LYNN UNIVERSITY SCOTS BEATEN IN NCAA DIV 2 FINAL
FROM THE LYNN UNIVERSITY, FLORIDA WEBSITE
Florence, Alabama – Lynn University’s men’s golf team (including Daniel Young and Paul McPhee from Perth) was denied its seventh and most important victory of the season as CSU-Monterey Bay defeated the Fighting Knights 3-2 in match play to claim the 2011 NCAA Division II National Championship.
All five LU players finished under par but it was not enough to down the Otters.
This marks the highest finish for the Blue and White at the national championship. Their previous best in NCAA play was fourth in 2006 while they claimed the 1996 NAIA National Title.
“What can you say, we played extremely well but [CSU] Monterey Bay had a tremendous day on the golf course,” said head coach Chris Greenwood. “I’m extremely proud of our guys. They left everything out there today. All five of our guys shot under par but you have to tip your hat to CSUMB.”
The day started off well for LU as four out of five players birdied the opening hole. Lynn held a 3-2 advantage after eight holes but momentum switched to CSU-Monterey Bay’s favor following a huge play at the par 3, 13th hole.
Just as Ricardo Gouveia’s long eagle on the 8th hole the previous day got the Knights going, the Otters’ Dylan Jackson used a hole in one on the 13th to cut the deficit and rally his teammates. Gouveia ended up birdying the hole but CSUMB began its ascent.
Jackson shot five-under par on the back nine, including a 20-foot plus birdie putt on the final hole to snap a tie between him and Gouveia and knot the match a 2-2. His 66 was one stroke better than Gouveia’s 67.
Paul McPhee earned LU’s first point and evened the match at one when he upheld his one-stroke advantage and birdied the No. 18 to win by two shots, 71-73. Pepito Joia then made it 2-1 when he won the 18th hole away from Oscar Nystrom off a par. Joia shot a 70 to Nystrom’s 71.
Daniel Young stepped to the 18th tee box trailing by two strokes and watched as his opponent went long off his first attempt past the green. He would send his shot 15-feet to the right of the cup with a chance to potentially tie it. His birdie putt, though, just missed left of the hole while John Jackson bogeyed to win 70-71.
For the first time in the 48-year history of the NCAA Division II Golf Championship, the winner was determined in Match Play. After rounds on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the final eight teams were paired against each other (1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5) for one versus one stroke/match play. Individuals from each team are paired against each other with the lowest 18-hole total winning the point in best-of-five play.
Lynn held a commanding 14-stroke lead in the tournament after three rounds of stroke play and won two match play rounds to advance to the final. CSUMB was 17-over-par and in third place after stroke play before winning all three match play rounds.
The 2010-11 season was still one for the books as the Fighting Knights set numerous records. Lynn won six tournaments, had 25 top-10 individual finishes and broke the team stroke average mark while Gouveia shattered the individual scoring average.
Florence, Alabama – Lynn University’s men’s golf team (including Daniel Young and Paul McPhee from Perth) was denied its seventh and most important victory of the season as CSU-Monterey Bay defeated the Fighting Knights 3-2 in match play to claim the 2011 NCAA Division II National Championship.
All five LU players finished under par but it was not enough to down the Otters.
This marks the highest finish for the Blue and White at the national championship. Their previous best in NCAA play was fourth in 2006 while they claimed the 1996 NAIA National Title.
“What can you say, we played extremely well but [CSU] Monterey Bay had a tremendous day on the golf course,” said head coach Chris Greenwood. “I’m extremely proud of our guys. They left everything out there today. All five of our guys shot under par but you have to tip your hat to CSUMB.”
The day started off well for LU as four out of five players birdied the opening hole. Lynn held a 3-2 advantage after eight holes but momentum switched to CSU-Monterey Bay’s favor following a huge play at the par 3, 13th hole.
Just as Ricardo Gouveia’s long eagle on the 8th hole the previous day got the Knights going, the Otters’ Dylan Jackson used a hole in one on the 13th to cut the deficit and rally his teammates. Gouveia ended up birdying the hole but CSUMB began its ascent.
Jackson shot five-under par on the back nine, including a 20-foot plus birdie putt on the final hole to snap a tie between him and Gouveia and knot the match a 2-2. His 66 was one stroke better than Gouveia’s 67.
Paul McPhee earned LU’s first point and evened the match at one when he upheld his one-stroke advantage and birdied the No. 18 to win by two shots, 71-73. Pepito Joia then made it 2-1 when he won the 18th hole away from Oscar Nystrom off a par. Joia shot a 70 to Nystrom’s 71.
Daniel Young stepped to the 18th tee box trailing by two strokes and watched as his opponent went long off his first attempt past the green. He would send his shot 15-feet to the right of the cup with a chance to potentially tie it. His birdie putt, though, just missed left of the hole while John Jackson bogeyed to win 70-71.
For the first time in the 48-year history of the NCAA Division II Golf Championship, the winner was determined in Match Play. After rounds on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the final eight teams were paired against each other (1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5) for one versus one stroke/match play. Individuals from each team are paired against each other with the lowest 18-hole total winning the point in best-of-five play.
Lynn held a commanding 14-stroke lead in the tournament after three rounds of stroke play and won two match play rounds to advance to the final. CSUMB was 17-over-par and in third place after stroke play before winning all three match play rounds.
The 2010-11 season was still one for the books as the Fighting Knights set numerous records. Lynn won six tournaments, had 25 top-10 individual finishes and broke the team stroke average mark while Gouveia shattered the individual scoring average.
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