Milligan Takes Cavalier Men’s Golf Invitational
April 4, 2006
Kingsport, TN – Milligan College took the men’s golf Cavalier Invitational completed this afternoon at Ridgefields Country Club. Milligan won the nine-team field by 12 strokes in the two-day event over Tennessee Wesleyan and host UVa-Wise. Jeremy Benton of Tennessee Wesleyan claimed the top individual award with a 142 score.
The Buffaloes won the Invitational with a tally of 613 including a top round of 301 on Monday. Tennessee Wesleyan was second (625) and had the best team score on Tuesday of 309. UVa-Wise's top team placed third with a 630 and shot a 310 second day. The rest of the field were Union (635), Bluefield (647), King College (653), Montreat (659), UVa-Wise White (730) and Virginia Intermont (702).
Benton won the top individual award by totaling a 142 final score and event best round of 68 on Tuesday. Eric Wyrick of Union was second (146) with Jared Taylor of Bluefield (148) and Aaron Jessee and Ryan Morris from Milligan finished fourth (151) and fifth (152).
UVa-Wise's John Blake Graham finished one stroke from placing in the top five individuals. Graham shot rounds of 79 and 75 for a 154 to take sixth. Brad Phillips and Shane McDavid joined Graham in the top 10 at seventh (156) and tied for ninth (158). Bryan Bentley and Ryan Robbins both tied for 18th place to round out the Cavs top five golfers with scores of 163.
Patrick King led the UVa-Wise White team with a 165. Erik Blevins was right behind him at 166 while Chris Sumner (181), Tyler Herron (188) and Luke Layne (209) rounded out the Cavs participants for the invitational.
UVa-Wise will now be off for two weeks before playing at the Appalachian Athletic Conference/NAIA Region XII Championships in Richmond, Kentucky on April 17-19.
Final Results
Milligan College 301 - 312 - 613
TN Wesleyan 316 - 309 - 625
UVA-Wise Red Team 320 - 310 - 630
Union College 330 - 305 - 635
Bluefield College 319 - 328 - 647
King College 325 - 328- 653
Montreat 335 - 324 - 659
UVA-Wise White Team 369 - 361 - 730
Virginia Intermont 375 - 327 - 702
Player Results
Top Five Individual All Tournament Team
1st Jeremy Benton TN Wesleyan - 74 - 68 - 142
2nd Eric Wyrick Union College - 72 - 74 - 146
3rd Jared Taylor Bluefield College - 72 - 76 - 148
4th Aaron Jessee Milligan - 73 - 78 - 151
5th Ryan Morris Milligan - 74 - 78 - 152
Tournament Results
Milligan College
Matt Barefoot 80-78-158
Aaron Jessee 73-78-151
Ryan Morris 74-78-152
Matt Ongie 79-78-157
Grayson Patton 75-84-159
TN Wesleyan
Jeremy Benton 74-68-142
Justin Coffman 86-78-164
Brett Comerford 76-82-158
Neal Leatherwood 80-81-161
Matt Smith 89-91-181
UVA-Wise Red
Shane McDavid 78-80-158
John Blake Graham 79-75-154
Bryan Bentley 84-79-163
Ryan Robbins 84-79-163
Brad Phillips 79-77-156
Union College
Eric Wyrick 72-74-146
Sam Lee 85-76-161
Eddie Baker 87-84-171
Jon Dean 86-78-164
Craig Deerness 87-77-164
Bluefield College
Jerad Taylor 72-76-148
Adam Nelson 86-85-171
Tyler Blankenship 80-83-163
Chad Arnold 81-84-165
Matt Beavers 94-102-196
King College
Ralph Ragan 85-87-172
Micah Chappell 78-80-158
Matt Hillman 83-83-166
Trey Nelson 81-84-165
Chris Bowder 83-81-164
Montreat College
David Martin 82-82-164
Adam Buie 85-82-167
Brandon Bradburn 81-80-161
Brian Guengerich 92-80-172
Luke Sanford 87-82-169
UVA-Wise White
Patrick King 86-85-165
Erik Blevins 94-92-166
Chris Sumner 96-95-181
Tyler Herron 99-89-188
Luke Layne 106-103-209
Virginia Intermont
Jeremy Page N/S
Ryan Munas 83-82-162
Casey Carr 98-80-178
Mark Scott 93-82-175
Shane Pearson 101-83-184
Milligan Individual
Jay Bernhardt 80-83-163
Michael Woods 85-82-167
Emory & Henry
Jason Fogleman 83-83-166
Derek Latimer 83
Brad White 98-94-192
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