Wake Forest University
ACC Championships
Reifers Finishes Second, Deacons Take Fifth Place At The ACCs
4/23/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 23, 2006
NEW LONDON, N.C. - Wake Forest senior Kyle Reifers shot 9-under par over the final 36 holes to come within one stroke of tying for individual honors and the Demon Deacons finished fifth in the team race for the ACC Championship here Sunday.
Georgia Tech's Cameron Tringale shot 65-69-72--206 (-10) to take individual medalist honors. Tringale had to hold off a fast-charging Reifers to win the crown. Reifers opened the tournament with an even par 72, then fired off rounds of 67 (-5) and 68 (-4) to finish alone in second place.
For Reifers, his performance capped a brilliant ACC career in which he finished second, 10th, 17th and 29th in four ACC Tournament appearances.
Clemson's Brian Duncan (-8) and
The Demon Deacons were in ninth place after the first round and in seventh place after round two before finishing fifth - one place better than last year's performance.
Clemson (-24) finished seven strokes back in third place, followed by NC State (-11).
Reifers' second-place finish was Wake's best in the ACC Championship since then-freshman Sean Moore finished first in 2004.
Deacon sophomore Chris McCartin turned in one of his best career performances. He shot a 72-69-70--211 (-5) to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. Sophomore Webb Simpson (+1) finished tied for 28th. Senior Doug Manchester (+10) tied for 45th and
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TEAM STANDINGS
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*Georgia Tech 276-267-290--833 (-31)
Clemson 285-268-287--840 (-24)
NC State 284-284-285--853 (-11)
Duke 287-293-286--866 (+2)
Virginia Tech 291-286-295--872 (+8)
* co-champions
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1 Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech 69-65-72--206 (-10)
2 Kyle Reifers, Wake Forest 72-67-68--207 (-9)
3 Brian Duncan, Clemson 68-67-73--208 (-8)
3 Robert Riesen, North Carolina 68-70-70--208 (-8)
5 Ted Smith, North Carolina 74-69-66--209 (-7)
WAKE
2 Kyle Reifers 72-67-68--207 (-9)
9 Chris McCartin 72-69-70--211 (-5)
28 Webb Simpson 74-70-73--217 (+1)
45 Doug Manchester 74-75-77--226 (+10)
47 Sean Moore 77-75-76--228 (+12)
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