Akron Golf Ends Fall Schedule with Fifth Place Finish at ODU/OBX Intercollegiate

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ODU/OBX Intercollegiate

Akron Golf Ends Fall Schedule with Fifth Place Finish at ODU/OBX Intercollegiate

October 24 | Men's Golf

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Powells Point, N.C. – During the final round of the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate, the Akron Zips men's golf team climbed back to fifth place overall with a 5-under par 279-stroke effort to finish with an 854 (+2) tournament total.

Three Zips fired under par scores as freshman Fabian Sunden (Sweden) led the way with a 3-under par 68 final round score. Sunden fired a career-best five birdies and an eagle mixed with nine pars, two bogeys, and a double bogey. As a result, he climbed 20 spots on the leaderboard to finish tied at 24^th overall with a 214 (+1) 54-hole total. Sunden finished second in scoring for the Zips.

Finishing first in scoring for Akron and tied for 10^th overall was junior Elliott Grayson (Shelby, N.C.). Grayson carded 12 pars, four birdies, and two bogeys en route to a 2-under par 69 final round. He finished with a team-best 3-under par 210 total.

Also completing the last round under par was junior Jacob Appleby (North Canton, Ohio). He recorded a 1-under par 70 score on 11 pars, four birdies, and three bogeys. Appleby moved 17 spots on the leaderboard to finish tied for 41^st overall 218 (+5) ledger.

Senior George Baylis (Ascot, England) finished third in team scoring and 29^th overall with a 216 (+3) total. HE fired a 72 (+1) final round tally nine pars, two birdies, and an eagle.

Rounding out the Zips' scoring was sophomore Mitchell McFarland (Wheelersburg, Ohio) with a 226 (+13) ledger.

Campbell held on to claim the team title with a 31-under par 821 team effort, while Ball State finished runner-up with a 17-under 835 score. Campbell Ray Kraivixien earned medalist honors with a 204 (-9) performance.

The ODU/OBX Intercollegiate concludes the men's fall schedule.

Top 5 Teams
1 Campbell 270-270-281 - 821 (-31)
2 Ball State 280-279-276 - 835 (-17)
3 Old Dominion 279-283-286 - 848 (-4)
4 North Dakota State 283-286-282 - 851 (-1)

Top 5 Players
1 Ray Kraivixien Campbell 67-66-71 - 204 (-9)
2 Chad Hess Old Dominion 64-70-72 - 206 (-7)
Eric Edwards George Mason 67-70-69 - 206 (-7)
4 Pontus Nyholm Campbell 66-69-72 - 207 (-6)
Jack Cunningham Ball State 68-69-70 - 207 (-6)

5 Akron 283 292 279 854 +2
T 10 Elliott Grayson 69-72-69 - 210 (-3)
T 24 Fabian Sundén 72-74-68 - 214 (+1)
T 29 George Baylis 71-73-72 - 216 (+3)
T 41 Jacob Appleby 71-77-70 - 218 (+5)
T 75 Mitchell McFarland 77-73-76 - 226 (+13)