Men's Golf | 5/18/2022 4:22:00 PM
DEARBORN, Mich.-- The top-ranked Barry Buccaneers held on to their place and advanced to the match-play finals at the 2022 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship on Wednesday at TPC Michigan.
The Bucs battled some pretty intense weather over the last round, and came through it better than most, holding on to their fifth place, finishing in a tie with Missouri-St. Louis.
The 18th-ranked Central Missouri Mules claimed the team title at +26, moving up two spots on the final day. The big movers were Lee, Missouri-St. Louis and Georgia Southwestern, who all played themselves into the match-play field, moving up eight, six and two spots respectively, taking the places of Midwestern State, Florida Southern and Indianapolis who dropped out. The Greyhounds had the most precipitious fall, starting the day in first place only to shoot a +19 and fall all the way to ninth.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING:
BUCCANEER HIGHLIGHTS:
AJ Ewart (+5) (70-77-74--221) T-11th Place
- Ewart was tied for the lead on par-3 holes, one of only four players to complete the slate under par.
- He also tied Chamorro for the team lead on the par-5 holes at -1.
- He recorded a team-best 34 pars and added eight birdies.
Stantiago Chamorro (+6) (77-72-73--222) T-15th Place
- Chamorro tied for the team lead on par-4 holes with Alvarez and tied Ewart on the par-5s.
- He had 32 pars and a team-high nine birdies.
Felipe Alvarez (+10) (73-75-78--226) T-29st Place
- Tied with Chamorro on the par-4 holes.
- Second on the team, also with Chamorro, on the par-3 holes.
- Second behind Ewart with 33 pars and added six birdies.
Nicolas Quintero (+12) (70-81-77--228) T-41st Place
- Also had 33 pars and six birdies.
- Tied Chamorro for second on the par-3 holes.
Marcus Dahl (+22) (80-79-79--238) T-87th Place
- Had 24 pars and six birdies.
| Team Leaderboard |
| 1 |
#18 Central Missouri |
300-292-298--890 (+26) |
| 2 |
#23 Colorado State-Pueblo |
295-297-301--893 (+29) |
|
#3 Lee |
301-297-295--893 (+29) |
| 4 |
#7 Oklahoma Christian |
296-300-298--894 (+30) |
| 5 |
#35 Missouri-St. Louis |
304-298-293--895 (+31) |
|
#1 Barry |
290-303-302--895 (+31) |
| 7 |
#2 Arkansas Tech |
297-294-305--896 (+32) |
|
#9 Georgia Southwestern |
288-302-299--896 (+32) |
RESULTS
NOTEWORTHY:
- Barry led the field in par-3 scoring and was only +3 on the par-5 holes.
- The Bucs had 156 pars and 35 birdies.
- Barry advances to match play for the eighth time since the format began in 2011.
- Barry won the national championship in match play in 2013 and 2014.
ON THE HORIZON:
The Bucs, who tied for fifth in stroke play, will be the sixth seed in match play and face the third-seed Lee in the quarterfinals tomorrow.
