March 16, 2008
KAUAI, HI-- ODU sophomore John Murphy (Wilton, CT.) and junior Jeffery Long (Centreville, VA.) finished tenth and 11th respectively to lead the Monarchs to fifth place at the Kauai Collegiate Cup in Hawaii. Murphy shot a 76 on the final round to finish at 220, while Long shot a team best 71 to finish at 222.
Seth Norman (Virginia Beach, Va.) )finished with a 231 to tie for 26th spot. As a team ODU shot 900. Vanderbilt won the event with an 855 and Johnson Hudson of Vanderbilt was the individual champion at 210. He sot a 63 on the final round. ODU's best rounds of the tournament was a 293 inthe second and 295 in the third.
Murphy had the Monarchs best individual round of 70 in the second round.The Monarchs return to action on March 28-30 at the Furman Invitational.
FINAL RESULTS Kauai Collegiate Cup* Individual Dates: 03/14 - 03/15 (Today:03-15-2008) Par: 72 Yardage: 6981
Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores 1 Vanderbilt Univ. 287 289 279 855 2 Oklahoma Christian U 296 292 295 883 3 Gonzaga University 301 297 295 893 4 Southeastern La. U. 300 296 303 899 5 Old Dominion Univ. 312 293 295 900 6 Lipscomb Univ. 303 308 297 908 7 Texas Pan American 312 300 299 911 8 Western Kentucky U. 310 315 299 924 9 Wofford College 308 313 307 928 10 West Liberty State 326 325 319 970 11 Hawaii Pacific Univ 338 317 322 977
ODU GOLFERS
10 John Murphy 74-70-76=220
11 Jeff Long 76-75-71=222
23 Eric Onesi 82-75-73=230
T26 Seth Norman 83-73-75=231
46 Stan Guerrero 80-82-77=239