BOONE, N.C. —Appalachian State made a late charge behind two eagles from Alex Burris (Greensboro, N.C.) and a strong stretch from Patrick Moriarty (Rockville, Md.), but Radford was able to hold off the Mountaineers to win the 11-team Wofford Invitational on Tuesday afternoon at the Country Club of Spartanburg.
The event was shortened to 36 holes after torrential rains halted Monday's action after around 15 holes. App State finished at 9-under as a team after closing out the opening round strong this morning with a 282, tied for the seventh lowest round in program history. The Mountaineers shot 285 (-3) in the afternoon's final round.
Radford's Myles Creighton won the event at 7-under par behind a 5-under 67 in the final round. He birdied three of his final six holes, including no. 18, to help hold off App. He sparked Radford to a 277 (-11) in the final round as the Highlanders held off App State by three strokes. George Mason (-7) was third.
App's Burris was the team's top finisher, tying for second. He had five eagles over his two rounds including two on his final four holes of the day. Burris finished at 6-under (70, 68) and also had six birdies over the 36 holes.
Fellow-senior Moriatry struggled to 6-over on the day through 14 holes before rattling off an eagle on No. 15 and back-to-back birdies on No. 16 and 17 to finish sixth overall and give App a shot on No. 18. He opened the event with a scorching 66 (-6) with an eagle for the low round of the tournament and fired a 74 (+2) in the final round.
Freshman Tripp Summerlin (Summerfield, N.C.) also helped the charge on the back nine, shooting 33 (-4) on the back nine to shoot his second 72 of the week and finish at even-par, tied for 19th.
Freshman Noah Schneider tied for 36th after shooting 74-74 (+4), piling up seven birdies over his 36 holes.
Freshman Walker Brinker (Sanford, N.C.) tied for 48th, but bounced back from an opening round 79 (+7) with a 71 (-1) on Tuesday afternoon and had seven birdies in his two rounds.
App State returns to action this weekend at the Irish Creek Invitational, played at the Irish Creek Club in Kannapolis, N.C. The 54-hole event runs Saturday-Sunday.
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