Final Results

LAKELAND, Fla. – The No. 49 Valdosta State men's golf team fired a final round 300 at the Matlock Collegiate Classic Tuesday, improving two places for a ninth-place finish on the par 72, 7,065-yard Lone Palm Golf Club course.  VSU finished with a 54-hole score of 896.  No. 3 Lynn won the 15-team tournament with an 855 score, edging top-ranked Barry by two strokes.
 
No. 6 West Florida finished third at 858, followed by a tie for fourth between No. 7 and host Florida Southern and No. 40 Columbus State, each with an 875.  No. 25 Cal State Monterey Bay finished sixth with an 877 score, followed by No. 13 Limestone at 879 and No. 10 Nova Southeastern finished eighth at 888.  
 
The Blazers were ninth, edging No. 2 Florida Tech by two strokes, while No. 5 St. Leo finished 11^thwith an 899 score as VSU tallied two great top five wins.  Georgia College was 12^that 901, followed by No. 23 Rollins (903), No. 45 Montevallo was 14^th(913) and Eckerd was 15^that 938.  VSU picked up wins over four teams ranked higher for the tournament.  
 
Barry's Jorge Garcia fired a final round 64 for the low-round of the tournament to earn medalist honors as he improved three spots from yesterday to finish with a 12-under 204 (68,72,64).  Florida Southern's Max Coutsolioutsos was runner-up at 7-under for a 209, edging three players who finished tied for third at 210 in the 75-player field.  
 
For the Blazers, senior Matt Anderson fired a final round 71 for the team-low round of the tournament to finish tied for 27^thwith a 221 score.  Freshman Brock Healy tied for 38^thwith sophomore teammate Wesley Hanson each with a 226 score.  Healy fired rounds of 73, 73, 80, while Hanson carded rounds of 74, 74 and 78.  Freshman Davis Smith tied for 44^thon three rounds of 76, while freshman Gage Smith tied or 51^stwith a 229 score on rounds of 76, 78 and 75.  
 
The Blazers return home to prepare for the St. Leo Invitational, Feb. 25-26 in Dade City, Fla., at Jake Jovita Golf & Country Club.