Patriots 7th After Two Rounds at Palisades Collegiate Classic

Charlotte, N.C. - Senior Keith Crowley shot a second-round five-under-par 67 to help lead Francis Marion University to a seventh-place standing at the Palisades Collegiate Golf Classic on Monday (April 13).

The 54-hole tournament is being hosted by Charlotte, Davidson College, and Belmont Abbey College. The third round will be Tuesday at the Palisades Country Club, with tee times starting at 8:30 a.m.

FMU was sixth after the opening 18 holes, but dropped one position in the 15-team field over the second 18 holes.

VCU holds a five-stroke lead in the team standings with a two-round total of 552. Louisville is in second at 557, 10 strokes ahead of third-place Marquette (567). Francis Marion shot rounds of 293 and 291 to stand at 584.

Crowley (76-67=143) and Christopher Couch (71-72=143) are tied for 19th position, while Matt Jackson (70-75=145) is tied for 25th, and Peter McGibney (76-79=155) and Andrew Pitcher (78-77=155) are tied for 69th place.

While two players, Marquette's Mike Van Sickle and VCU's Vincent Nadeau, posted scores that would have tied the tournament's 18-hole record (-7, 65) in round two, Louisville's Riley Wheeldon blistered the record with an 11-under par, 61. Wheeldon and Nadeau share the 36-hole lead at 12-under par, 132.




Palisades Collegiate Classic
Par-Yardage: 72-6797
Fin. School Scores
1 VCU 282 270 552

2 Louisville, U. of 290 267 557

3 Marquette University 283 284 567


4 Old Dominion Univ. 294 278 572

5 Belmont Abbey Coll. 292 285 577


6 West Florida, U. of 289 289 578

7 Francis Marion U. 293 291 584


T 8 Charlotte 296 291 587

T 8 Richmond, Univ. of 301 286 587


10 Kennesaw St. Univ. 298 292 590


11 Longwood University 296 295 591

12 Davidson College 296 296 592


13 Nebraska, U. of 298 301 599


14 Winthrop University 307 296 603

15 Elon University 298 306 604