George Washington University Athletics
George Washington University
Verizon/A-10 Championship
Golf Places Sixth at Atlantic 10 Championship
4/22/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 22, 2002
FAYETTEVILLE, PA - GW's Michael Ball (Potomac, MD/Churchill) tied a 45-year-old school record with a six-under-par 66 in the first round of the Verizon Atlantic 10 Men's Golf Championship Friday-Sunday at the par-72, 7,009-yard Iron Forge Course at Penn National Golf Club. He led the field of 55 after the first round but finished the tournament in a tie for seventh with a 54-hole total 214 (66-72-73). He was six strokes off the pace set by tournament champion John Rusk of Temple (208). Rhode Island won the team title with a nine-under-par 855.
Ball's first-round 66 tied teammate Thomas Blankvoort (Curacao, Netherlands Antilles) who carded a 66 in the morning round of the Rehoboth Beach Invitational a week ago (April 15) at the par-72, 6,615-yard Kings Creek Country Club on the Delaware shore. Prior to Blankvoort's effort, no Colonial had shot a 66 in 45 years. (Jay Randolph ('56) accomplished the feat at the 1957 Southern Conference Championship at the Danville (VA) Country Club). Ball's six-under-par round also tied Blankvoort's school record for most strokes under par in a single round.
Colonials' sophomore Charles Taylor (St. Lambert, Quebec/Gov. Dummer) was solid in posting his third Top 20 finish of the season with a 218 (74-70-74) to tie for 14th place.
Final Team Standings
1 Rhode Island 281-282-292 - 855 -9
2 Xavier 289-280-289 - 858 -6
3 Temple 289-283-294 - 866 +2
4 St. Bonaventure 291-285-297 - 873 +9
5 Richmond 288-285-304 - 877 +13
6 George Washington 289-288-306 - 883 +19
7 Saint Joseph's 290-298-301 - 889 +25
8 Dayton 288-294-312 - 894 +30
9 Duquesne 289-297-311 - 897 +33
10 Fordham 310-304-310 - 924 +60
11 La Salle 312-312-325 - 949 +85
GW individual scores (55 total players):
T-7th Michael Ball 66-72-76 - 214
T-14th Charles Taylor 74-70-74 - 218
T-30th Thomas Blankvoort 72-76-77 - 225
T-34th Bryan Derdenger 77-70-80 - 227
T-49th Brad Friedlander 82-78-79 - 239
The Colonials conclude their season at the 36-hole Scotty Duncan Memorial, April 27-28, at Frog Hollow Golf Club in Middletown, DE.
