Deacons Finish In 12th Place At Bank Of Tennessee

Oct. 16, 2005

JONESBOROUGH (TN) - Junior Sean Moore shot a 1-under par 71 and Wake Forest improved its team score by six strokes, but the Demon Deacons still finished 12^th in the 15-team Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate here Sunday.

The 11^th-ranked Deacons shot a 5-over 293 today at The Ridges golf course and finished just one stroke out of 10^th place. Moore's 71 today gave him a 54-hole total of 3-over 219, which tied for 16^th place overall.

Senior All-American Kyle Reifers finished the tournament 7-over par (223) and tied for 31^st place. Sophomore Webb Simpson, who is ranked fourth nationally, finished with a 9-over 225. Senior Doug Manchester shot an 11-over 227 and freshman Marc Gladson shot a 14-over 230.

South Carolina ran away with the team title, winning by eight strokes over second-place Auburn. TCU finished third and host East Tennessee State took fourth place.

East Tennessee State's Rhys Davies won the individual race by three strokes after firing a 4-under par 68 today. South Carolina's Florian Fritsch finished second and Virginia Tech's Carl Wakely took third.

Wake Forest will send three golfers - Barr Blanton, Matt McLean and Chad Wilcox - to the ECU Pirate Invitational Monday and Tuesday in Greenville, NC. Wake's next team event will be Isleworth Invitational in Orlando (FL) Oct. 23-25.

Team Leaders

1 South Carolina 286 284 289 859 −5

2 Auburn 300 285 282 867 +3

T3 TCU 284 293 294 871 +7

T3 East Tennessee St. 293 285 293 871 +7

T5 North Carolina 296 278 302 876 +12

T5 Alabama 293 296 287 876 +12

7 Kent State 298 286 293 877 +13

8 Virginia Tech 294 296 290 880 +16

9 Tennessee 295 294 292 881 +17

T10 Northwestern 303 292 295 890 +26

T10 Florida State 290 297 303 890 +26

12 Wake Forest 299 299 293 891 +27

13 Oklahoma 307 290 298 895 +31

14 Virginia 302 300 296 898 +34

15 LSU 294 308 297 899 +35

Individual Leaders

1 Rhys Davies East Tennessee St. 68 69 68 205 −11

2 Florian Fritsch South Carolina 71 68 69 208 −8

3 Carl Wakely Virginia Tech 70 73 68 211 −5

4 Eirik Tage Johansen South Carolina 69 71 73 213 −3

T5 Drew Laning TCU 70 70 75 215 −1

T5 Jonathan Mount Tennessee 73 70 72 215 −1

Wake Forest Individuals

T16 Sean Moore 73 75 71 219

T31 Kyle Reifers 78 71 74 223

T43 Webb Simpson 76 74 75 225

T56 Doug Manchester 73 80 74 227

T69 Marc Gladson 77 79 74 230

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Players Mentioned

Barr Blanton

Marc Gladson

Doug Manchester

Matt McLean

Sean Moore

Kyle Reifers

Webb Simpson

Chad Wilcox

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