Browns Summit, N.C. – The Erskine Flying Fleet edged the Saints of Limestone College 582 to 584 to claim their first Conference Carolinas Championship Tournament Title. With the title, the Flying Fleet earn a return trip to the NCAA Regional Tournament to be held May 5
th through 7
th.
Today's final round was cancelled due to the heavy rains that fell overnight making the course unplayable today.
Three golfers finished the tournament tied at two under par. Barton's Nicolas Fonseca was declared the overall winner by virtue of his tournament-low round of 69 yesterday. North Greenville's Tucker McDonald and Limestone's Will Woodard finished tied for second overall.
The Fleet truly won as a team with all five golfers finishing in the Top 20. Junior
Brad Thorne (Moore, SC, Oakbrook Preparatory School) led the Fleet shooting a tournament-low 69 on day two to finish one under par and in fourth place, just a single stroke back of a trio of golfers who finished tied for first at two under par.
Freshman
Paul Fitzgerald (Charlotte, NC, Providence Day Academy) was next in the clubhouse for the Fleet, shooting a two over par to finish tied for seventh. Just a stroke behind Fitzgerald was junior
Ford Blanchard (Orangeburg, SC, Orangeburg Preparatory Schools) coming in ninth place, giving the Fleet three Top 10 finishers.
Sophomore
Tyler Lucas (Rock Hill, SC, Northwestern High School), who shot a team-low round 71 on the first day, slipped back on day two with a 78 but still good enough to earn a Top 20 finish in 17
th place finish. Freshman
Chandler Pearson (Easley, SC, Wren High School) rounded out the scoring for the Flying Fleet, shooting a76 and a 75 to finish tied for 20
th place.
Erskine will compete in the NCAA Super Regional May 5
th through May 7
th.
It is the third conference title for the Flying Fleet this year. The Erskine Men's Soccer Team won the regular season title this past fall while the Erskine Men's Volleyball recently clinched their regular season title.
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