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UNA FINISHES
SECOND IN GSC GOLF |
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HOT SPRINGS, Ark.
-- North Alabama started the day nine nine
shots back and couldn't make up any ground
as West Florida finished with a final round
282, capturing its third straight Blue Cross
Blue Shield/Gulf South Conference Men's Golf
Championship played at Hot Springs Country
Club in Hot Springs, AR.
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UNA WINS SPRING CLASSIC BY 25 STROKES |
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MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala.
-- The University of North
Alabama had golfers finish first, second and
fourth overall and led the Lions to a
25-stroke victory in the 2008 UNA Spring
Classic at the Robert Trent Jones of the
Shoals Fighting Joe Course.
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CREEL LEADS LIONS TO SEVENTH PLACE FINISH |
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VALDOSTA, Ga.
- In his first tournament of the
Spring, University of North Alabama
All-American Daniel Creel made the
all-tournament team and led the Lions to a
seventh place finish at the First Federal
Southeastern Collegiate Tournament at
Kinderlou Forest Golf Club. |
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LION GOLFERS FINISH 13TH |
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LAKELAND, Fla.
-- The University of North Alabama
golf team turned in rounds of 302 and 305
but could make up little ground as the Lions
finished 13th in the Matlock Collegiate
Classic hosted by Florida Southern College.
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2008 UNA
GOLF SEASON PREVIEW |
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The 2008
University of North Alabama golf team will
have to live up to some high expectations,
but that’s nothing new for a Lions’ program
that has played in seven NCAA championship
tournaments since 1996. |
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COLUMBUS STATE WINS RAIN-SHORTENED INDIAN BAYOU |
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DESTIN, Fla.
-- Columbus State posted a 293 Sunday
in the only round of a rain-shortened Indian
Bayou Classic to take the tournament title
with a two-stroke lead over Arkansas Tech.
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UNA WINS FALL CLASSIC AT BLACKBERRY TRAIL |
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FLORENCE
-- The University of North Alabama
golf team turned in a final round 283 to
break a first round tie and post an
eight-stroke victory over Newberry at the
UNA Fall Classic at Blackberry Trail. |
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UNA GOLFERS WIN DERRALL FORMAN INVITATIONAL |
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CLEVELAND, Miss. -- The
University of North Alabama golf team turned in rounds of 288 and
284 to post a 10-stroke victory over Delta State in the 2007 Derrall
Foreman Invitational. UNA was the only school in the 18-team
field to post a score under par as UNA was -4. Delta State was six
over par and Henderson State was eight over par. |
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LION GOLFERS FINISH THIRD AT KIAWAH |
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The University
of North Alabama golf team turned in rounds
of 289 and 293 to post an impressive third
place finish at the Kiawah Island
Invitational.
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UNA'S GAMBLE NAMED REGIONAL COACH OF THE
YEAR |
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FLORENCE
-- University of North Alabama golf coach
Billy Gamble has been named the NCAA
Division II South Region Coach of the Year.
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SMITH EARNS SECOND TEAM PING ALL-AMERICAN |
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va.
— University of North Alabama sophomore Wes
Smith of Florence, Ala., has been named
second team PING All-America by the Golf
Coaches Association of America. Mitch Boles
of Central Oklahoma, Barry’s Hernan Borja,
Daniel Creel of North Alabama, West
Florida’s Matthew Galloway, Andrew Georgiou
and Christian Ries of Columbus State,
Abilene Christian’s Hughes Joannes, Eric
Justesen of CSU- Stanislaus and Sonoma
State’s Farin Todd were previously named the
PING All-America First-Team.
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UNA'S CREEL NAMED PING ALL-AMERICAN |
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ALLENDALE, Mich.
— University of North Alabama junior Daniel
Creel of Killen, Ala., has been named
first-team PING Division II All-America by
the Golf Coaches Association of America. A
total of nine players comprised the first
team.
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LIONS FINISH 12TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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ALLENDALE, Mich.
-- The University of North Alabama golf team
turned in its best round of the four-day
NCAA Division II Golf Championships on
Friday to finish 12th in the nation in the
20-team field.
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LIONS MOVE UP TWO SPOTS IN NCAA
CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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ALLENDALE, Mich.
-- The University of North Alabama golf team
turned in a 22-over-par round Thursday but
still managed to move up two spots to 13th
at the NCAA Division II Golf Championships.
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LIONS DROP TO 15TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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ALLENDALE, Mich.
-- The university of North Alabama golf team
turned in a dismal 27-over par 311 on
Wednesday to drop from ninth to 15th at the
NCAA Division II Golf Championships.
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UNA LIONS WIN NCAA GOLF REGIONAL TITLE |
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MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala.
-- There was little drama for the University
of North Alabama golf team Wednesday as the
Lions turned in a tournament low round of
279 to win the NCAA Division II South
Regional by a whopping 18 strokes over
Florida Southern.
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LIONS FINISH FOURTH AT GSC GOLF
CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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Hot Springs, AR—The University of
North Alabama golf team turned in its worst
round of the tournament
Tuesday and had to settle for a fourth place
finish at the 2007 Gulf South Conference
Golf Championships.
UNA had entered the final round just one
stroke behind defending champion West
Florida but lost ground to the
Argonauts.
