RESULTS

Tournament: Giles-Spratley Collegiate
Location: Midlothian, Va. (Independence Golf Club)
Course info: Par 72, 7,135 Yards
VCU finish: 7^th of 14 (+1)
Top Ram: Mason Minkel T14th (-3)
 
The short story: Graduate student Mason Minkel opened with a flourish on the way to a top-15 effort to spearhead VCU's seven-place showing this week at the Giles-Spratley Collegiate.
 
FIRST TEE

• Minkel, a transfer from West Florida, shot 67-69 on Monday and found himself near the top of the leaderboard. Although a final-round 77 took him out of medalist contention, he finished 3-under to earn a share of 14^th place in the field, his highest placement as a Ram
• VCU placed seventh overall at 1-over. Charleston (-29) ran away with a 13-stroke win over Florida Gulf Coast (-16). Liberty (-11), Richmond (-9), North Alabama (-6) and Stetson (even) rounded out the top six
• Senior Braden O'Grady carded a final-round 69 and finished 1-over (75-73-69) to take 27^th for the Black and Gold, while freshman Carson Looney shot 76-72-70 and tied for 37th

VCU SCORES
7-VCU  285-287-293=865
T14-Mason Minkel  67-69-77=213
T27-Braden O'Grady  75-73-69=217
T37-Carson Looney  76-72-70=218
T54-Tanner Cadieux  71-73-77=221
T68-Jacob Conklin  72-76-78=226
 
Individual
T27-Zach Felts  67-76-74=217
 
INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• VCU's 52 birdies ranked third among the 14-team field. Senior Zach Felts registered 13 birdies for the Rams, while Minkel sank 12
• Felts, who finished 27^th while playing as an individual, tied for the tournament lead in par 5 scoring (4.17)

NEXT UP
VCU will tee it up again April 13-14 at the Mountaineer Invitational at the Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, W.Va.