April 21, 2002
Greenville, S.C. - Senior Greg Lewis capped his WCU in style, shooting a school-record 211 over three days at the Southern Conference Men's Golf Championships, played at Furman University's Golf Course. His effort helped the Catamounts to a fifth-place finish, which was the school's first top five at the Championships since 1997.
Western's three-day total of 872 shatters the school record for a three-round event by 19 strokes. This past fall, WCU carded a three-round score of 891 at the Chattanooga Intercollegiate. The total is also 21 strokes better than Western's previous mark at the Championships, shooting 893 last year.
Lewis' five-under, 211 was good enough for fourth (tied) and is six strokes better than the previous school mark of 217 set by Bruce Kulman at the 1991 SoCon Championships. With his effort this weekend, Lewis additionally sets a WCU single-season record with his 74.23 strokes per round in 2001-02. (Kullman also held that record with a 74.42 stroke average in 1990-91.) Lewis finishes his career with a 76.06 stroke average, which ranks third on the WCU all-time list.
The College of Charleston earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships and won its first ever Southern Conference Men's Golf Championship, carding a final-round 283 to finish with a three-day 850 total. In addition, CofC's Daniel Brunson fired a final round 70 to take medalist honors with a three-round, 11-under par 205.
Furman, which entered the final round with a three-stroke lead over CofC, carded a 291 to finish second by five strokes. Kirk Satterfield paced the Paladins with a three-under 69 and finished second in the individual race with a three-day 208.
Others contributing to Western's success were Lee Cline and Andrew Paduch. Cline fired a final round 73 en route to his three-day total of 218, placing 15th (tied). His 218 ties his own mark as the third-best three-day total in WCU history and is the third-best total by a Catamount at the Championships. Cline finishes his career sixth on the WCU career strokes list with an average of 77.22. Paduch, a freshman, was four-over par (220) at the Championships to place 23rd (tied). His three-round score is the 10th-best by a Catamount all-time and the fifth-best by a Catamount at the Championships. Clay Kilgore shot a 228 to place 36th (tied) and Chase Kress placed 47th (tied) with his total of 236.
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FINAL TEAM RESULTS Southern Conference Championships Furman University G.C. Greenville, S.C. Dates: 04/19 - 04/21 (Today:04-21-2002) Par: 72 Yardage: 6800
Fin. School Scores 1 Charleston, Coll. of 282 285 283 850 -14 2 Furman University 282 282 291 855 -9 3 Georgia Southern U. 287 284 287 858 -6 4 East Tennessee St. 291 287 285 863 -1 5 Western Carolina U. 290 286 296 872 +8 6 Wofford College 299 285 290 874 +10 7 N. Car.- Greensboro 298 294 295 887 +23 8 Appalachian State U. 293 299 307 899 +35 9 Tennessee-Chattanooga 298 290 313 901 +37 10 Davidson College 305 301 302 908 +44 11 Citadel, The 318 312 315 945 +81 12 Virginia Military I 324 318 330 972 +108
Western Carolina Scores 4th-t Greg Lewis 69 69 73 211 -5 15th-t Lee Cline 72 73 73 218 +2 23rd-t Andrew Paduch 72 71 77 220 +4 36th-t Clay Kilgore 82 73 73 228 +12 47th-t Chase Kress 77 76 83 236 +20
FINAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Southern Conference Championships Furman University G.C. Greenville, S.C. Dates: 04/19 - 04/21 (Today:04-21-2002) Par: 72 Yardage: 6800
Fin. Name School Scores 1 Daniel Brunson Charleston 67 68 70 205 -11
2 Kirk Satterfield Furman 70 69 69 208 -8
3 David Sligh Furman 69 69 72 210 -6
4 Jon Stephenson Wofford 73 67 71 211 -5 Greg Lewis W Carolina 69 69 73 211 -5 Josh Goldstein Charleston 75 69 67 211 -5
7 David Elmore Ga. South 72 68 72 212 -4 Adam Riddering E Tenn. St 71 74 67 212 -4
9 Aron Price Ga. South 72 71 71 214 -2
10 Bruce McDonald Charleston 71 73 71 215 -1
11 Justin Kolumber Ga. South 70 73 73 216 E
12 James Johnson E Tenn. St 73 72 72 217 +1 Daniel Felder Wofford 74 72 71 217 +1 Vance Embry Furman 72 71 74 217 +1
15 James Stanofski NC Greensb 71 75 72 218 +2 David Thomas Appal. St. 72 72 74 218 +2 Lee Cline W Carolina 72 73 73 218 +2 Gregg Blainey NC Greensb 76 70 72 218 +2 Cennydd Mills E Tenn. St 74 69 75 218 +2
20 Tyler McKeever Ga. South 74 74 71 219 +3 Jeremy Hobson E Tenn. St 73 73 73 219 +3 Nick Bamber Tenn-Chatt 74 67 78 219 +3
23 Andrew Paduch W Carolina 72 71 77 220 +4 Travis Mobley Ga. South 73 72 75 220 +4
25 Noble Judy Furman 72 73 76 221 +5 John Assey Charleston 70 75 76 221 +5
27 Marco Trejos E Tenn. St 76 73 73 222 +6 Joe Zimmerman Davidson 72 76 74 222 +6
29 Rocky Mankin Tenn-Chatt 75 74 74 223 +7 30 Matt Davidson Furman 71 76 78 225 +9
31 Kyle Bradley Charleston 74 78 75 227 +11 Ben Friedell Davidson 77 74 76 227 +11 Shawn Costello NC Greensb 75 73 79 227 +11 Matt Brock Tenn-Chatt 72 76 79 227 +11 Trae Ely Wofford 80 76 71 227 +11
36 Clay Kilgore W Carolina 82 73 73 228 +12 Mark Powers NC Greensb 77 76 75 228 +12 Brian Keiser Appal. St. 77 74 77 228 +12 John Hancock NC Greensb 76 76 76 228 +12
40 Adam McLaughlin Appal. St. 74 76 79 229 +13 Wil Hutchens Wofford 78 74 77 229 +13
42 Dan Koernke Davidson 77 78 75 230 +14
43 Peyton Gallagher Davidson 79 73 79 231 +15 Daniel Sloan Wofford 74 72 85 231 +15 Neil Norris Appal. St. 77 77 77 231 +15
46 Matt Riddick Appal. St. 70 80 82 232 +16
47 Ryan Owens Tenn-Chatt 81 73 82 236 +20 Chase Kress W Carolina 77 76 83 236 +20
49 Lawrence Cauddle III Citadel 80 77 80 237 +21 Douglas McMillan III Citadel 76 80 81 237 +21
51 Michael Koon Citadel 79 79 80 238 +22 Dan Carlson Davidson 81 80 77 238 +22
53 Josh Atkinson Citadel 87 76 77 240 +24
54 Toby Geren Tenn-Chatt 77 82 82 241 +25
55 John Ross Citadel 83 82 78 243 +27
56 Jarrett Brown VMI 81 81 82 244 +28
57 Chad Kenna VMI 81 81 83 245 +29 Terrell Jackson VMI 82 79 84 245 +29
59 Adam Halstead VMI 80 77 89 246 +30
60 Paul Bryan VMI 85 90 81 256 +40
