Senior Anthony Delisanti (Sanborn, N.Y. / Niagara Wheatfield) finished out a top-three finish on Tuesday at the Bryan National Collegiate, hosted by UNCG at the par-72, 7276-yard Bryan Park in Browns Summit, N.C. Delisanti concluded his steady performance during the third and final round of the 54-hole event.

How It Happened

• Delisanti went two under for the third straight day, carding a 70 on Tuesday to finish the tournament at 210 (-6). He tied for sixth in program history in 54-hole score in relation to par.
• Delisanti finished one stroke away from Boston College's Marcus Lam for individual runner-up honors and two away from UNCG's Kelvin Hernandez for medalist honors. Delisanti had four birdies and two bogeys in the third and final round.
• Two Beacons shot even par in Tuesday's third round – sophomore Elliot Lee (Tillamook, Ore. / Tillamook) and redshirt senior Sam Schmidt (College Station, Texas / College Station [Southern Nazarene]). Lee trimmed 10 strokes off his Round-2 score, while Schmidt, golfing as an individual, finished with a 54-hole score of 220 (+4), the second-best by a Beacon.
• Freshman Rodrigo Garcia Teruel (Puebla, Mexico / Modern Academy) had his best round of the tournament with a 73 (+1) on Tuesday. The entire Valpo starting lineup went 74 or better in Round 3.
• The Beacons moved up to seventh on the team leaderboard, finishing the event at 882 (+18). The team bounced back nicely from a rocky first round with solid play on Monday and Tuesday, including a 289 (+1) in the final round, the squad's best score of the tournament.
• Host UNGC won the team title at 854 (-10), edging Delaware by two strokes.  

Thoughts from Head Coach Dave Gring

"This was the second consecutive round where our shot execution was much improved, versus Round 1. The team averaged hitting two-thirds of our greens in regulation and we were much more accurate off of the tee. Our club-face control was better today, so we didn't have as many errant shots and big numbers. The guys seemed to settle into the rhythm of their rounds well in both Rounds 2 and 3. We seemed to be overly excited and even tentative in Round 1 to get the season started, but they made good adjustments in the last two rounds."

"We still had a lot of struggles on the Bermuda greens with our reads and making birdie putts. It's really challenging when you're trying to build some momentum in a round, you hit a lot of good shots close to the pin on challenging holes and you can't make the putt. We could never get comfortable on the greens, so we left a lot of shots out there during all three rounds. We didn't have a lot of 3-putts and the speed of our putts was good. This will be an area that we will continue to monitor and improve as we're getting the season started."

"I was very pleased with the improvement in team score in each round. I was also pleased with our consistent scoring in our final round. We always want to finish tournaments strong, and the guys demonstrated that today. Anthony was very consistent for us in the tourney and his ball-striking was excellent. He left an awful lot out there on the greens. Sam Booth, Sam Schmidt and Adam also had a good tournament with their ball-striking. Rodrigo had two solid rounds to finish his first college tournament as a freshman. We have a few days of quality practice ahead of us, and then we will look forward to our next tournament at Colorado State next week."

Up Next

Valpo will participate in the Ram Masters Invitational, hosted by Colorado State at Fort Collins CC in Fort Collins, Colo., beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 17. A link to live scoring will be available on ValpoAthletics.com.