Monday, March 11
Conway, S.C.
7:40 a.m.
University of North Florida
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General Hackler Championship
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Ospreys Climb to Top of Leaderboard at General Hackler Championship
3/11/2019 9:32:00 PM | Men's Golf
Travis Trace holds lead in medalist play
EVENT: General Hackler Championship
DATE: Monday, Mar. 11
LOCATION: The Dune Golf & Beach Club (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 7,233 yards
UNF RESULT: 1st of 13 teams
TOP OSPREY: Travis Trace (1st | 66-67=133)
Live Scoring Link:Â Golfstat
LEADERBOARD: Paced by the low scores in both opening day rounds, No. 18 North Florida climbed to the top of the team leaderboard at the General Hackler Championship on Monday. Senior Travis Trace led the Osprey charge, claiming the medalist lead with a pair of rounds in the 60s.Â
FIRST TEE
- Travis Trace fired rounds of 66-67 en route to posting the best opening day total of 11-under 133
- Fellow seniors Andrew Alligood and Jordan Batchelor ended the day T11 (141) | Alligood opened with a 73 followed by a 68 while Batchelor carded the same scores in reverse order
- Senior Philip Knowles posted back-to-back rounds of 1-under 71 for a 36-hole total of 142 (T17)
- Junior Michael Mattiace rounded out the Osprey lineup in a T63 (150) after shooting rounds of 80-70
- Freshman Cody Carroll ended the day T28 at even par 144 (70-74) playing in the event as an individual
- The Ospreys opened the day with a 10-under 278 before capping the day with a 12-under 276 for a tournament leading 554
TEAM SCOREBOARD (# = Golfstat Top 50 rankings)
#18 North Florida (554), #25 Liberty (558), #6 Wake Forest (558), #29 Louisville (562), Kentucky (566), #17 Georgia (571), ETSU (576), #23 Texas A&M (580), Coastal Carolina (581), East Carolina (584), Kent State (586), North Texas (590), Northern Illinois (595)
INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Trace is seeking his second medalist title of the season and third of his career | He posted his sixth and seventh rounds in the 60s of the season
- Alligood collected his program record 34th round in the 60s
- Mattiace made a 10-shot improvement from his morning to afternoon rounds
- Carroll's opening round 70 was one shot shy of his career low
- Every Osprey golfer carded atleast one under-par round on Monday
- UNF ranked 2nd in the field for Par 5 scoring at 18-under (4.53 avg) | Trace topped the field at 8-under (4.00 avg) followed closely by Alligood at 6-under (4.25 avg)
- North Florida tallied 108 pars paced by 25 each from Alligood and Carroll
- Osprey's finished the opening day with 45 birdies led by 11 by Batchelor
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QUOTABLE:
"The guys played pretty solid today was a group. Travis played really nicely all day and we had guys step up in each round. We are going to have to be ready for a fun battle tomorrow with two good teams." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder
UP NEXT
North Florida wraps up play at the General Hackler Championship with Tuesday's final round. Ospreys will be paired with Liberty and Wake Forest starting at Hole 1 at 9:40 a.m.
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DATE: Monday, Mar. 11
LOCATION: The Dune Golf & Beach Club (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 7,233 yards
UNF RESULT: 1st of 13 teams
TOP OSPREY: Travis Trace (1st | 66-67=133)
Live Scoring Link:Â Golfstat
LEADERBOARD: Paced by the low scores in both opening day rounds, No. 18 North Florida climbed to the top of the team leaderboard at the General Hackler Championship on Monday. Senior Travis Trace led the Osprey charge, claiming the medalist lead with a pair of rounds in the 60s.Â
FIRST TEE
- Travis Trace fired rounds of 66-67 en route to posting the best opening day total of 11-under 133
- Fellow seniors Andrew Alligood and Jordan Batchelor ended the day T11 (141) | Alligood opened with a 73 followed by a 68 while Batchelor carded the same scores in reverse order
- Senior Philip Knowles posted back-to-back rounds of 1-under 71 for a 36-hole total of 142 (T17)
- Junior Michael Mattiace rounded out the Osprey lineup in a T63 (150) after shooting rounds of 80-70
- Freshman Cody Carroll ended the day T28 at even par 144 (70-74) playing in the event as an individual
- The Ospreys opened the day with a 10-under 278 before capping the day with a 12-under 276 for a tournament leading 554
TEAM SCOREBOARD (# = Golfstat Top 50 rankings)
#18 North Florida (554), #25 Liberty (558), #6 Wake Forest (558), #29 Louisville (562), Kentucky (566), #17 Georgia (571), ETSU (576), #23 Texas A&M (580), Coastal Carolina (581), East Carolina (584), Kent State (586), North Texas (590), Northern Illinois (595)
INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Trace is seeking his second medalist title of the season and third of his career | He posted his sixth and seventh rounds in the 60s of the season
- Alligood collected his program record 34th round in the 60s
- Mattiace made a 10-shot improvement from his morning to afternoon rounds
- Carroll's opening round 70 was one shot shy of his career low
- Every Osprey golfer carded atleast one under-par round on Monday
- UNF ranked 2nd in the field for Par 5 scoring at 18-under (4.53 avg) | Trace topped the field at 8-under (4.00 avg) followed closely by Alligood at 6-under (4.25 avg)
- North Florida tallied 108 pars paced by 25 each from Alligood and Carroll
- Osprey's finished the opening day with 45 birdies led by 11 by Batchelor
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UNF RESULTS
| Â 1 | Â North Florida | Â 278 | Â 276 | Â --- | Â 554 (-22) |
| Â 1 | Â Travis Trace | Â 66 | Â 67 | Â -- | Â 133 (-11) |
| Â T11 | Â Andrew Alligood | Â 73 | Â 68 | Â -- | Â 141 (-3) |
| Â T11 | Â Jordan Batchelor | Â 68 | Â 73 | Â -- | Â 141 (-3) |
| Â T17 | Â Philip Knowles | Â 71 | Â 71 | Â -- | Â 142 (-2) |
|  T28 |  Cody Carroll (IND) |  70 |  74 |  -- |  144 (E) |
| Â T63 | Â Michael Mattiace | Â 80 | Â 70 | Â -- | Â 150 (+6) |
QUOTABLE:
"The guys played pretty solid today was a group. Travis played really nicely all day and we had guys step up in each round. We are going to have to be ready for a fun battle tomorrow with two good teams." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder
UP NEXT
North Florida wraps up play at the General Hackler Championship with Tuesday's final round. Ospreys will be paired with Liberty and Wake Forest starting at Hole 1 at 9:40 a.m.
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