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Vikings Finish 10th at NCAA Regionals

Vikings Finish 10th at NCAA Regionals

SUGAR GROVE, Ill. - Cleveland State carded a final round 307 and placed 10th of 14 teams at the NCAA Sugar Grove Regional that concluded on Saturday at the par-72, 7,151-yard Rich Harvest Farms G.C.

The 10th place finish at regionals is the best in school history.

Freshman Pat Luth led the Vikings today with a round of 74, improving on each day at regionals. Luth tied for 40th place with rounds of 81-77-74 (232).

Senior Andrew Bailey concluded his career by tying for 15th place overall with a 54-hole total of 223 (76-69-78). Bailey concludes his CSU career with the lowest scoring average in school history (73.5), while his 72.3 scoring average this season was the tops in CSU history.

Junior Michael Balcar tied for 31st place with rounds of 79-74-76 (229) and concluded his season with a 74.6 scoring average, the ninth lowest in a season in school history.

Sophomore Mitchell Moore carded a final round 79 and placed 61st overall with a 240 total (83-78-79), while senior Brendan Byrne tied for 67th place at 245 (79-80-86).

The Vikings finished the year with a 297.4 scoring average as a team, the second lowest in a season in school history.

The top five teams - Illinois, UAB, Purdue, USC and California - advanced to the NCAA Championships, along with Taylor Pendrith of Kent State who was the top individual finisher not on one of those five teams.

CSU RESULTS

T15 Andrew Bailey (1) 76 69 78 223
T31 Michael Balcar (5) 79 74 76 229
T40 Patrick Luth (3) 81 77 74 232
61 Mitchell Moore (4) 83 78 79 240
T67 Brendan Byrne (2) 79 80 86 245

 

Course:Rich Harvest Farms: 2014 NCAA Regional     Par 72 - 7151 Yards
current
position
team scoring rounds total
score
to par thru today 1 2 3
1
9 Illinois
+16 F   +7 293 292 295 880
2
21 UAB
+18 F   +10 292 292 298 882
3
45 Purdue
+30 F   +9 309 288 297 894
T4
16 Southern California
+32 F   +14 302 292 302 896
T4
4 California
+32 F   +15 305 288 303 896
The top 5 teams advance to the Championship
(Ties will be resolved.)
6
33 Clemson
+34 F   +19 299 292 307 898
7
39 Kent State
+36 F   +4 299 309 292 900
8
  Jacksonville St.
+43 F   +11 302 306 299 907
9
28 UNLV
+48 F   +7 308 309 295 912
10
  Cleveland State
+56 F   +19 315 298 307 920
11
  CSU Fullerton
+73 F   +21 319 309 309 937
12
  Mississippi State
+75 F   +22 315 314 310 939
13
  New Mexico State
+81 F   +25 317 315 313 945
14
  Saint Peter's
+126 F   +40 338 324 328 990