WILLIAMSBURG, VA – Paced by top-15 finishes from sophomore Andrew Pitcher and freshman Christopher Couch, Francis Marion University placed sixth at the Joe Agee Invitational Tournament, hosted by the College of Williams and Mary.
FMU carded a final-round 287 to finish only eight strokes out of third position.
Old Dominion University claimed team honors with a three-round score of 842. Loyola College was second at 851, followed by East Carolina University (861), the University of Richmond (867), William & Mary (868), FMU (869), Princeton University (870), St,. Joseph’s University (878), James Madison University (882), and Towson University (883). The tournament field consisted of 18 schools.
The 54-hole event was played on the par-70, 6,646-yard Two Rivers Country Club course.
Pitcher shot a final-round 73, to go along with rounds of 70 and 69 on Monday, to finish in a three-way tie for 12th position at 2-over-par 212. Couch, a native of Summerville, finished one shot back (75-72-66=213) in a tie for 15th place. His 4-under 66 on Tuesday was the low score of the day.
Other Patriot golfers included freshman Jonathan Lavin tied for 44th (77-71-76=224), junior Jacob Tveit tied for 47th (79-73-73=225), and senior Frederick Fox tied for 61st position (75-78-75=228).
FMU will compete in its final tournament of the fall, Oct. 30-31, at the ODU/Seascape Collegiate Invitational in Kitty Hawk, NC.
Joe Agee Invitational
FINAL RESULTS
Par-Yardage: 70-6646
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Fin. School Scores
1 Old Dominion Univ. 291, 274, 277-- 842 +2
2 Loyola College 280, 284, 287-- 851 +11
3 East Carolina Univ. 292, 291, 278-- 861 +21
4 Richmond, Univ. of 290, 286, 291-- 867 +27
5 Wm. & Mary, Coll. of 295, 292, 281-- 868 +28
6 Francis Marion U. 297, 285, 287-- 869 +29
7 Princeton University 293, 286, 291-- 870 +30
8 St. Joseph's Univer. 296, 287, 295-- 878 +38
9 James Madison Univ. 301, 295, 286-- 882 +42
10 Towson University 296, 293, 294-- 883 +43
11 George Washington 310, 292, 282-- 884 +44
12 Boston College 302, 292, 295-- 889 +49
13 Delaware, U. of 299, 292, 299-- 890 +50
14 Columbia University 307, 296, 290-- 893 +53
15 Georgetown Univ. 296, 303, 297-- 896 +56
16 Cleveland State U. 299, 303, 295-- 897 +57
17 Drexel University 295, 302, 307-- 904 +64
18 Rutgers University 304, 309, 300-- 913 +73
