Topped by Trace, Ospreys Sweep Titles at Quail Valley Intercollegiate

Tuesday, October 16

Vero Beach, Fla.

8:30 a.m.

University of North Florida

Quail Valley Collegiate

The North Florida men's golf team poses with their championship trophies at the Quail Valley Intercollegaite

Topped by Trace, Ospreys Sweep Titles at Quail Valley Intercollegiate

10/16/2018 6:47:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: North Florida Athletics

EVENT: Quail Valley Intercollegiate
DATE: Tuesday, Oct. 16
LOCATION: Quail Valley Golf Club (Vero Beach, Fla.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 7,350 yards
UNF RESULT: 1st of 16 teams
TOP OSPREY: Travis Trace (1st | 70-67-66=203)

Final Results
Live Scoring Link: Golfstat

LEADERBOARD: Senior Travis Trace sparked a final round charge by the North Florida men's golf team en route to claiming the individual medalist title and leading the Ospreys to the team championship on Tuesday at the Quail Valley Intercollegiate.

FIRST TEE
- Travis Trace carded a bogey-free 6-under 66 in the final round, rallying for the medalist crown with a three-day total of 203 (-13)
- Junior Michael Mattiace and freshman Cody Carroll joined Trace going low as both golfers fired season best rounds of 3-under 69
- Mattiace earned a T12 finish at 212 (-4) while Carroll was T40 at 219
- Senior Jordan Batchelor collected his second under-par round of the tournament, shooting a 1-under 71 to finish T22 at 214 (-2)
- Senior Philip Knowles rounded out the Osprey lineup with a final round 76 | Knowles ended the event T12 at 212
- UNF matched the low round of the day, shooting a 13-under 275 in the final round | North Florida finished with a 54-hole total of 834, one shot in front of USF

TEAM SCOREBOARD
North Florida (834), South Florida (835), Arkansas State (838), Memphis (860), Jacksonville (862), Michigan State (864), Maryland (865), Notre Dame (866), UL Monroe (867), UALR (870), Sam Houston State (871), Texas State (874), Lipscomb (875), Nebraska (876), McNeese State (890), Western Carolina (924)

INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Team championship marked the 53rd in program history and 26th in the Division I era | Marked the 35th individual title in program history
- Trace captured the second tournament title of his career after earning medalist honors at last year's NCAA Norman Regional
- The final round 66 equalled Trace's best of the season and marked his 19th career round in the 60s
- His tournament total of 203, was the second lowest in program history, and the -13 relation to par matched the program best mark
- Carroll posted his first second round-under par of his career and first round in the 60s
- Mattiace shot his season best round and was just one shot shy of his personal best collegiate round | Bettered his previous best tourney total by a stroke
- Batchelor had two rounds under par in an event for just the second time in 18 career tournament appearances
- Knowles narrowly missed his fourth straight Top 10 finish of the fall earning a T12
- North Florida finished the event as the leader in the field for both Par 3 (+4, 3.07 avg) and Par 4 (-7, 3.95 avg) scoring
- The Ospreys were second in the field netting 171 pars paced by 38 from Carroll
- UNF boasted 58 birdies and a pair of eagles during tournament play with Trace leading the team with 16 birdies and an eagle
- North Florida's 834 total was the second lowest in program history, behind just an 830 tally at the 2013 NCAA Regional in Tallahassee
- Trace topped the 80-player field by three shots

UNF RESULTS

1	North Florida	280	279	275	834 (-30)
1	Travis Trace	70	67	66	203 (-13)
T12	Philip Knowles	69	67	76	212 (-4)
T12	Michael Mattiace	72	71	69	212 (-4)
T22	Jordan Batchelor	69	74	71	214 (-2)
T40	Cody Carroll	76	74	69	219 (+3)

QUOTABLE:
"The guys really stepped up today. With our best player struggling, we had a great team effort led by Travis getting his second career win today. It was fun to compete with USF down the stretch as both teams played a bunch of really good golf." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
North Florida wraps up its fall season on Nov. 2-4 at the Ka'anapali Classic in Lahaina, Hawaii.