Mattiace Moves Men's Golf to Top of Leaderboard at Collegiate Invitational

Monday, April 5

Birmingham, Ala.

8:30 a.m.

University of North Florida

The Collegiate Invitational at The Country Club of Birmingham

Photo by: Todd Drexler

Mattiace Moves Men's Golf to Top of Leaderboard at Collegiate Invitational

4/5/2021 9:20:00 PM | Men's Golf

Leaderboard

Senor shoots 5-under 66 to Hold Medalist Lead

By: North Florida Athletics

FIRST TEE — Senior Michael Mattiace carded a 5-under 66 to claim the top spot in the medalist standings while carrying the No. 22 ranked North Florida to the front of the team standings after Monday's opening round of the Collegiate Invitational at Country Club of Birmingham.

COURSE REPORT
- Country Club of Birmingham (West Course)
- Par 71 | 7,226 yards
- Monday, Apr. 5 | 18 holes
- RESULTS: GolfStat Live Stats link

SCORECARD (Osprey lineup)
1 - North Florida | 1-under 283
1 Michael Mattiace | 5-under 66
T11 Nick Gabrelcik | Even par 71
T21 Robbie Higgins | 1-over 72
T38 Cody Carroll | 3-over 74
T76 Nick Infanti | 7-over 78

TEAM STANDINGS: 15 Teams (Current Golfstat Top 100 Rankings / thru 3-31-21)
#22 North Florida (283), #19 Tennessee (286), #4 Clemson (286), #10 Vanderbilt (287), #21 Arkansas (288), #47 Charlotte (289), #9 Auburn (289), #48 Ole Miss (289), #43 Virginia (290), #23 LSU (292), #39 Mississippi State (294), #34 UAB (296), #29 Alabama (296), Kentucky (302)

ROUND REFLECTIONS
- Michael Mattiace carded a near career best round on Monday, finishing with a 5-under 66, just one shot shy of his career low of 65
- Mattiace opened his round with a birdie on the first hole and closed his round with 5 birdies over final 10 holes
- Mattiace led the field in Par 4 scoring at 3-under (3.73 avg)
- Freshman sensation, Nick Gabrelcik, the No. 1 ranked golfer in the nation, carded an even par 71 marking his 17th round of par or better in 19 competitive rounds played for the Ospreys
- Ospreys were the only team in a field with 13 Top 50 squads to finish with an under-par score
- North Florida finished with 59 pars led by 15 from Robbie Higgins (1st in field)
- UNF tallied 13 team birdies paced by 7 for Mattiace (1st in field)

CLUBHOUSE CHATTER
"It was a great round by Mikey today. Good to see another guy step up and carry us. This course will only get harder and we will need guys to be ready every day."
-- Head Coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
North Florida tees off in Tuesday's second round on Hole 1 at 10:10 a.m. Ospreys will be paired with Tennessee and Clemson