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October 18, 2011
Recap | Results

10th-Ranked Pacers Finish Seventh at Will Wilson Tanglewood Intercollegiate

CLEMMONS, N.C. – The nationally 10th-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken golf team finished seventh at the Will Wilson Tanglewood Intercollegiate at the par 70 Tanglewood Park Championship Course. 

The Pacers ended the three-day event with a total team tally of 884 (298-293-293).

Matt Atkins was the top Pacer finisher, concluding the event in a tie with Carson-Newman's Liam Ashby for fifth place at 212. Atkins (Owensboro, Ky./Henderson State) followed up an opening round 70 with back-to-back 71s to acquire the three-round tally of 212.
Atkins now has two top five finishes in his Pacer career. 

Playing as an individual, Taylor Welborn (LaGrange, Ga./Darton) was USC Aiken's next best finisher. Welborn tied for 20th with a three-round score of 222 (78-72-72). Also an individual in the event, Gaines Milliner (Aiken, S.C./Aiken) was not far behind Welborn in a tie for 22nd at 223 (73-79-71).

In total, five different Pacers finished in the top 25 individually with JP Solis (Morelia, Mexico/Lico Morelia) and Mark Dickson (Edinburgh, Scotland/Firrhill) producing USC Aiken's next best countable scores behind Atkins. The Pacer tandem tied for 24th overall at 224.

North Georgia's Howard Duffin claimed individual medalist honors at the event with a three-round score of 207 (70-69-68).

Carson-Newman claimed the team title at the Will Wilson Tanglewood Intercollegiate with a total team score of 861 (290-287-284).

The Will Wilson Tanglewood Intercollegiate is USC Aiken's final tournament of the fall of 2011.

The USC Aiken golf team will open its 2012 spring schedule at the Seventh Annual Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate.

The tournament, which is hosted by Francis Marion, will be contested on Monday, Feb. 20 and Tuesday, Feb. 21. The Seventh Annual Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate will consist of 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday.

The Pacers are two-time winners (2006 and 2009) of the annual event.

1 2 3 Team Scores

T2 3 1 Carson-Newman 290 287 284 861 +21

1 T1 2 Wingate University 285 291 287 863 +23

4 T1 3 UNC Pembroke 292 284 289 865 +25

6 8 4 North Georgia 295 300 280 875 +35

T2 4 5 Newberry College 290 297 293 880 +40

5 5 6 Belmont Abbey Coll. 293 296 292 881 +41

8 7 7 USC Aiken 298 293 293 884 +44

7 6 8 Queen's, Univ. of Charlotte 296 294 301 891 +51

9 9 9 Mount Olive College 309 306 303 918 +78