April 22, 2007
HOT SPRINGS, VA--The Old Dominion University men's golfteam captured the Colonial Athletic Association men's golf ChampionshipSunday by four strokes over defending champion Georgia State.
The victory gives ODU an automatic berth in the NCAA Regional Championships, May 17-19 at either Georgia Tech(East), Northern Illinois (Central) or Arizona State (West). The NCAA will announce the names of the teams and whichRegional on May 7 at 6 p.m. A total of 27 teams will be selected to participate in each of the three regionals. Ten teams and two individuals will advance from each region to the Championship finals to be hosted by Virginia Commonwealth, May 30-June 2 at Golden Horseshoe Golf Club in Williamsburg, VA.
ODU Freshman John Murphy (Wilton, CT.) was named Most Outstanding Performer at the Championships as he shot a 72 today and won the medalist title by four strokes with a score of 210, besting teammate and CAA Rookie of the Year Eric Onesi (Bear, DE.) who shot the day's low score of 69 to finish at 214 tied with Joel Sjohlm of Georgia State, and Jens Fahbring of VCU. Murphy was tied for first on Friday and Saturday with Fahbring. He is the second Monarch to win the CAA individual crown, the first was Geoff Harris in 2003.
In all, four Monarchs finish in the top ten. Stan Guerrero (Mexico) tied for sixthat 217, and Matthew Watson(Chesapeake, Va.) tied for ninth at 218. Onesi joined Murphy on the CAA All-Tournament squad. The win is ODU's second CAA crown, the first was in 2003.
"We are so excited," said ODU coach Murray Rudisill, the CAA Coach of TheYear." Our guys played great and they came on strong down the stretch. I am veryproud of them."
Colonial Athletic Assoc. ChampRound: 3 FINAL RESULTSPar-Yardage: 70-6679 (The Homestead)
Fin. School Scores1 Old Dominion Univ. 295 281 283 859 +192 Georgia State Univ. 292 290 281 863 +233 VCU 294 287 291 872 +324 UNC Wilmington 304 287 291 882 +425 Wm. & Mary, Coll. of 300 291 295 886 +466 Delaware, U. of 295 307 296 898 +587 Towson University 299 305 296 900 +608 Drexel University 302 311 297 910 +709 James Madison Univ. 309 300 310 919 +7910 George Mason Univ. 318 303 302 923 +8311 Hofstra University 310 314 308 932 +92
ODU GOLFERS1.John Murphy 69-69-72=210T2 Eric Onesi 77-68-69=214T6 Stan Guerrero 73-74-70=217T9 Matthew Watson 76-70-72=218T27 Matthew Rendell 77-75-74=226
CAA ALL TOURNAMENT HONORSJohn Murphy, ODU (MOP)Joel Sjoholm, Georgia StateEric Onesi, ODUJens Fahrbring, VCUBrent Paladino, W&M