second after Round One at Quail Valley

10/14/2018 5:35:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: North Florida Athletics

EVENT: Quail Valley Intercollegiate
DATE: Sunday, Oct. 14
LOCATION: Quail Valley Golf Club (Vero Beach, Fla.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 7,350 yards
UNF RESULT: 2nd of 15 teams
TOP OSPREY: Philip Knowles & Jordan Batchelor (T6 | 69)

Round One Results
Live Scoring Link: Golfstat

LEADERBOARD: A trio of North Florida men's golfers carded rounds under par led by seniors Jordan Batchelor and Philip Knowles helped push the Ospreys to a second-place standing after opening round play in the Quail Valley Intercollegiate.

FIRST TEE
- Senior Jordan Batchelor notched his best round of the fall, carding a 3-under 69 to sit in a T6
- Fellow senior Philip Knowles matched Batchelor's opening round performance with a 69 of his own
- Senior Travis Trace joined his teammates with an under-par total, shooting a 2-under 70 for a T11
- Junior Michael Mattiace is T22 after a first round even-par 72, while freshman Cody Carroll rounded out the UNF lineup with a 76 (T59)
- The Ospreys carded an 8-under 280 to trail tournament leader Arkansas State (279) by a single shot

TEAM SCOREBOARD
Arkansas State (279), North Florida (894), South Florida (283), Michigan State (284), Notre Dame (286), McNeese State (288), UALR (292), Memphis (292), Jacksonville (292), Texas State (294), Sam Houston State (295), Maryland (296), Nebraska (297), UL Monroe (297), Lipscomb (297), Western Carolina (308)

INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Batchelor tallied his best round since a 68 at last year's Gator Invitational and just the sixth round of his career in the 60s
- For Knowles, the round was his 8th under-par in 10 rounds played this season and marked his 22nd career round in the 60s
- Trace posted his third round under-par of the season
- North Florida led the field with 62 pars paced by Mattiace's 14 on Sunday
- UNF carded 17 birdies led by 5 each from Batchelor and Trace
- USF's Ryoto Furuya tops the medalist chart after an opening round 67

UNF RESULTS

2	North Florida	280	---	---	280 (-8)
T6	Philip Knowles	69	--	--	69 (-3)
T6	Jordan Batchelor	69	--	--	69 (-3)
T11	Travis Trace	70	--	--	70 (-2)
T22	Michael Mattiace	72	--	--	72 (E)
T59	Cody Carroll	76	--	--	76 (+4)

QUOTABLE:
"We played very well on the back nine today after a very boring front nine. It was a nice to get a solid round and get in the hunt. It was really hot today so we need to get some food and be ready for tomorrow." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
The Ospreys continue with second round action at Quail Valley on Monday starting at 9 a.m. on Hole 1. UNF will be paired with Arkansas State, South Florida and Michigan State.