TOURNEY TIDBITS: 2021 ASUN Championship

FIRST TEE — No. 18 North Florida men's heads to the 2021 ASUN Championships looking for the program's seventh conference title with play slated for Sunday thru Tuesday (Apr. 18-20) at the University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, Ga.

ON THE TEE (Osprey lineup with 2020-21 averages)
Nick Gabrelcik (69.38)
Nick Infanti (73.10)
Robbie Higgins (73.44)
Michael Mattiace (73.17)
Cody Carroll (73.19)

COURSE REPORT
- UGA Golf Course (Athens, Ga.)
- Par 71 | 7,258 yards
- 54 holes (3 rounds of 18 holes)

THE FIELD: 9 Teams (Current Golfstat Top 100 Rankings / thru 4-13-21)

#13 Liberty
#18 North Florida
#66 FGCU
#71 Jacksonville
Bellarmine
Kennesaw State
Lipscomb
North Alabama
Stetson

TOURNAMENT REFLECTIONS
- North Florida has played in the ASUN Championship tournament since 2005
- Ospreys have claimed six previous titles with the last coming in 2019, the last time the event was played due to COVID cancellation in 2020 | UNF is currently the two-time defending conference champion
- UNF has finished among Top 3 teams in 12 of their 14 appearances in the event
- Three Osprey golfers have earned the ASUN Medalist title including current assistant coach Jordan Batchelor, who earned the honor in 2019 | Other ASUN champs from UNF include Austin Padova (2015) and MJ Maguire (2013)
- Mattiace will be playing in his third ASUN Championship while Cody Carroll makes his second appearance | Gabrelcik, Robbie Higgins and Nick Infanti are making their ASUN Championship debuts
- North Florida begins play Sunday at 10 a.m. on Hole 1 alongside Liberty and FGCU

SCORECARD REPORT
- Freshman Nick Gabrelcik, currently ranks No. 2 in Golfstat national individual rankings after winning three medalist titles | He leads the squad with seven Top 25 finishes and four in the Top 5
- 12 of Gabrelcik's 21 competitive rounds have been in the 60s this season and only two have been over par
- Gabrelcik was named to the "Watch List" for the prestigious Haskins Award, presented to the collegiate Golfer of the Year
- Senior Michael Mattiace is currently listed No. 226 in the Golfstat rankings
- Thru seven events, UNF boasts 20 Top 25 individual finishes
- North Florida collected the team crown at the Sea Best Invitational (Feb. 1-2) marking the 30th team title in the program's Division I era
- Ospreys have captured a tournament championship in each of the past five seasons
- UNF has finished Top 3 in each of its last three tournaments highlighted by a pair of runner-up performances

FROM THE 19th HOLE (Recap from last event)
- UNF posted a third-place finish in their regular season finale, The Collegiate Invitaitonal at The Country Club of Birmingham, on Apr. 5-7
- Michael Mattiace was the Osprey's top finisher earning a career best 4th-place showing with a score of 1-under 212 | Mattiace carded a pair of rounds in the 60s including a season low 66 on the opening day
- Nick Gabrelcik captured a T6 finish with a score of 1-over 214
- Junior Cody Carroll gave UNF three golfers in the Top 25, earning a T25 showing

CLUBOUSE CHATTER
"ASUN Championship is always a great time of year as we get ready to compete for some big things. This is step one in what we hope are three big steps to competing for a National Championship. UGA course is a great place to host an event."
- Head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
North Florida looks to continue its postseason play at a to be determined NCAA Regional site on May 17-19

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Players Mentioned

Cody Carroll

Nick Gabrelcik

Robbie Higgins

Nick Infanti

Michael Mattiace

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