North Florida Finishes Tied for 4th at Season Opening Timuquana Collegiate

Tuesday, January 26

Jacksonville, Fla.

8:05 a.m.

University of North Florida

Timuquana Collegiate

Nick Gabrelcik watches his tee shot fly down the fairway

Photo by: Todd Drexler

North Florida Finishes Tied for 4th at Season Opening Timuquana Collegiate

1/26/2021 4:03:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: North Florida Athletics

EVENT: Timuquana Collegiate
DATE: Tuesday, Jan. 26
LOCATION: Timuquana Collegiate (Jacksonville, Fla.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 6,949 yards
UNF RESULT: T4th of 11 teams
TOP OSPREY: Nick Gabrelcik (T4 | 208)

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LEADERBOARD: North Florida men's golf saved their best for last, matching the final round low score of 9-under 279 led by freshman Nick Gabrelcik's 5-under 67 to earn a tie for fourth in the season opening Timuquana Collegiate held at Timuquana Country Club.

FIRST TEE
- Gabrelcik, making his collegiate golf debut, carded a bogey-free 5-under 67 in Tuesday's final round en route to a T4 finish in the medalist competition with a final score of 8-under 208
- Junior Cody Carroll joined his rookie teammate in the Top 25, collecting a T12 finish at 5-under 211 following his final round 2-under 70
- Sophomore Davis Lee was also among the Top 25 individuals, finishing T24 at 2-under 214 with his second consecutive round of even-par 72
- Also making his collegiate debut was freshman Robbie Higgins, who finished T41 at 219 capped by his final round 2-under 70
- Fifth-year senior Nick Infanti rounded out the Osprey lineup with a T64 finish (225)
- Drew Angelo and Michael Mattiace both posted T49 (221) finishes playing as individuals | Both players carded final round scores of 76

TEAM SCOREBOARD (# Golfstat Top 50)
#15 Florida (843)*, Liberty (843), Virginia (844), North Florida (847), #23 Oklahoma State (847), Florida State (848), USF (855), Notre Dame (857), Jacksonville (862), Purdue (862), UCF (867),

INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Gabrelcik earned his first Career Top 5 showing and carded a career best round 67 | Finished with a pair of rounds in the 60s in his first collegiate event with all 3 rounds played at par or better
- Carroll was the only Osprey linkster to record three consecutive under-par rounds
- Higgins final round performance marked his first career under-par score (70 / -2)
- Ospreys finished with 163 pars led by Carroll's 39 pars in 54 holes
- As a team, UNF carded 57 birdies with Lee, Gabrelcik and Higgins each tallying 13 under-par holes
- 10 of the 11 teams in the field finished with under-par totals
- Florida claimed the team crown in a playoff with Liberty | Both teams posted scores of 21-under 843
- FSU's Vincent Norrman captured the medalist title with a 13-under 203

UNF RESULTS

T4	North Florida	281	287	279	847 (-17)
T4	Nick Gabrelcik	72	69	67	208 (-8)
T12	Cody Carroll	70	71	70	211 (-5)
T24	Davis Lee	70	72	72	214 (-2)
T41	Robbie Higgins	73	76	70	219 (+3)
T49	Drew Angelo (IND)	74	71	76	221 (+5)
T42	Michael Mattiace (IND)	75	70	76	221 (+6)
T64	Nick Infanti	69	75	81	225 (+9)

COACH'S COMMENTS
"Guys played a very good round today after a rough second round on Monday. What a great start for Nick (Gabrelcik) to his college career. We have a busy month ahead so it is important to get refocused and ready to play again."
-- Head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
North Florida returns to competition next week in the Sea Best Invitational, Feb. 1-2, at TPC Sawgrass - Valley Course.