Men's Golf Earns Second Place in Spring Season Opener

Monday, February 18

Weston, Fla.

Florida Atlantic

2019 A-10 Match Play Championship

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

2/19/2019 3:28:00 PM | Men's Golf

Results (PDF)

WESTON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's golf team advanced to the finals of the Atlantic-10 Match Play tournament on Tuesday after claiming wins in the first two rounds on Monday. The Owls came up short against the host team, George Washington, by one point in the championship matchup.

QUICK HITS

FAU defeated Saint Joseph's in the first round of the tournament, 4.0-2.0, advancing to the semifinals. In the second round, the Owls topped St. Bonaventure, 3.5-3.5. In the finals, FAU fell to George Washington, 3.5-2.5
The Owls won the most total holes as a team, despite coming in second place in the tournament
Patrick Poate led the Owls with three wins in the tournament. He won as the five seed during round one against Saint Joseph's and then competed as four seed in the second and third rounds
Newcomer Bruce Morrison had two wins in the tournament. He secured victories against Saint Joseph's and George Washington
Lynes Behling, Brian Dolehide and Karan Nalam each picked up one win in the tournament. Behling got his win in his first collegiate round of golf. Dolehide defeated his St. Bonaventure opponent. Nalam also beat his St. Bonaventure opponent and tied with his foe from Saint Joseph's

COACH JAMISON'S TAKE
"I'm very proud of the way of our guys fought this week. I feel like we were definitely prepared to take on a competitive field from the A-10 conference. Unfortunately, we fell a few putts short today but we definitely have a ton of positives heading into next week. For one, we won more total holes than anyone else in the field and even did so today against George Washington. Sometimes in match play a putt here or there can swing the momentum of the day. That's golf.

Next week we have an incredible opportunity against a stacked field to see what our guys have. We have to keep on outworking people and moving in the right direction."

TEAM RESULTS
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Round 1
FAU, 4.0 def. Saint Joseph's, 2.0
St. Bonaventure, 4.0 def. Morehead State, 2.0
Oakland, 3.0 def. George Washinton, 3.0 (tiebreaker won by Oakland with more holes won)
George Washington, 3.5 def. Dayton, 2.5

Round 2
FAU, 3.5 def. St. Bonaventure, 2.5
Morehead State, 3.5 def. Saint Joseph's, 2.5
George Washington, 3.5 def. Oakland, 2.5
Dayton, 4.5 def. George Mason, 1.5

Round 3
George Washington, 3.5 def. FAU, 2.5
Saint Joseph's, 4.0 def. George Mason, 2.0
Dayton, 3.5 def. Morehead State, 2.5
St. Bonaventure, 4.5 def. Oakland, 1.5

Final results
1st place – George Washington
2nd place – FAU
3rd place – Oakland
4th place – St. Bonaventure
5th place – Dayton
6th place – Morehead State
7th place – Saint Joseph's
8th place – George Mason

UP NEXT FOR THE OWLS
The Owls travel to Opelika, Alabama for the 2019 Tiger Invitational hosted by Auburn University on February 24-26. The tournament will be played at the RTG Golf Trail at Grand National Lake Course.

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