Men's Golf Preps for Final Regular Season Tourney
6/21/1999 8:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 26, 1999
TERP GOLFERS TO FURMAN IN FINAL REGULAR SEASON TOURNAMENT
Seeking to secure a bid in the NCAA East Regionals in May,
the Maryland Terrapins embark on their final regular season
tournament this week, at the Furman University Golf Course
in Greenville, S.C.
Maryland, ranked 32nd, 34th and 38th in national polls released last week, travels to Furman this week following its third-place tie at the Wofford Invitational, last Friday and Saturday. Marked by the return of Keith Unikel (Potomac, Md.) whose shoulder injury sidelined him two weeks ago for the Atlantic Coast Championships, the Terps registered their finest effort of the season at Wofford, shooting seven-over as a team and finishing with their best par 72 score of the season (871).
TERPS PUT THREE IN TOP 13
A week after Miguel Rivera (Bel Air, Md.) played his best
golf of the year, Gary Mankulish (Laurel, Md.) turned in his
finest outing at last weekend's Wofford Invitational.
Coupled with another strong showing by Rivera and the return of Unikel, the Terps recorded their finest team finish of the season. Mankulish (214, -2) finished tied for sixth after firing 70 in each of the first two rounds. They marked his low round of the spring and helped him to his second sub-par tournament this year.
Rivera and Unikel both tied for 13th and both shot rounds under par. Unikel's second round 68 matched the low round of the tournmant. Rivera shot 72 and 71 in his final rounds to record his second straight top 15 finish - his best two tournaments of the season.
MAKING THEIR BID
Heading into the ACC Championships two weeks ago, Maryland
was sixth out of eight teams expected to qualify for the
NCAA East Regionals, May 20-22 at Barrington, R.I., holding
a narrow lead in Golfstat statistical rankings over Augusta
State and Duke. The Terps stumbled briefly at the ACCs after
the loss of Unikel, and saw Duke finish above them and
Virginia move close behind. The Cavaliers continued their
push for a regional bid while taking team honors at Wofford,
but Maryland rebounded strong to top Duke. The Terps make
their final bid to retain their regional status at this
week's tournament at Furman.
TEAM RANKINGS
Maryland was ranked 32nd by Golfstat last week, 34th in
the MasterCard CGF Rankings and 38th in the Golfweek/Sagarin
ratings. Individually, junior Keith Unikel is ranked 49th in
the latest Golfstat Cup Rankings for college men's golf
individuals. He is 90th in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin
ratings.
Last week's rankings:
Golfstat rankings for April 20, 1999: 1. UNLV, 2. Georgia, 3. Clemson, 4. Georgia Tech, 5. Houston, 6. Arizona State, 7. Oklahoma State, 8. Minnesota, 9. Florida, 10. South Carolina, 11. Washington, 12. Texas, 13. Nebraska, 14. Northwestern, 15. NC State, 16. E. Tennessee State, 17. North Carolina, 18. North Florida, 19. New Mexico, 20. Oklahoma, 21. South Alabama, 22. Oregon, 23. Mississippi State, 24. California, 25. BYU, 26. Augusta State, 27. SMU, 28. UCLA, 29. Tennessee, 30. Kansas, 31. Pepperdine, 32. MARYLAND, 33. Stanford, 34. So. California, 35. Virginia Commonwealth, 36. Fresno State, 37. Colorado State, 38. TCU, 39. Coastal Carolina, 40. Georgia State.
MasterCard CGF rankings for April 21, 1999: 1. Georgia, 2. UNLV, 3. Clemson, 4. Georgia Tech, 5. Houston, 6. Oklahoma State, 7. Arizona State, 8. Texas, 9. Florida, 10. Minnesota, 11. South Carolina, 12. Washington, 13. Northwestern, 14. North Carolina, 15. Nebraska, 16. E. Tennessee State, 17. NC State, 18. New Mexico, 19. North Florida, 20. BYU, 21. Oregon, 22. Oklahoma, 23. Mississippi State, 24. California, 25. South Alabama, 26. UCLA, 27. Stanford, 28. Augusta State, 29. Pepperdine, 30. Kansas, 31. SMU, 32. Tennessee, 33. Fresno State, 34. MARYLAND, 35. Oregon State, 36. Mississippi, 37. Colorado State, 38. So. California, 39. TCU, 40. Texas-Arlington.
