Oct. 27, 2009
KITTY HAWK, NC--Led by the play of senior Eric Onesi, Old Dominion captured the 30th annual ODU/Seascape Collegiate title for the second year in a row.
Onesi, has now won two of his last three Fall events. He was the CAA Golfer of the Week two weeks ago after winning the Joe Agee title. The Bear, DE. Native who competed in the NCAA Regionals last year shot a 67 today to beat Nick MacDonald of the University Hartford by two strokes. MacDonald fired a 65 today, shooting 32 on the front and 33 on theback. Onesi was 35 on the front and 32 on the back. Cole Turner of George Washington shot 66 today to finish tied for third at 141.
ODU finished the 36-hole event at 584, four strokes better than George Washington at 588. Penn finished third at 589. Another top 10 Monarchs was Sam Wall who shot 72 today to finished tied for ninth at 146.
Onesi and Adam Webb of Longwood led the tournament in par 3 scoring at 2.91. He and Michael Lawrence tied for the lead with 28 total pars for the event. Onesi was third in par five scoring at 4.50while Greg Matthias of Delaware led at 4.38.
As a team, ODU was second in pars with 108, third in par 4 scoring at 4.30, tied for fourth in par 3 scoring at 3.28 and par 5 scoring at 5.07.Penn led the tournament with 28 birdies, and George Masonhad 111 pars.
Onesi is the sixth Monarch to ever win the Seascape title. Past Monarch winners were Billy Jahn (1981), Alan Schulte (1984), Rich Pruchnik (1986), All-American and ODU Hall of Famer Jon Hurst (1990), and Troy Thorne (1997).
This was ODU's final Fall event until the spring season.
ODU/SeascapeRound: 2FINAL RESULTS * IndividualPar-Yardage: 70-6131Fin. Teams Scores1 Old Dominion Univ. 298 286 5842 George Washington 300 288 5883 Pennsylvania, U. of 305 284 5894 George Mason Univ. 309 283 5925 Longwood University 304 289 5936 USC Upstate 310 285 5957 Radford University 313 283 5968 Hartford, Univ. of 310 289 599Towson University 307 292 59910 Delaware, U. of 315 292 60711 Temple University 308 303 61112 Elon University 312 300 61213 Drexel University 327 289 61614 St. Joseph's Univer. 324 319 643
ODU GOLFERS1 Eric Onesi 69 67 136T 9 Sam Wall 74 72 146T 34 Neil Henderson 74 78 152T 46 Tory Henderson 81 74 155T 49 Seth Norman 83 73 156
T 38 Karson Hill. 79 74 153T 43 Zach Hall . 75 79 154T 49 Matthew Rendell 77 79 156
TOP TEN GOLFERS1 Eric Onesi Old Domin. 69 67 1362 Nick MacDonald Hartford 73 65 1383 Cole Turner GW 75 66 141Greg Matthias Delaware 73 68 1415 Josh Gallman USCUpstate 75 69 1446 Marshall Tinsley G. Mason 79 66 145Andrew Mason Temple U. 75 70 145John Duthie Towson 75 70 1459 Adam Webb Longwood 76 70 146Greg Brouse G. Mason 75 71 146Sam Wall Old Domin. 74 72 146Chance Pipitone Penn 73 73 146