GREENVILLE, N.C.- Brendan Dunphy's great individual effort led the Lancers to a 7th place finish at the Ironwood Collegiate Classic. The classic featured 12 teams and an 85 player-field on a 72-par course.
 
TEAM SCORE
7. LONGWOOD 295-298-293—886
 
INDIVIDUAL SCORES
T2 Brendan Dunphy (2)70-69-74—213
T30 Nick Rakes (1)72-78-74—224
T34 Scott Jordan (4)77-76-72--225
T41 Daniel George (5)76-77-73—226
T67 Justin Larue (3)79-76-83—238
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
Senior Brendan Dunphy tied a career best finish after staying steadfast in second place
 
Junior Nick Rakes was able to climb up six spots in the rankings after shooting a 74 (+2) in the final round. Rakes carded three birdies in the final 18 holes.

Sophomore Scott Jordan shot an even 72 in the third and final round and climbed 16 spots in the rankings up to 33^rd place overall. He had an equal four birdies and four bogies en route to his even score on the day.

Senior Daniel George jumped up 10 spots after shooting his best round at the invite at one-over par. On his final seven holes, he carded three birdies and shot par on the rest to push him up the rankings.

Sophomore Justin LaRue finished tied for 68^th place overall. He shot 22 over-par at the Classic.

William Hoover competed as an individual and climbed up two spots to 60^th overall after his four-over par afternoon.
 
WHAT THEY SAID:

"I feel like we started how we needed to start this morning," said head coach Kevin Fillman following his teams final round at the Classic. "It's unfortunate that we weren't quite able to sustain it throughout the day. Dan's the guy who seemed to get stronger as the round got later, which is good to see. I would certainly liked to have seen Brendan finish what he started yesterday. He was solid but just wasn't as sharp today. Much like a couple weeks ago, we have a quick turnaround. We'll get ready and will go try to be better at Elon.

"It feels really good to have this performance," exclaimed Dunphy after his performance at the Ironwood. "It's always good to put yourself in those positions to win and test your mental game; to see how you hold up under the pressure. This gives me a lot of confidence into the last two events of the season starting next week at Elon. Hopefully me and the rest of the team can build off this and play some really good golf heading into the off-season."
 
ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Dunphy had the second-best average score on par 3's at the Classic, averaging a score of 2.83. The senior also had the third most pars overall with 39.
Rakes had the third most birdies out of the 85 player field with 11
Longwood had the third best average score on par 3's (3.22) as well as on par 5's (4.80). The team finished 12-under par on par 5's.
 
 
UP NEXT:

The Lancers return to the course in Burlington, North Carolina when they compete in the Phoenix Invitational on October 10^th and 11^th, hosted by Elon University.