Maryland
Gunby Jordan Intercollegiate
Mankulish, Unikel Pace Terrapin Golfers
9/5/1999 8:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Sept. 5, 1999
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Seniors Gary Mankulish (Laurel, Md.) and Keith Unikel (Potomac, Md.) were supposed to lead the Terrapin golf team this season. After two rounds in the opening tournament, they are.
Mankulish (70-73-143) and Unikel (70-73-143) both shot identical rounds to finish the first day of competition at 1-under, five strokes behind John Campbell (71-67-138) of host Columbus State at the G. Gunby Jordan Intercollegiate at Callaway Gardens Resort. Mankulish and Unikel are tied in fourth place entering today's final 18 holes, locked with Jeff Curl (71-72-143) of UNC Charlotte and four strokes back of second place contenders, Jedd McLuen (71-68-139) of College of Charleston and Alex Rocha (70-69-139) of Mississippi State.
Maryland (587, +11), competing for the first time since ending its 1999 spring season with a 19th-place finish at the NCAA East Regional, is riding the coattails of its seniors while holding a fourth-place standing entering Sunday's final round. Maryland trails Virginia Tech (586, +10) and UNC Charlotte by just one stroke in team standings, and is just two strokes out of the lead behind front-running College of Charleston (585, +9). The top six teams are separated by just four strokes.
Sophomore junior college transfer Phillip Fenstermaker (Rockville, Md.) shot a 75 in both rounds on Saturday to place 32nd with a 6-over 150. Five strokes back are freshman John Moheyer (Lima, Ohio) and Corey Brigham (Rumson, N.J.), a sophomore transfer from Baylor. Fenstermaker, Moheyer and Brigham all are representating Maryland for the first time under ninth-year head coach Tom Hanna.
The Terrapins were a second-place finisher to Mississippi State in last year's fall opener at Callaway Gardens.
G. Gunby Jordan Intercollegiate -- Team Standings (Two Rounds, 36 holes) 1. Coll. of Charleston 296 289 585 +9 2. UNC Charlotte 286 300 586 +10 Virginia Tech 294 292 586 +10 4. Maryland 291 296 587 +11 5. Mississippi St. 301 287 588 +12 6. So. Florida 292 297 589 +13 7. Louisville 298 293 591 +15 8. Vanderbilt 296 297 593 +17 9. Jacksonville St. 296 300 596 +20 10. Coastal Carolina 305 292 597 +21 11. Columbus State 302 299 601 +25 Georgia Southern 299 302 601 +25 13. So. Mississippi 304 302 606 +30 14. Missouri 304 305 609 +33
G. Gunby Jordan Intercollegiate -- Individual Standings (Two Rounds, 36 holes) 1. John Campbell, Columbus St. 71 67 138 -6 2. Jedd McLuen, Charleston 71 68 139 -5 Alex Rocha, Mississippi St. 70 69 139 -5 4. Gary Mankulish, Maryland 70 73 143 -1 Keith Unikel, Maryland 70 73 143 -1 Jeff Curl, UNC Charlotte 71 72 143 -1 7. Neal Kauffman, UNC Charlotte 70 74 144 Even Brendan DeJonge, Virginia Tech 70 74 144 Even 9. Johnson Wagner, Virginia Tech 73 72 145 +1 Ricardo Carrillo, So. Florida 73 72 145 +1
