Thorsen Tied For 33rd At Mattaponi Springs Shootout
October 04, 2005 | Men's Golf
Oct. 4, 2005
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Ruther Glen, Va. - The East Carolina men's golf team got off to a rocky start Monday at the Mattaponi Spings Shootout posting a 36-hole score of 597 (21-over par) and currently sits in 13th place. The fourteen-team tournament is being held at the par-72, 6,937-yard Mattaponi Springs Golf Club and is hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University.
Freshman Andre Thorsen (Stavanger, Norway) paced the Pirates with a three-over par 147 (73-74), which puts him tied for 33rd, just six strokes out of 10th place. A trio of Pirates in Markus Leandersson (Hvalstad, Norway), Robin Smith (Grifton, N.C.) and Philip Reale (Glenville, W.Va.) are tied for 60th at 152, while David Smith (Hamilton, Bermuda) is tied for 68th.
Nationally ranked Wake Forest sits atop the team competition with an 18-under par 558 (279-279) and has a pair of individuals in Kyle Reifers (67-66=133) and Webb Simpson (65-69=134) sitting in first and second places overall.
Round 3 action begins Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. Live scoring can be found at golfstat.com.
1. Wake Forest 279 279=558
2. Tulsa 280 286=566
3. Kent State 286 281=567
4. Xavier 285 284=569
5. North Carolina 282 292=574
6. East Tennessee St. 293 285=578
7. Virginia Tech 290 289=579
8. Maryland 292 288=580
T9. Richmond 297 287=584
T9. Missouri 299 285=584
T9. UNC Wilmington 294 290=584
12. VCU 299 297=596
13. East Carolina 302 295=597
14. UNC Greensboro 304 295=599
15. VCU 308 298=606
