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South's LeCroy Surges in Final Round for Top-5 Finish

Men's Golf

South's LeCroy Surges in Final Round for Top-5 Finish

LOXLEY, Ala. - Grad Student Jacob LeCroy goes six-under on the day to finish tied for fourth (70-76-66–212) on the weekend in the 54 hole tournament. LeCroy rocketed up the table 16 spots to continue the streak of a Jaguar placing in the top-5 in the last three challenges. 

Freshman Joshua Hill (75-72-72–219) finished strong going for par on the last two rounds of the fall schedule and tying for 26th.

As a team, the Jaguars shot eight-under-par on Sunday to jump up four spots into eighth place to end with 877 (296-301-280). South Alabama's 280 Sunday is the best round for the team in the fall schedule. Alabama finished with an 853 score to win the tournament (284-284-285), and Virginia Tech's Kobe Valocieck jumped from  third to first during the final round to win the individual title (70-69-66–205).

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (Host): Steelwood Collegiate (South Alabama)
Dates: October 28-29 (Saturday-Sunday)
Course: Steelwood Country Club

TEAM SCORES
(1) Alabama, 284-284-285–853 (-11); (2) Chattanooga, 287-287-287–861 (-3); (3) Memphis, 287-294-285–866 (+2); (4) Kentucky, 292-279-296–867 (+3); (5) Virginia Tech, 292-296-283–871 (+7); (6) Kansas State, 296-292-284–872 (+8); (7) Rutgers, 302-289-284–872 (+11); (8) South Alabama, 296-301-280–877 (+13); (9) Kennesaw State, 299-290-295–884 (+20); (10) Indiana, 297-295-294–886 +22); (11) Louisiana Tech, 299-299-291–889 (+25); (12) West Virginia, 298-296-296 (+26); (13) UAB, 299-295-300–894 (+30) ; (14) Rice, 301-298-301–900 (+36)

 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
(1) Kobe Valociek (Virginia Tech), 70-69-66–205 (-11); (t-2) Alex Goff (Kentucky), 70-65-71–206 (-10); (t-2) John Houk (Chattanooga), 64-70-72–206 (-10); (t-4) Jacob LeCroy (South Alabama), 70-76-66–212 (-4); (t-4) Cooper Shultz (Kansas State), 71-73-68–212 (-4); (t-4)Thomas Ponder (Alabama), 70-70-72–212 (-4); (7) Jack Tanner (Memphis), 70-74-68–213 (-3); (t-8) Xavier Maroux (Rutgers), 72-70-72–214 (-2); (t-8) Austin Coggin (Alabama), 72-70-72–214 (-2); (t-10) Andrew Bauchum (Memphis), 73-71-71–215 (-1); (t-10) JP Roller* (Kansas State), 69-74-72–215 (-1); (t-10) Rhett Sellers (Rutgers),73-69-73–215 (-1)

*- Indicates individual player

SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
(t-4) Jacob LeCroy, 70-76-66–212 (-4); (t-26) Joshua Hill, 75-72-72–219 (); (t-34) Hugo Thyr, 75-75-71–221 (+5); Joshua Achord*, 70-80-75–225 (+9); James Skeet, 79-78-71–228 (+12); Eli Mitchell, 76-79-79–234 (+18); (t-71) Kevin Dahlberg*, 79-79-77–235 (+19)

*- Indicates individual player

UP NEXT
South Alabama concludes their fall schedule and will resume the 2023-24 season Feb. 12-13 hosting the Hal Williams Collegiate.

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Players Mentioned

Kevin Dahlberg

Kevin Dahlberg

Junior
Jacob LeCroy

Jacob LeCroy

Graduate Student
James Skeet

James Skeet

Sophomore
Hugo Thyr

Hugo Thyr

Sophomore
Josh Hill

Josh Hill

Freshman
Joshua Achord

Joshua Achord

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Kevin Dahlberg

Kevin Dahlberg

Junior
Jacob LeCroy

Jacob LeCroy

Graduate Student
James Skeet

James Skeet

Sophomore
Hugo Thyr

Hugo Thyr

Sophomore
Josh Hill

Josh Hill

Freshman
Joshua Achord

Joshua Achord

Freshman