Cavaliers News
09.15.2008 - [Women's Golf]
Junior Ashley Mitcham
Junior Ashley Mitcham
BREVARD, NC (September 15, 2008) -- The Montreat College Golf Program kicked off their 2008 fall season with their co-host tournament with Brevard on Sunday. The men's team had a rough start on Sunday shooting a team total of 320 for ninth place. Junior transfer Nathan Blankenship performed well sharing first place with a score of 71. After day one, the women's team claimed second place with a score of 403 behind Mars Hill (354). Junior Ashley Mitcham led the way for the Lady Cavs with a score of 98.

Day two proved to be a better outing for the Cavalier men's team as  the men established a new team scoring record for Montreat College (307).   The men's team tied for sixth place overall with Bluefield, but won the tiebreaker with the fifth man's score for breaking a tie.  The 307 was the second best round shot for the second round of the day, three other teams shot 304. Junior Nathan Blakenship earned All-Tournament honors with his 147 score (71 + 76).  The Cavalier men finished as listed below:

Nathan Blankenship, Jr. Paris, Texas, 71-76=147    All-Tournament Team
Vinny Picca, Redshirt Fr, Monroe, NC, 83-75=158
Sean McKaig, Soph, Columbus, NC, 81-81=162
Cam Land, Fr, Statesville, NC, 89-76=165
Cory Howard, Soph, Statesville, NC, 85-80-165
Joe Balliet, Fr, Charleston, SC, 79-81=160
Jacob Elliott, Fr, Asheville, NC, 85-84=169