Newberry Third After First Round Of NCAA Men’s Golf Super Regional

DELAND, Fla. - The Newberry College men's golf team is in third place after the opening round of the NCAA Division II South/Southeast Super Regional Tournament at the Victoria Hills Golf Club on Monday.

The Wolves shot a 1-over par 289 on the 7,072-yard course.

The Wolves find themselves in the best position they've been at in regional play since finishing the 2008 first round in second place. The 2008 Indians advanced to the national tournament. Today's 289 is the second-best NCAA round in program history, falling only behind the first round 286 shot at the 2008 national tournament.

The top five teams in the tournament advance to the national tournament. West Florida leads the tournament with a 3-under 285, while Lynn shot an even par 288. After Newberry's 1-over 289 are Belmont Abbey in fourth with a 3-over 291 and Delta State in fifth with a 5-over 293. Three teams (Columbus State, Barry and Barton) are tied for sixth with 6-over 294.

Daniel Stanley (Inman, S.C.) and Matthew Killen (Yorkshire, England) are leading the way for Newberry, as the pair carded 1-under par 71's. Stanley had a fairly clean round with three birdies and only two bogeys, while Killen had two birdies and one bogey. Stanley and Killen are tied for eighth individually.

Ben Lown (North Augusta, S.C.) is tied for 13th in the tournament with an even par 72. While Lown had a team-high four birdies, he had two bogeys and a double bogey. South Atlantic Conference Golfer of the Year Matthew Campbell (Rome, N.Y.) is tied for 44th with a 3-over par 75, while Chandler Gruenemeier (Jacksonville, Fla.) is tied for 83rd with a 6-over 78, but was even through his final 10 holes.

Carson-Newman sophomore Gavin Hay (Glasgow, Scotland) fired a 1-under-par 71 on Monday to tie for eighth place after the first round of the 2011 NCAA Division II South/Southeast Super Regional men's golf tournament at Victoria Hills Golf Club.

Hay is four shots off the lead, as Lynn's Ricardo Gouveia and Belmont Abbey's Peter Tarver Jones both shot 5-under-par 67s to move atop the leaderboard. Hay overcame a 2-over-par front nine by recording four birdies and a bogey on the back nine to finish the day under par.

Eagles junior Liam Ashby (Dublin, Ireland) turned in a 76 (+4) to wrap up his round in a tie for 60th.

West Florida leads the tournament after shooting a 3-under-par 285, followed by Lynn (288), Newberry College (289), Belmont Abbey (291) and Delta State (293).

The top five teams and top two student-athletes not with one of those five teams (regardless of region) advance to the National Tournament on May 16-20 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at the Shoals in Florence, Ala. Twenty teams are participating in the Super Regional.

The second round of the NCAA South/Southeast Super Regional will be held on Tuesday.

Live scoring for the tournament will be available here.

Victoria Hills Golf Club - DeLand, Fla.
Par 72 - 7,072 yards

Place School Stokes To Par
1. West Florida 285 -3
2. Lynn 288 E
3. Newberry 289 +1
4. Belmont Abbey 291 +3
5. Delta State 293 +5
T6. Columbus State 294 +6
T6. Barry 294 +6
T6. Barton 294 +6
9. Florida Tech 295 +7
T10. Armstrong Atlantic 297 +9
T10. Georgia College 297 +9
T12. North Alabama 298 +10
T12. USC Aiken 298 +10
14. Flagler 300 +12
15. Valdosta State 303 +15
16. Rollins 304 +16
17. UNC Pembroke 305 +17
T18. Florida Southern 307 +19
T18. Nova Southeastern 307 +19
20. Queens (N.C.) 308 +20