University of Connecticut Athletics
Huskies finish 15th at Winthrop Invitational
3/5/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
ROCK HILL, SC (March 5) – The University of Connecticut men’s golf team shaved 11 strokes off its first round score in Tuesday’s final round of play at the Winthrop-Waterford Invitational, though the Huskies failed to improve in the standings and finished 15th in the 19-team field. Winthrop University won the tournament by shooting a combined 585, including a team-best 285 in the final round.
The Huskies, making their spring debut, shot a combined 315 on the day. Senior Sean Vigue (Lebanon, CT) led the team over the two-day tournament and shot 77 (+5) on the day to finish tied for 24th place with a 153. Freshman Justin Ciombor (Plainville, MA) carded the best round of his career, a six-over-par 78, to finish tied with two others for 52nd place with a score of 160. Junior Nate Thomsen (Rocky Hill, CT) fired back-to-back rounds of 80 over the tournament to finish tied for 64th, and senior Kevin O’Connor (East Lyme, CT) and freshman Mike Murphy (Woburn, MA) each finished with scores of 166.
Elon's Mark Hunsicker was the individual medalist. He shot a final round 70 to hold off Winthrop's Matt Johnson by a stroke and finished with a 141 for the tournament.
UConn will be back in action on March 18 at the University of San Diego Invitational in San Diego, CA.
Team Leaderboard
Team Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Total Finish Winthrop 300 285 585 1 Elon 301 294 595 2 Campbell 303 296 599 3 Stetson 309 298 607 4 George Mason 310 301 611 5 Western Carolina 315 301 616 6 Bethune-Cookman 319 300 619 T7 High Point 310 309 619 T7 Queens College 314 306 620 9 Army 311 311 622 10 Connecticut 326 315 641 15Individual Leaderboard
Player Rd. 1 Rd. 2Total Finish Mark Hunsicker (Elon) 71 70
141 (-3) 1 Matt Johnson (Winthrop) 75 67
142 (-2) 2 Drew Mayhew (De Paul) 70 74
144 (E) T3 Davidde Giordano (Campbell) 72 72
144 (E) T3 Luke Miller (Bethune-Cookman) 78 68
146 (+2) T5 Chase Roberts (Queens College) 74 72 146 (+2) T5 Clay Kilgore (Western Carolina) 74 72 146 (+2) T5 Chuck Brueggemann (Winthrop) 70 76 146 (+2) T5
UConn Scores
Player Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Total Finish Sean Vigue 76 77 153 (+9) T24 Justin Ciombor 82 78 160 (+16) T52 Nate Thomsen 82 82 164 (+20) T64 Kevin O'Connor 86 80 166 (+22) T71 Mike Murphy 86 80 166 (+22) T71
