Patriots take ninth, as Sporck finishes fifth
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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC- Francis Marion University sophomore Fredrik Sporck's final-round 75 to close out the seventh-annual Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate Golf Tournament on Tuesday (Feb. 21) was good enough to land him in a tie for a fifth place finish.
The 54-hole event was played on the par 72, 6,913-yard Wexford Plantation course.
Sporck's overall tournament score of 222 led all Patriot golfers, who finished ninth overall in the team standings at 313-308-298=919. FMU climbed three spots from where the host team had started the day.
Georgia State University (892) shot a final-round 301 score to maintain its day-one lead, and hold off a hard-charging Furman University (898) squad to win the event. Rounding out the top five were Davidson College (903), the University of Louisville (904), and Presbyterian College (909).
GSU's Damon Stephenson, who headed the individual standings after day one, closed out his three-stroke win over teammate Tyler Gruca (73-71-75=219) by shooting a one-over 73 on Tuesday and finishing at even-par 216 for the tournament.
Other FMU finishes included junior Travis Gantt (74-77-76=228) who tied for the 18th spot, junior Taylor Banks (77-81-73=231) finishing tied for 35th, junior Sebastian Backlund (81-78-75=234) tied for 49th, freshman Lukas Crisp (77-81-77=235) tied for 52nd, junior Kenneth Svanum (82-80-75=237) tied for 62nd, freshman Austin Frick (86-77-80=243) tied for 81st, and freshman John Michael Schaffer (85-82-80=247) tied for 85th.
For this event, Gantt, Frick, and Schaffer all played as individuals, and not part of the five-player FMU squad.
Francis Marion's next event will be USC Aiken's Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate Tournament on March 5-6.
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS No. School Scores 1 Georgia State Univ. 297 294 301 892 +28 2 Furman University 309 292 297 898 +34 3 Davidson College 303 295 305 903 +39 4 Louisville, U. of 306 297 301 904 +40 5 Presbyterian College 309 297 303 909 +45 6 South Carolina-Aiken 309 301 302 912 +48 7 Wm. & Mary, Coll. of 308 312 297 917 +53 Richmond, Univ. of 309 302 306 917 +53 9 Francis Marion U. 313 308 298 919 +55 10 Radford University 311 301 309 921 +57 11 Samford University 313 306 304 923 +59 12 Ohio University 319 303 303 925 +61 13 Hartford, Univ. of 311 310 310 931 +67 14 Western Carolina U. 314 304 316 934 +70 15 De Paul University 323 309 304 936 +72 16 Elon University 322 319 302 943 +79 17 Marshall University 325 307 315 947 +83
