GREENVILLE, N.C.  – Freshman
Biagio Gagliardi (-13) won the Ironwood Collegiate Classic by three shots on Tuesday – his first victory in just his second start as an Owl. As a team, the Owls finished third with a two-day total of 552 (-24). Tournament host East Carolina (-28) won the team title.
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- Gagliardi started the day tied for the lead, but a birdie-eagle-birdie stretch at the sixth-eighth holes left him alone at the top of the leaderboard.
- Long Island's Arjun Singh Bhatia and East Carolina's Tyler DeChellis did not make it easy on the Owls' freshman.
- DeChellis made a run of five straight birdies on the back nine to enter the mix.
- Bhatia pulled within one shot after birdieing the 13th, but Gagliardi pulled away for good with a birdie at 15 and his second eagle of the day at 16.
- He would par 17 and 18 to cruise home with a three-shot victory.
- The Italian's two-day total of 131 set a new 36-hole program record. The previous record of 134 had stood since Steve LeBrun did it twice in the 1999-2000 season.
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The Owls are back in action at the FGCU Classic in Estero, Fla. next Sunday and Monday.
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