Golfweek/Sagarin ratings through tournaments of April 26: 1. Clemson, 2. Georgia, 3. Georgia Tech, 4. UNLV, 5. Oklahoma State, 6. Houston, 7. Arizona State, 8. So. California, 9. Florida, 10. Minnesota, 11. Texas, 12. BYU, 13. North Carolina, 14. Northwestern, 15. UCLA, 16. Washington, 17. New Mexico, 18. Nebraska, 19. E. Tennessee State, 20. California, 21. Oregon, 22. NC State, 23. North Florida, 24. Oklahoma, 25. Pepperdine, 26. Augusta State, 27. Mississippi State, 28. Coastal Carolina, 29. TCU, 30. Stanford, 31. Fresno State, 32. Kansas, 33. Oregon State, 34. Duke, 35. SMU, 36. Arizona, 37. Texas-Arlington, 38. MARYLAND, 39. South Alabama, 40. Campbell.
MARYLAND MEN'S GOLF SPRING 1999 STATISTICS
Name Trn. Rds Top 10 -Par Par 60's Low Rd. High Rd. Strokes Avg.
Keith Unikel, Jr. 5 15 3 6 1 3 68 (3) 78 1,082 72.13
Gary Mankulish, Jr. 6 18 2 4 2 0 70 (2) 77 1,322 73.44
Mike Deo, Sr. 6 18 0 2 2 0 70 81 1,344 74.67
Miguel Rivera, Sr. 6 18 1 3 2 0 70 81 1,346 74.77
Pete Coughlin, Sr. 6 18 0 1 2 1 68 85 (2) 1,379 76.61
Ben Ricker, Jr. 1 3 0 0 0 0 78 87 248 82.70
Team Totals 6 72 6 16 9 4 68 (4) 87 5,294 73.53
MARYLAND MEN'S GOLF SPRING 1999 RESULTS
March 12-13 - UNC Charlotte Birkdale Classic
Birkdale Golf Course, Charlotte, N.C. (Par 72, 7,013 Yards)
Finish Scores
T6 of 18 MARYLAND 298 302 300 900 +36
T7 Keith Unikel 71 73 74 218 +2
T13 Gary Mankulish 72 73 75 220 +4
T44 Miguel Rivera 74 77 79 230 +14
T54 Mike Deo 81 81 72 234 +18
89 Pete Coughlin 85 79 85 249 +33
March 19-20 - Pepsi Intercollegiate
Bradford Creek Golf Course, Greenville, N.C. (Par 72, 6,976
Yards)
Finish Scores
3 of 25 MARYLAND 286 297 293 876 +12
3 Gary Mankulish 71 72 71 214 -2
T10 Keith Unikel 70 75 72 217 +1
T19 Mike Deo 71 73 76 220 +4
T56 Pete Coughlin 75 77 74 226 +10
T74 Miguel Rivera 74 77 77 228 +12
March 22-23 - Cleveland Golf Championships
Palmetto Golf Club, Aiken, S.C. (Par 71, 6,380 Yards)
Finish Scores
T2 of 12 MARYLAND 287 294 288 869 +17
T3 Keith Unikel 68 75 70 213 E
T11 Mike Deo 70 74 72 216 +3
T11 Pete Coughlin 75 68 73 216 +3
T33 Gary Mankulish 74 77 73 224 +11
T49 Miguel Rivera 81 78 73 232 +19
April 3-4 - Cleveland Golf/Augusta State Invitational
Forest Hills Golf Club, Augusta, Ga. (Par 72, 6,875 Yards)
Finish Scores
T6 of 19 MARYLAND 296 292 285 873 +9
T18 Keith Unikel 76 73 68 217 +1
T23 Mike Deo 73 73 72 218 +2
T23 Pete Coughlin 72 74 72 218 +2
T36 Miguel Rivera 75 72 73 220 +4
T76 Gary Mankulish 78 74 75 227 +11
April 16-18 - ACC Championships
Old North State Club at Uwharrie Point, Badin Lake, N.C.
(Par 72, 7,102 Yards)
Finish Scores
6 of 9 MARYLAND 306 299 300 905 +41
T10 Miguel Rivera 78 71 70 219 +3
T22 Gary Mankulish 75 75 73 223 +7
T36 Mike Deo 77 77 79 233 +17
T38 Pete Coughlin 76 76 82 234 +18
44 Ben Ricker 87 83 78 248 +32
April 23-24 - Wofford Invitational
Carolina Country Club, Spartanburg, S.C. (Par 72, 6,675
Yards)
Finish Scores
T3 of 13 MARYLAND 294 283 294 871 +7
T6 Gary Mankulish 70 70 74 214 -2
T13 Miguel Rivera 74 72 71 217 +1
T13 Keith Unikel 76 68 73 217 +1
T27 Mike Deo 74 73 76 223 +7
59 Pete Coughlin 77 78 81 236 +20
TERPS AT A GLANCE
Maryland at Furman Intercollegiate
Date: May 1-2, 1999
Time: All Day
Site: Furman University Golf Course (Greenville, S.C., Par
72, 6,791 Yards)
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