RAMS, BALL PLACE SECOND AT PINEHURST INTERCOLLEGIATE

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Name: Golf Pride Pinehurst Intercollegiate
Location: Pinehurst, N.C.
Course Info: Second round - Pinehurst No. 2; First and third rounds - Pinehurst No. 6 (Par 71, 6,832 yards)

TALKING POINTS

• VCU (+40) earned its second runner-up finish in as many tournaments. The Rams finished three strokes off the pace of Ball State (+37), which is ranked 43^rd nationally by Golfweek.
• The Rams were led again by freshman Adam Ball (73-73-69=215), who shot a 2-under 69 Wednesday to take second place. Ball was 3-over for the 54-hole tournament and finished a shot back of Tyler Merkel (+2) of Ball State.
• Ball fired five birdies during the final round and recorded 11 overall this week.
• It was Adam Ball's third top-10 finish in as many collegiate starts.
• VCU's top three golfers this week were all freshmen: Adam Ball, Steffen Harm and Jake McNulty.
• Harm carded an even-par 71 Wednesday and placed 17^th overall.
• McNulty, who shot 69 during Sunday's first round, placed 22^nd for the Rams.
• VCU tied for second with Atlantic 10 Conference rival Richmond and bested league foe Xavier (+78) by 38 strokes. Old Dominion finished 12 strokes off VCU's pace.

QUOTABLES
"The First day we gave away a few shots, but second day we actually played pretty well considering the course. We didn't really didn't throw many shots away. It was our cleanest, neatest round. We certainly had our chances. All in all we played pretty well."

NEXT UP
VCU will return to North Carolina March 24-25 when it participates in the Seahawk Intercollegiate, hosted by UNC Wilmington.