RESULTS

Irish Creek Intercollegiate
Location: Kannapolis, N.C. (The Club at Irish Creek)
Course info: Par 71, 7,099 Yards
VCU finish: 2^nd of 15 (+9)
Top Ram: Kristian Tannum Donaldson T4th (-1)
 
The short story: Senior Kristian Tannum Donaldson fired a final-round 68 to lead VCU to runner-up honors at the Irish Creek Intercollegiate this week.
 
FIRST TEE

• Tannum Donaldson overcame a first-round 75 and closed with back-to-back rounds of 69-68 to rocket up the leaderboard and finish 1-under. He climbed eight spots during Saturday's final round alone
• VCU, which captured the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate in Williamsburg on Tuesday, combined to shoot 9-over (861) over the weekend to claim second at Irish Creek. UNCW (-7) coasted to the team title. VCU edged out Jacksonville (+12), Rutgers (+16), James Madison (+19), among others
• Senior Sachin Kumar closed with a 2-under 69 Saturday on the way to a 13^th place effort, while freshman Joe Retford registered his second top 20 finish of the week. He shot 69-71-77 on the way to 16^th for the Rams
• Junior Adrian Vagberg (29^th) and senior Peter Gasperini (49^th) rounded out VCU's top five 

VCU SCORES
2-VCU  292-284-285=861
T4-Kristian Tannum Donaldson  75-69-68=212
T13-Sachin Kumar  75-72-69=216
T16-Joe Retford  69-71-77=217
T29-Adrian Vagberg  74-72-74=220
T49-Peter Gasperini  74-76-74=224
 
INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• VCU combine for 48 birdies, third-most in the field; Tannum Donaldson recorded 14 to lead the Rams and rank second among all individuals. Retford registered 12
• The Rams ranked third in the field in par 4 scoring (4.11) and fourth in par 5 scoring (4.69)

NEXT UP
VCU will head to the Old Corkscrew Intercollegiate in Estero, Fla. April 12-13.