George Washington University Athletics
Golf Places 19th At Pirate Intercollegiate
4/9/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Blankvoort Ties for 9th With a 218 to Lead GW
GREENVILLE, NC (April 7) - GW's Thomas Blankvoort shot a two-over-par 218 (69-78-71) to tie for ninth place in the 54-hole Pirate Spring Intercollegiate golf tournament, April 6-7 at the par-72, 6,991-yard Bradford Creek Golf Club in Greenville, NC. The tournament was hosted by East Carolina University.
Blankvoort tied four other individuals for ninth among 114 players. As a team, GW placed 19th in the 22-team field with a team total of 925 (302-326-297). Campbell University won the event with a combined 870, four strokes ahead of Elon College and nine stokes better than host East Carolina. George Mason's Craig Mason won a playoff with St. John's Andrew Svoboda to capture individual honors with a 54-hole total 211.
Final team results:
1- Campbell 870
2- Elon 874
3- East Carolina 879
4- Marquette 881
5- Bethune-Cookman 886
6- St. John's 888
7- George Mason 890
8- Western Carolina 893
9- Appalachian State 897
10- Gardner-Webb 898
Liberty 898
12- Winthrop 899
13- Pennsylvania 903
14- Rutgers 908
15- High Point 911
16- Columbia 914
17- DePaul 915
18- Lenoir-Rhyne 916
19- George Washington 925
20- Tennessee State 932
21- South Carolina State 939
22- The Citadel 955
Colonials' individual scores:
T-9th- Thomas Blankvoort 69-78-71 = 218
T-86th- Ryan Day 76-82-76 = 234
T-95th- Brad Friedlander 78-82-77 = 238
T-101st- Stuart Healey 82-83-75 = 240
T-105th- Darren Ressler 79-90-75 = 244
GW next competes in the Cleveland State Invitational, April 15-16, at Delaware, OH.
