Men's Golf Opens Spring Campaign with Top Five Finish in Sea Best Invitational

Tuesday, February 4

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

8:45 a.m.

University of North Florida

Sea Best Invitational

Michael Mattiace watches the flight of his golf ball from the tee box

Photo by: Todd Drexler

Men's Golf Opens Spring Campaign with Top Five Finish in Sea Best Invitational

2/4/2020 2:49:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: North Florida Athletics

EVENT: Sea Best Invitational
DATE: Tuesday, Feb. 3
LOCATION: TPC Sawgrass Dye's Valley (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.)
COURSE INFO: Par 70 / 6,790 yards
UNF RESULT: 5th of 14 teams
TOP OSPREY: Cody Carroll & Nick Infanti (T12th | 210)

Golfstat Scoring link

LEADERBOARD: Paced by a trio of Top 20 individual performances, No. 30 ranked North Florida moved up the leaderboard in the Tuesday's final round to finish fifth in Sea Best Invitational at TPC Sawgrass Dye's Valley Course.

FIRST TEE
- Michael Saccente, playing as an individual in the field, posted the Ospreys top showing earning a T10 finish at 1-under 209 following a final round 3-under 67
- Redshirt senior Nick Infanti fired a 1-under 69 in the final round to secure a T12 finish at even-par 210
- Sophomore Cody Carroll matched Infanti's finish, carding a three-round 210 (T12) including a final round even-par 70
- Senior Michael Mattiace carded the squad's lowest round of the day, shooting a 3-under 67 to finish T40 at 216
- Freshman Drew Angelo rounded out the North Florida lineup at T70 (229) following a final round 73
- Ospreys boasted a final round 1-under team score of 279 and finished fifth overall with a 54-hole total of 847

TEAM SCOREBOARD (# Golfstat Top 50)
#12 Texas A&M (827), #37 Florida (829), #35 Liberty (841), #13 North Carolina (842), #30 North Florida (847), North Carolina State (851), Lipscomb (855), #48 Campbell (860), UNLV (862), Jacksonville (865), USC Upstate (868), #21 Arkansas (872), East Carolina (872), McNeese State (885)

INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Mattiace matched his season best round with the final round 67 on Tuesday
- Saccente posted a career low 67 in the final round en route to his first career Top 10 finish (T10)
- Five of UNF's six golfers in the field bettered their second round scores in the third round
- The Top 5 team finishers were ranked in the Top 40 in the country
- North Florida posted a total of 166 pars over the tournament paced by 42 from Lee (2nd most in the field)
- Mattiace recorded team high 13 of the Ospreys 45 birdies for the event
- Saccente was tied for the lead in the field in Par 5 scoring, finishing a 4-under (4.33 avg)

UNF RESULTS

5	North Florida	284	284	279	847 (+7)
T10	Michael Saccente (IND)	72	70	67	209 (-1)
T12	Cody Carroll	68	72	70	210 (E)
T12	Nick Infanti	70	71	69	210 (E)
T19	Davis Lee	71	67	73	211 (+1)
T40	Michael Mattiace	75	74	67	216 (+6)
T70	Drew Angelo	79	77	73	229 (+19)

COACHING COMMENTS...
"Guys played solid today for the most part. We are not satisfied with 5th place finish but with a bunch of fixable mistakes it was not a bad finish to start the spring. We need to work hard over the next 10 days and see how we can improve and perform in Gainesville." - Head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
North Florida continues spring season tournament play Feb. 15-16 with the SunTrust Gator Invitational at Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla.