Ospreys Top Dolphins to Take Pablo Creek Collegiate Cup, 8-4

Monday, February 8

Jacksonville, Fla.

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University of North Florida

Pablo Creek Collegiate Cup

Ospreys Top Dolphins to Take Pablo Creek Collegiate Cup, 8-4

2/8/2021 5:30:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: North Florida Athletics

The Short Story: In the fourth edition of the Pablo Creek Collegiate Cup on Monday, North Florida defeated rival Jacksonville 8-4 to earn their second consecutive win in the Ryder Cup-styled event held at Pablo Creek Country Club.

EVENT: Pablo Creek Collegiate Cup
DATE: Monday, Feb. 8
LOCATION: Pablo Creek CC (Jacksonville, Fla.)
FINAL SCORE: North Florida 8 | Jacksonville 4

MATCH RESULTS
Best Ball
Nick Infanti/Michael Mattiace (UNF) def Alex Vandermoten/Eduardo Carrete (JU) | 1 up
Nick Gabrelcik/Robbie Higgins (UNF) def Josef Hacker/Joe Sullivan (JU) | 3 & 2
Michael Sakane/Brandon Valvano (JU) def Grant Sutliff/Drew Angelo (UNF) | 3 & 2

Foursomes
Alex Vandermoten/Eduardo Carrete (JU) def Nick Infanti/Michael Mattiace (UNF) | 2 &1
Nick Gabrelcik/Robbie Higgins (UNF) def Josef Hacker/Joe Sullivan (JU) | 4 & 2
Grant Sutliff/Drew Angelo (UNF) def Michael Sakane/Brandon Valvano (JU) | 2 &1

Singles
Nick Infanti (UNF) def Josef Hacker (JU) | 2 & 1
Robbie Higgins (UNF) def Joe Sullivan (JU) | 5 & 4
Michael Mattiace (UNF) def Arkesh Bahtia (JU) | 4 & 3
Alex Vandermoten (JU) def Davis Lee (UNF) | 2 & 1
Eduardo Carrete (JU) def Cody Carroll (UNF) | 2 & 1
Nick Gabrelcik (UNF) def Michael Sakane (JU) | 6 & 5

Notable
- Match play is how the NCAA Championship is determined along with several prominent amateur golf championships
- Ospreys improved to 3-2 all-time in match play events and even the count in the Pablo Creek Collegiate Cup to 2-2
- Freshmen Nick Gabrelcik and Robbie Higgins both finished with undefeated 3-0 marks in the event

19th HOLE CHATTER
"It is always a fun day at Pablo. The young guys played well combining to go 4-0. This was nice prep work for the Gator Invitatonal later this week."
-- Head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT:
North Florida will participate in their fourth event of this spring when they travel to Gainesville for the Gator Invitational on Saturday-Sunday