Rams Finish Sixth at VCU Shootout

Results

Tournament Info

Team Results

Rhode Island turned in the second-best team score of the day, combining for a 279.
The third-round performance helped the Rams jump two spots up the leaderboard for a sixth-place finish.
Rhody's final team score of 853 (284-290-279) was 11 strokes under par.
Richmond won the team title at 20-under, followed by VCU (-19), Radford (-14), William & Mary (-14) and Old Dominion (-12).
The Rams were -12 on par-5 holes, which was second best among the field of 12. Only Radford was better in par-5 scoring at -15.
Rhode Island combined for 50 birdies through three rounds of play. Only five other teams had more.

Individual Results

Redshirt senior Jordan Brajcich made an 11-spot jump up the leaderboard, carding a third-round 68 to finish tied for fifth overall (69-72-68=209).
Sophomore Andrew DiPetrillo climbed from 34th place into a tie for 25th with a 2-under 70 in the third round. For the tournament, he was 1-under at 215 (71-74-70).
Junior Bryson Richards made up the most ground in the final round, finishing tied for 35th overall after sitting in 52nd place after two rounds. He was 1-over for the tournament at 217 (76-73-68=217).
Redshirt senior Brandon Gillis was consistent throughout, sandwiching a 72 between two 73s to finish 2-over (218) and tie for 39th overall.
Sophomore Nate Ingram carded a 75 in the final round to finish tied for 42nd place (71-73-75=219).

Head Coach Gregg Burke Said...

With the 14-under we shot at Bethpage to set the all-time tournament record, this was one of the best tournaments URI has had in the last 16-18 years.
Today's round is the best single round of any team I have ever had.
Jordan finishing fifth in this field is phenomenal. It was a pleasure to see all his hard work come together. This is the kid who last winter asked me to get to campus at 5:30 am a couple times a week so he could hit indoors before class or before workouts.
We had been trying to get in this tournament for a number of years. We had to give up playing at Bethpage, which we won twice and loved, but there is no comparison in the field so we took the step up.
This is a deep team. We will look at the fifth spot but Nate made a strong case to stay in the lineup.
Some teams we beat we expected to and others we just were tougher than. It was a great field of really good golfers.

Up Next
The Rams are back in action on Monday, Sept. 27, when they open competition at the Villanova Wildcat Fall Invitational.

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