Oct. 7, 2008

SAVANNAH, GA-- ODU freshman Neil Henderson (Berwick, Scotland) carded a 72 on the final round for a 54 hole score of 220 to tie for 11th at the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate tournament. Fellow Monarch newcomer Thomas Wilde (Berkshire, England)tied for 17th with a 223 and junior Eric Onesi (Bear,DE.) tied for 22nd at 225. As a team, ODU finished sixth at 897.

Host school Georgia Southern won the even with an 865, one stroke better than Furman. Logan Blondell of Georgia Southern won the individual title in a playoff with Anthony ALoi of Furman. They both finished at 212.

Henderson, who shot 74 and 74 in the first two rounds was the Monarchs best today with a 72. He finished just eight strokes off the leader. Eric Onesi was next with a 74 todayand Wilde shot a 75.

Henderson was seventh in par 3 scoring at 3.08 and tied for seventh in total birdies at the tournament with 11. Jeffrey Long also had 11 birdies. Eric Onesi eagled a hole, while as a team ODU was fourth in par three scoring at 3.28 and fifth in par 4scoring at 4.23. ODU tied Francis Marion and Davidson with 158 pars, and tied Western Carolina with 37 birdies.

ODU returns to action Oct. 27 and 28 when they host the 29th annual Seascape Collegiate in Kitty Hawk, NC.

Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate
Savannah, GA.
FINAL RESULTS
Par-Yardage: 72-7016

Fin. School Scores
1 Georgia Southern U. 278 292 295 865 +1
2 Furman University 288 287 291 866 +2
3 Kennesaw St. Univ. 298 281 291 870 +6
4 Francis Marion U. 290 302 296 888 +24
5 Armstrong Atlantic 298 300 297 895 +31
6 Old Dominion Univ. 299 297 301 897 +33
7 Troy University 306 299 301 906 +42
8 Davidson College 304 305 305 914 +50
9 Western Carolina U. 303 300 316 919 +55
10 Jacksonville Univ. 305 301 314 920 +56
11 Elon University 301 308 314 923 +59
12 Winthrop University 316 299 311 926 +62
13 Samford University 308 314 311 933 +69

ODU GOLFERS

T 11 Neil Henderson 74 74 72 220
T 17 Tom Wilde 74 74 75 223
T 22 Eric Onesi 75 76 74 225
T 49 Jeff Long 76 73 85 234
T 60 Matthew Rendell 77 80 80 237