Tuesday, February 5
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
9:30 a.m.
University of North Florida
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Men's Golf Collects Runner-Up Finish at Sea Best Invitational
2/5/2019 4:42:00 PM | Men's Golf
EVENT: Sea Best Invitational
DATE: Tuesday, Feb. 5
LOCATION: TPC Sawgrass/Dye's Valley Course (Ponte Vedra, Fla.)
COURSE INFO: Par 70 / 6,873 yards
UNF RESULT: 2nd of 14 teams
TOP OSPREY: Michael Mattiace (T7 | 69-69-71=209)
Final Results
Live Scoring Link:Â Golfstat
LEADERBOARD: Led by a pair of golfers in the Top 10, No. 23 ranked North Florida fired a final round 282 to earn a runner-up finish at the spring season opening Sea Best Invitational played at TPC Sawgrass/Dye's Valley Course.
FIRST TEE
- Junior Michael Mattiace shot a final round 71 to finish T7 at 1-under 209
- Senior Andrew Alligood was the squad's low scorer on Tuesday, carding a 1-under 69 for a 10th-place finish (210)
- Senior Philip Knowles earned a T13 (212) after his final round 71 while fellow senior Travis Trace was T31 (217) following his 73 on the last day
- Freshman Cody Carroll posted a 71 to round out the Osprey lineup with a T35 (218)
- Playing as an individual, senior Jordan Batchelor was T46 (220), capping his tournament with a second round of 73
- As a team, UNF tallied a 54-hole total of 843, just three shots off of tournament champion Florida State's total
TEAM SCOREBOARD (# = Golfstat Top 50 rankings)
#39 Florida State (840), #23 North Florida (843), #46 Florida (848), #35 Liberty (851), #26 NC State (854), #30 North Carolina (858), #13 Arkansas (861), #42 Campbell (861), East Carolina (868), #24 UNLV (870), USC Upstate (871), Jacksonville (873), McNeese State (879), Lipscomb (888)
INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Mattiace earned just the second Top 10 finish of his career in the event
- Knowles extended his current streak of Top 15 finishes to seven including every event this season
- Alligood collected his 31st round in the 60s, matching the UNF program record with Sean Dale
- Carroll's 54-hole total was the lowest of his collegiate career
- Ospreys led the field in Par 5 scoring at -9 (4.70 avg) and ranked second in Par 3 scoring at +3 (3.05 avg)
- UNF topped the tournament with 188 pars getting 40 each by Mattiace, Carroll and Batchelor
- North Florida collected a total of 35 birdies paced by 9 from Alligood
- Ospreys have three runner-up finishes in six events this season along with a win at Quail Valley in October
- FSU's John Pak carded a final round low 66 to earn the medalist honor at 206
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QUOTABLE:
"It was a solid event to start the spring season. We just didn't make enough birdies today to deserve the win. We got our third second-place finish of the year and I know this will motivate us to work harder to get the win the next time out." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder
UP NEXT
North Florida will have 10 days off from competition before making their annual appearance in the SunTrust Gator Invitational on Feb. 16-17 in Gainesville, Fla.
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DATE: Tuesday, Feb. 5
LOCATION: TPC Sawgrass/Dye's Valley Course (Ponte Vedra, Fla.)
COURSE INFO: Par 70 / 6,873 yards
UNF RESULT: 2nd of 14 teams
TOP OSPREY: Michael Mattiace (T7 | 69-69-71=209)
Final Results
Live Scoring Link:Â Golfstat
LEADERBOARD: Led by a pair of golfers in the Top 10, No. 23 ranked North Florida fired a final round 282 to earn a runner-up finish at the spring season opening Sea Best Invitational played at TPC Sawgrass/Dye's Valley Course.
FIRST TEE
- Junior Michael Mattiace shot a final round 71 to finish T7 at 1-under 209
- Senior Andrew Alligood was the squad's low scorer on Tuesday, carding a 1-under 69 for a 10th-place finish (210)
- Senior Philip Knowles earned a T13 (212) after his final round 71 while fellow senior Travis Trace was T31 (217) following his 73 on the last day
- Freshman Cody Carroll posted a 71 to round out the Osprey lineup with a T35 (218)
- Playing as an individual, senior Jordan Batchelor was T46 (220), capping his tournament with a second round of 73
- As a team, UNF tallied a 54-hole total of 843, just three shots off of tournament champion Florida State's total
TEAM SCOREBOARD (# = Golfstat Top 50 rankings)
#39 Florida State (840), #23 North Florida (843), #46 Florida (848), #35 Liberty (851), #26 NC State (854), #30 North Carolina (858), #13 Arkansas (861), #42 Campbell (861), East Carolina (868), #24 UNLV (870), USC Upstate (871), Jacksonville (873), McNeese State (879), Lipscomb (888)
INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Mattiace earned just the second Top 10 finish of his career in the event
- Knowles extended his current streak of Top 15 finishes to seven including every event this season
- Alligood collected his 31st round in the 60s, matching the UNF program record with Sean Dale
- Carroll's 54-hole total was the lowest of his collegiate career
- Ospreys led the field in Par 5 scoring at -9 (4.70 avg) and ranked second in Par 3 scoring at +3 (3.05 avg)
- UNF topped the tournament with 188 pars getting 40 each by Mattiace, Carroll and Batchelor
- North Florida collected a total of 35 birdies paced by 9 from Alligood
- Ospreys have three runner-up finishes in six events this season along with a win at Quail Valley in October
- FSU's John Pak carded a final round low 66 to earn the medalist honor at 206
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UNF RESULTS
| Â 2 | Â North Florida | Â 282 | Â 279 | Â 282 | Â 843 (+3) |
| Â T7 | Â Michael Mattiace | Â 69 | Â 69 | Â 71 | Â 209 (-1) |
| Â 10 | Â Andrew Alligood | Â 69 | Â 72 | Â 69 | Â 210 (E) |
| Â T13 | Â Philip Knowles | Â 73 | Â 68 | Â 71 | Â 212 (+2) |
| Â T31 | Â Travis Trace | Â 71 | Â 73 | Â 73 | Â 217 (+7) |
| Â T35 | Â Cody Carroll | Â 77 | Â 70 | Â 71 | Â 218 (+8) |
|  T46 |  Jordan Batchelor (IND) |  73 |  74 |  73 |  220 (+10) |
QUOTABLE:
"It was a solid event to start the spring season. We just didn't make enough birdies today to deserve the win. We got our third second-place finish of the year and I know this will motivate us to work harder to get the win the next time out." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder
UP NEXT
North Florida will have 10 days off from competition before making their annual appearance in the SunTrust Gator Invitational on Feb. 16-17 in Gainesville, Fla.
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