May 21, 2005

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The No. 17 seed Virginia concluded its season with a 12th-place finish at the 2005 NCAA Men's Golf East Regional on Saturday.

Fifth-seeded Wake Forest captured the team title from the field of 27 squads with a 17-under 835. Sixth-seeded Tennessee was second with a 15-under 837, while No. 1 seed Georgia finished third with a nine-under 843. The Cavaliers, who shot the best round of the day with a five-under 279, finished with a 853 (+1), just missing the cut. The top 10 teams now advance to the national championship to be held June 1-4 in Baltimore, Md.

"The guys came in and knew what they had to do today," UVa head coach Bowen Sargent said. "Obviously, we took care of business through 12 holes or so when we were nine-under. Unfortunately, 14, 16, and 18 were difficult holes. We made a couple of bogeys and that was the difference (in the outcome). That was a tough one to take."

Coastal Carolina's Dustin Johnson fired a seven-under 64 in the final round to take medalist honors with a 15-under 198. East Tennessee State's Rhys Davies followed by one stroke with a 14-under 199. Florida's Matt Every and Wake Forest's Sean Moore tied for third with a 10-under 203 apiece.

Junior Brad Tilley (Chappaqua, N.Y.) paced UVa with a three-under 209 to tie for 16th. He fired a three-under 68 in the final round. Sophomore Daniel McGurk (Woodlands, Texas) tied for 25th with a one-under 212. Junior Carter Henderson (Nashville, Tenn.) tied for 39th with a 215 (+2) after firing a one-under 70 on the day. Senior Kevin O'Connell (Potomac, Md.) ended his collegiate career with a 220 (+7) after shooting an even 71. Freshman Greg Carlin (Kensington, Md.) rounded out the UVa scoring with a 230 (+17).

1. 	#5 Wake Forest			271-283-281-835 (-17)
2.       #6 Tennessee			282-276-279-837 (-15)
3.	#1 Georgia			275-283-285-843 (-9)
4.     	#3 Florida			287-270-285-845 (-7)
	#10 Georgia State		279-291-275-845 (-7)
6.	#8 Alabama			280-287-280-847 (-5)
      	#2 Georgia Tech			285-283-279-847 (-5)
8.      #11 Coastal Carolina		284-289-276-849 (-3)
      	#4 Duke				287-272-290-849 (-3)
10.	#7 Georgia Southern		281-288-281-850 (-2)
11.	#9 Clemson			285-287-280-852 (+4)
12.     #17 Virginia                    290-284-279-853 (+1)
13.    	#12 East Tennessee State	281-285-289-855 (+3)
14.     #15 North Carolina		276-298-286-860 (+8)
15.	#16 Louisville  		285-282-299-866 (+14)
16.     #14 Central Florida		278-302-289-869 (+17)
17.	#19 UNC Charlotte       	291-289-292-872 (+20)
18.     #22 Towson      		293-295-288-875 (+23)
       	#13 Indiana			294-292-289-875 (+23)
20.	#20 Penn State  		293-299-293-885 (+33)
21.     #25 Maryland    		303-291-293-888 (+36)
22.  	#21 UNC Wilmington      	298-304-294-896 (+44)
23.    	#18 Vanderbilt  		301-294-303-898 (+46)
24.	#26 Army        		298-306-300-904 (+52)
25.     #24 Rutgers     		306-291-310-906 (+54)
26.     #23 Rhode Island        	309-315-303-928 (+76)
27.     #27 Boston College      	318-315-299-932 (+80)
TOP INDIVIDUALS
1.	Dustin Johnson, CC		65-69-64-198 (-15)
2.	Rhys Davies, ETSU		66-65-68-199 (-14)
3.	Matt Every, Florida		71-63-69-203 (-10)
	Sean Moore, WF			67-68-68-203 (-10)
VIRGINIA PLAYERS
t16. 	Brad Tilley             	70-71-68-209 (-3)
t25.	Daniel McGurk           	74-68-70-212 (-1)
t39.	Carter Henderson        	74-71-70-215 (+2)
t74.	Kevin O'Connell 		72-77-71-220 (+7)
t116.	Greg Carlin     		79-74-77-230 (+17)