Birdie Barrage Carries Ospreys Up Leaderboard at General Hackler Championship

Monday, March 15

Myrtle Beach, S.C.

8:45 a.m.

University of North Florida

General Hackler Championship

Nick Gabrelcik swings a golf club and watches flight of the ball

Photo by: Todd Drexler

Birdie Barrage Carries Ospreys Up Leaderboard at General Hackler Championship

3/15/2021 6:40:00 PM | Men's Golf

Leaderboard

By: North Florida Athletics

FIRST TEE — Led by freshman Nick Gabrelcik's seven birdies, No. 28-ranked North Florida men's golf tallied 17 birdies as a team and moved up the leaderboard into second place following a 5-under 283 in round two action Monday at the General Hackler Championship in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

COURSE REPORT
- The Dunes Golf & Beach Club
- Par 72 | 7,233 yards
- Monday, Mar. 15 | 18 holes
- RESULTS: GolfStat Live Stats link

SCORECARD (Osprey lineup)
2 - North Florida | 9-under 567 (284-283)
2 Nick Gabrelcik | 8-under 136 (70-66)
T7 Nick Infanti | 4-under 140 (66-74)
T30 Cody Carroll | 2-over 146 (73-73)
T52 Grant Sutliff | 5-over 149 (79-70)
T72 Davis Lee | 8-over 152 (75-77)

Individual
T9 Robbie Higgins | 3-under 141 (70-71)

TEAM STANDINGS: 15 Teams (Current Golfstat Top 100 Rankings / thru 3-10-21)
#32 NC State (557), #28 North Florida (567), #8 North Carolina (570), #47 Louisville (573), #69 Kent State (574), #94 Coastal Carolina (576), #52 East Tennessee (579), UNC Greensboro (582), East Carolina (585), #57 Indiana (586), #35 Ole Miss (587), Miami OH (588), #81 UCF (592), Virginia Tech (594), #97 Penn State (599)

ROUND REFLECTIONS
- Nick Gabrelcik matched a career low with his 6-under 66 on Monday | Round featured 7 birdies
- Was second round of 66 for a UNF golfer matching Nick Infanti's opening round 66 on Sunday
- Gabrelcik opened his round birdie/bogey and then played final 16 holes in 6-under
- Marked his 8th round in the 60s in 14 competitive rounds played for UNF
- Grant Sutliff finished a 2-under 70 | Started his round with four consecutive birdies and played his Front 9 in 5-under
- Freshman Robbie Higgins, playing as an individual, posted his second straight under-par round, shooting a 1-under 71 in round two and currently ranks T9
- North Florida was one of two teams to card an under-par round on Monday
- Ospreys entered the day T5 and moved up three spots
- UNF currently has a three players listed among the Top 10
- Ospreys led the field in Par 3 scoring | 1-under (2.98 avg)
- North Florida has recorded 120 pars thru 36 holes led by 26 each for Gabrelcik and Cody Carroll
- Gabrelcik and Infanti both have posted 9 birdies during the event | UNF has 31 birdies as a team
- NC State's Maximillian Steinlechner tops the medalist standings at 10-under 134

CLUBHOUSE CHATTER
"Solid round by the boys today. It was good to see Nick (Gabrelcik) play another low round. Gonna be a fun battle tomorrow with two good teams."
-- Head Coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
Tournament action at the General Hackler Championship concludes with Tuesday's final round. Ospreys will be paired with NC State and North Carolina starting on Hole 1 at 9:45 a.m.