North Florida Finishes 10th at Gator Invitational

Sunday, February 16

Gainesville, Fla.

8:00 a.m.

University of North Florida

Gator Invitational

Michael Saccente follows through on his golf swing from the fairway

Photo by: Todd Drexler

2/16/2020 5:19:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: North Florida Athletics

EVENT: Gator Invitational
DATE: Sunday, Feb. 16
LOCATION: Mark Bostick Golf Course (Gainesville, Fla.)
COURSE INFO: Par 70 / 6,701 yards
UNF RESULT: 10th of 15 teams
TOP OSPREY: Michael Saccente (T18th | 213)

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LEADERBOARD: No. 26 North Florida carded their lowest team round of the tournament but were unable to make a final round move up the leaderboard, earning a 10th place finish Sunday at the Gator Invitational led by junior Michael Saccente's Top 20 performance.

FIRST TEE
- Redshirt junior Michael Saccente, making his season debut in the Osprey lineup, was the squad's top performer firing a final round 2-under 68 en route to his T18 (213) finish
- Redshirt senior Nick Infanti carded a final round 71 and joined Saccente in the Top 25 with his T24 (215) showing
- Senior Michael Mattiace finished T41 (218) with a round of 74 on Sunday followed by freshman Davis Lee with a 72 for a T52 (221)
- Sophomore Cody Carroll rounded out the UNF lineup with a T64 (225) finish after a 76 in the final round
- As a team, Ospreys posted their low round of the event with a 285 and totaled a score of 866 for the three rounds

TEAM SCOREBOARD (# Golfstat Top 50)
#31 Florida (828), #19 Vanderbilt (846), #36 USF (852), Penn State (852), #29 Liberty (855), #47 West Virginia (856), Georgia Southern (858), Coastal Carolina (861), Mississippi State (865), #26 North Florida (866), Missouri (867), Jacksonville (871), Toledo (882), #39 UCF (883), Wichita State (891)

INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Saccente's final round 68 was the squad's lone under-par round of the tournament | Finish also marked his second straight Top 20 and second consecutive event he was UNF's top performer
- North Florida ranked third in the field with 180 pars led by 40 from Nick Infanti
- Saccente paced the Osprey lineup netting 8 of the team's 28 birdies

UNF RESULTS

10	North Florida	290	291	285	866 (+26)
T18	Michael Saccente	72	73	68	213 (+3)
T24	Nick Infanti	73	71	71	215 (+5)
T41	Michael Mattiace	71	73	74	218 (+8)
T52	Davis Lee	75	74	72	221 (+11)
T64	Cody Carroll	74	75	76	225 (+15)

COACHING COMMENTS...
"It was a nice event for Michael Saccente, playing in the lineup for the first time in awhile. We just made way too many mistakes this week that good teams can not make. It is very important for us to learn from this week and work hard to make improvements.." - Head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
North Florida makes a quick return to tournament action, traveling to Tallahassee, Fla., for the Seminole Intercollegiate on Feb. 22-23.