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Pack Advances To NCAA Championship
5/16/2018 3:38:00 PM | Men's Golf
NC State finishes in third place of the Raleigh Regional to advance to the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2011
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RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's golf team closed the NCAA Raleigh Regional held at Lonnie Poole Golf Course with a third-place finish to advance to next week's NCAA Championship.
The Pack's NCAA Championship appearance is the 16th all-time for the program the first since 2011.
NC State qualified for the NCAA Championship by shooting a program-record team score of 831 to finish third in the Raleigh Regional. The score of 831 is the lowest three-round team score in an NCAA Regional in program history.
NC State opened the regional with a score of 275, shot a 277 on Tuesday and closed the event with a 279. The team 18-hole scores rank third, fourth and fifth in program history for single rounds in an NCAA Regional in team history.
Sophomore Benjamin Shipp led the Pack with a three-round score of 12-under-par 201. With six holes remaining in the regional, Shipp was tied for the lead, but ultimately settled for third place as Texas' Doug Ghim birdied four of the final five holes to pull away to capture individual medalist honors.
Shipp's three-round score of 201 is the lowest 54-hole score for an NC State individual in an NCAA Regional in program history.
Franken was next for the Pack, finishing in a tie for fifth-place with a score of nine-under-par. The fifth place finish is the sixth top-five finish and eighth top-10 finish of the season for the ACC Player of the Year.
Easton Paxton was next for NC State in a tie for 21st place with a score of three-under-par. Paxton closed the regional Wednesday with his collegiate career-low round of 68.
Justin Hood and Harrison Rhoades rounded out the NC State lineup with a tie for 57th place as both players finished with a score of five-over-par.
The NCAA Championship runs from May 25-30 and will be played at the at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's golf team closed the NCAA Raleigh Regional held at Lonnie Poole Golf Course with a third-place finish to advance to next week's NCAA Championship.
The Pack's NCAA Championship appearance is the 16th all-time for the program the first since 2011.
NC State qualified for the NCAA Championship by shooting a program-record team score of 831 to finish third in the Raleigh Regional. The score of 831 is the lowest three-round team score in an NCAA Regional in program history.
NC State opened the regional with a score of 275, shot a 277 on Tuesday and closed the event with a 279. The team 18-hole scores rank third, fourth and fifth in program history for single rounds in an NCAA Regional in team history.
Sophomore Benjamin Shipp led the Pack with a three-round score of 12-under-par 201. With six holes remaining in the regional, Shipp was tied for the lead, but ultimately settled for third place as Texas' Doug Ghim birdied four of the final five holes to pull away to capture individual medalist honors.
Shipp's three-round score of 201 is the lowest 54-hole score for an NC State individual in an NCAA Regional in program history.
Franken was next for the Pack, finishing in a tie for fifth-place with a score of nine-under-par. The fifth place finish is the sixth top-five finish and eighth top-10 finish of the season for the ACC Player of the Year.
Easton Paxton was next for NC State in a tie for 21st place with a score of three-under-par. Paxton closed the regional Wednesday with his collegiate career-low round of 68.
Justin Hood and Harrison Rhoades rounded out the NC State lineup with a tie for 57th place as both players finished with a score of five-over-par.
The NCAA Championship runs from May 25-30 and will be played at the at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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