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UNA SECOND AFTER TWO ROUNDS OF GSC GOLF
TOURNAMENT |
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Hot Springs, AR—Defending
Champion West Florida and North Alabama lead
the 13-team field after 36 holes of the 2007
Blue Cross Blue Shield/Gulf South Conference
Men's Golf Tournament at the Hot Springs
Country Club in Hot Springs, AR. |
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TWO LION GOLFERS RECEIVE ALL-GSC GOLF HONORS |
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
-- A pair of University of
North Alabama golfers who
have helped lead their team
to one of the most
successful seasons in school
history have been honored as
All-Gulf South Conference
selections by the league's
head coaches.
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GAMBLE INDUCTED INTO WIREGRASS HALL OF FAME |
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DOTHAN, Ala.
-- Longtime University of North Alabama
golf coach Billy Gamble was inducted
into the Wiregrass Sports Hall of Fame
on April 14 at the Dothan Civic Center. |
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LION GOLFERS
FINISH SECOND AT MONTEREY BAY |
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MONTEREY BAY,
Calif. -- The University of
North Alabama golf team continued its
most successful Spring season in school
history with a strong second place
finish in a 14-school field at the Cal
State University- Monterey Bay Otter
Invitational. |
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CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EDGES LIONS BY ONE STROKE |
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MUSCLE SHOALS,
Ala. -- Central Oklahoma
turned in a final round 298 to edge past
host North Alabama and win the 2007 UNA
Spring Classic by one stroke at the
Robert Trent Jones of the Shoals
Fighting Joe course. |
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LIONS TIED FOR SECOND AT UNA SPRING CLASSIC |
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MUSCLE SHOALS,
Ala. -- West Florida turned
in an opening round 286 to take a
four-stroke lead over North Alabama and
Abilene Christian in the UNA Spring
Classic at the Robert Trent Jones Golf
Trail of the Shoals Fighting Joe course. |
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CREEL AND SMITH LEAD LIONS TO SECOND GOLF
WIN OF THE SEASON |
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CUSCAWILLA, Ga. -- Daniel Creel and
Wes Smith turned in final rounds of 71 to help lead
the University of North Alabama golf team to its
second win of the young golf season. The Lions finished the
three round event with an 855 total, finishing 25
strokes ahead of South Carolina-Aiken - the
three-time defending Division II National Champions.
Florida Southern was 27 strokes back. |
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LION GOLFERS FINISH FIFTH AT SOUTHEASTERN
COLLEGIATE |
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VALDOSTA, Ga. –The University of North
Alabama golf team dropped one spot in the final
round but still managed a strong fifth place
finished in the Southeastern Collegiate Tournament,
hosted by Valdosta State at Kinderlou Forest Golf
Club. |
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LION GOLFERS DOWN DIVISION I FIELD AT GROVER
PAGE CLASSIC |
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JACKSON, Tenn. - The University of
North Alabama took the team title in a field of NCAA
Division I schools at the 2007 Grover Page Classic.
The Lions posted a tournament total of 868 in the
16-team field that included 12 NCAA Division I
institutions. Following the Lions, a distant 15
strokes back, was Tennessee Tech at 883. Murray
State was third, Tennessee-Martin fourth and Lewis
and Morehead State tied for fifth. Southern
Illinois was seventh, followed by Central Arkansas,
Chicago State, Centenary, Loyola-Chicago,
Cincinnati, Lipscomb, Union (Tn.), Tennessee State
and Kentucky Wesleyan. |
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LIONS HOLD
LEAD AFTER FIRST ROUND OF GROVER PAGE
CLASSIC |
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JACKSON, Tenn. - The University of
North Alabama holds seven-stroke lead after the
first round of the 2007 Grover Page Classic. The
16-team field includes 12 NCAA Division I
institutions. Hosted by the University of Tennessee
at Martin, the Grover Page Classic is a 54-hole
tournament being played at Jackson Country Club in
Jackson, Tenn. The 90-player field features
competitors from 16 institutions including five from
Tennessee. The par-72 course is playing at 6,783
yards. |
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UNA'S GAMBLE TO JOIN WIREGRASS HALL OF FAME |
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DOTHAN, Ala. -- Longtime University of
North Alabama golf coach Billy Gamble has been
selected to be inducted into the Wiregrass Sports
Hall of Fame on April 14 at the Dothan Civic Center.
A Dothan native, Gamble has spent the last 19 years
as golf coach at North Alabama and he has helped
direct the Lions to numerous milestone successes,
including the school’s first team appearance in the
NCAA Tournament in 1996, an NCAA Regional
Championship and a fourth place national finish in
2002 and another NCAA Regional Championship and
sixth place national finish in 2003. |
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UNA GOLFERS FINISH SIXTH AT INDIAN BAYOU |
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DESTIN, Fla. -- The
University of North Alabama golf team finished a distant sixth
at the Indian Bayou Classic in a tournament where the final
round was rained out. Columbus State finished with a 303,
15-over-par total, while UNA turned in a 319 score. |
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LION GOLFERS WIN UNA FALL CLASSIC |
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FLORENCE -- North Alabama lost 10 strokes off it's
opening round pace but still held on to win the 2006 UNA Fall
Classic at Blackberry Trails Golf Course. UNA shot 276 on
Monday but could only manage a 286 total in the final round for
a 562 total. Lindenwood wasn't able to make up any ground,
however, with a 286 total of its own to finish second at 574. |
