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Men's Golf Captures Fifth ASUN Championship

Team photo of ASUN Champion men's golf team

Men's Golf | 4/24/2018 3:52:00 PM

EVENT: ASUN Championship
DATE: Tuesday, Apr. 24
LOCATION: The Legends Course at Chateau Elan (Braselton, Ga.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 7,032 yards | Par 70 / 6,577 yards
UNF RESULT: 1st of 7 teams
TOP OSPREY: Andrew Alligood (2nd | 138)
Final Results (pdf)
Live Scoring Link: Golfstat

The Leaderboard: The No. 26-ranked North Florida men's golf shot a final round 279 and finished at 4-under to earn the program's fifth ASUN Championship on Tuesday at The Legends Course of Chateau Elan. Junior Andrew Alligood was the individual runner-up to pace the Ospreys.

FIRST TEE
- Alligood earned his third runner-up finish of the spring and fourth consecutive Top 10 after shooting a final round 69 for a total of 138 (-4)
- Senior Dillon Woods posted a tie for third at 140 (-2) after his final round 71
- Junior Philip Knowles was T7 (143) following his round of 71 on Tuesday
- Junior Travis Trace was the fourth Osprey in the Top 10, earning a 9th-place showing of 144 highlighted by his final round 68
- Sophomore Michael Mattiace rounded out the UNF lineup in a T14 (148) including his final round 73
- North Florida finished with a tournament total of 564, five shots ahead of runner-up Lipscomb

TEAM SCOREBOARD (# - Golfstat Top 50 rankings)
#26 North Florida (564), Lipscomb (569), Jacksonville (586), Kennesaw State (588), FGCU (598), Stetson (603), USC Upstate (608)

INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Alligood and Woods both garnered All-Tournament honors
- Alligood carded his 42nd career round under par and 27th round in the 60s
- Woods collected his first Top 10 finish of the season
- Knowles tallied his eighth Top 10 showing
- Trace posted his second lowest round of the season on Tuesday
- Course was played at a par 70 after the Par 5 10th hole was shortened to a par 3 due to unplayable fairway conditions
- UNF posted 113 pars in the event, ranking second in the field, with Trace netting 26 to lead the squad
- North Florida ranked led the field with 33 birdies paced by Woods and Alligood at 9 each, which also topped the field
- The win was UNF's first ASUN Championship since 2015 and was the second title of the year and 52nd in program history (25th in Division 1 play).

UNF RESULTS

1 North Florida 285 279 564 (-4)
2 Andrew Alligood 69 69 138 (-4)
T3 Dillon Woods 69 71 140 (-2)
T7 Philip Knowles 72 71 143 ( 1)
9 Travis Trace 76 68 144 ( 2)
T14 Michael Mattiace 75 73 148 ( 6)


QUOTEWORTHY:
"It was great stuff by the guys down the stretch. I couldn't be prouder of this group. It was a fun battle with Lipscomb all day. We are now on to Regionals and looking to accomplish more goals." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
The Ospreys will find out their destination for NCAA Regional play next Wednesday (May 2) at 5:30 p.m. when the field is announced on The Golf Channel.

 
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Players Mentioned

Dillon Woods

Dillon Woods

RH
5' 10"
Freshman
Undecided

Players Mentioned

Dillon Woods

Dillon Woods

5' 10"
Freshman
Undecided
RH