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 Junior Andres Cuenca shot a team tournament-low round of 70 on Sunday. |
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March 30, 2008
Furman Intercollegiate Final Results 
Greenville, S.C. - Western Carolina carded the second-lowest score of Sunday's final round with a 291 to rally to fourth-place finish at the 39th annual Furman Intercollegiate at the par 72, 6,800-yard Furman University Golf Course. Senior Matt Cook posted a top 10 finish to lead the Catamounts with a three-day total of 219.
Jonathan Hodge (69-73-71=213) carded a final round 71 to claim individual medalist honors and help Chattanooga edge Clemson (292-291-294=877) by three strokes. South Carolina finished third with a three-day total of 882, followed by Western Carolina and Vanderbilt tied for fourth at 888 to round out the top five squads.
The tournament field included five nationally-ranked teams, including a sixth from the NCAA Division II in USC-Aiken, according to GolfStat rankings. WCU was able to finish ahead of 30th-ranked Virginia Tech and 41st-ranked North Florida, was well as USC-Aiken.
Also, the Catamounts finished second out of the seven SoCon schools competing at the event behind UTC; Furman finished tied for 8th; Elon 14th; Wofford 18th; Appalachian State 20th; and Davidson 24th.
Cook carded his best round Sunday afternoon, firing a one-under 71 to post a top-ten finish tied for seventh with a three-round score of three-over, 219. Junior Andres Cuenca (221) posted the squad's lowest round of the three-day event with a two-under 70 on the final 18 to rally to a 14th-place finish. Cuenca ranked tied for second in both par 5 scoring at nine under and birdies with 13. Cook was one back in the latter category with 12 birdies in the tournament.
Sophomore Ricky Stout was a third Catamount to finish in the top 20 with a 16th-place finish with a three-round, 222. Rounding out the field for WCU were junior Dustin Furnari and freshman Caleb Marsh tied for 79th (231).
Western Carolina returns to action at the UK Bluegrass Classic at the University Club in Lexington, Ky., on April 12-14 in its final tune-up before the SoCon Championship.
1 Chattanooga 287 291 296 874 +10 T4 Western Carolina U. +24 F 295 302 291 888
2 Clemson 292 291 294 877 +13
3 South Carolina 290 294 298 882 +18
T4 Western Carolina 295 302 291 888 +24
T4 Vanderbilt 293 301 294 888 +24
6 Virginia Tech 299 288 303 890 +26
7 South Carolina-Aiken 298 303 290 891 +27
T8 Furman University 297 302 295 894 +30
T8 Ohio State Univ. 294 306 294 894 +30
10 Francis Marion 297 310 292 899 +35
11 North Florida 305 299 296 900 +36
12 East Carolina 300 294 307 901 +37
13 UNC Wilmington 306 306 294 906 +42
14 Elon University 307 305 299 911 +47
15 Charleston Southern 307 302 304 913 +49
16 Presbyterian College 307 301 309 917 +53
17 Old Dominion 313 303 303 919 +55
18 Wofford College 313 303 305 921 +57
19 Rhode Island 312 309 302 923 +59
20 Appalachian State 312 304 309 925 +61
21 Samford University 296 319 315 930 +66
T22 Marshall University 320 308 304 932 +68
T22 Winthrop University 309 313 310 932 +68
24 Davidson College 303 323 310 936 +72
T7 Matt Cook +3 F 73 75 71 219
T14 Andres Cuenca +5 F 74 77 70 221
T16 Ricky Stout +6 F 73 76 73 222
T79 Dustin Furnari +15 F 75 79 77 231
T79 Caleb Marsh +15 F 79 74 78 231
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