La Salle’s Ron Fischang, a sophomore from McKinney, Texas,
finished fourth and Saint Joseph’s sophomore Wills Montgomery, who starred
scholastically at Downingtown East, ended up alone in eighth as the Bash at the
Beach wrapped up Tuesday at The Sand & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Fischang fired a 4-under-par 67 from The Sand & Beach
Club’s 6,741-yard, par-71 Bash Tees in Tuesday’s final round for a 4-under 209
total. Fischang carded a 2-under 69 in the opening round of Monday’s
double-round before adding a 2-over 73 in the afternoon. It was the opener to
the spring campaign of the 2018-’19 season for La Salle.
Montgomery also had a 4-under 67, his coming in Monday
afternoon’s second round. He had opened with a 3-over 74 and matched par in
Tuesday’s final round with a 71 to finish with a 1-under 212 total.
The team title went to Jacksonville State, which opened with
a pair of 7-under 277s in Monday’s double-round before falling back in the
final round with a 12-over 296 for a 2-under 850 total.
Atlantic Coast Conference power Wake Forest, No. 6 in the
latest Golfstat rankings, sent its B
team to Myrtle Beach and the Demon Deacons’ second string nearly caught
Jacksonville State with a final round of 4-over 288 that left them in second at
1-under 851. The Wake Forest B team bettered par in each of Monday’s two rounds,
opening with a 2-under 282 and adding a 3-under 281.
George Washington, behind individual co-medalist Logan Lowe,
a senior from Grass Valley, Calif., was eight shots behind the Wake Forest B
team in third at 7-over 859. The Colonials surged into contention with the best
team round of the tournament, a 10-under 274 in Monday afternoon’s second
round, before cooling off in the final round with a 14-over 298.
It was another seven shots back to Incarnate Word, which had
another of the three individual co-champions in John Hill, a junior from McQueeney,
Texas. The Cardinals matched par in the second round with a 284 surrounded by a
pair of 7-over 291s that left them at 14-over 866 and alone in fourth place.
It was five more shots back to St. Bonaventure in fifth
place at 19-over 871. The Bonnies posted a solid 1-over 285 in Monday
afternoon’s second round before finishing up with a 7-over 291.
Loyola of Chicago finished alone in sixth place, 12 shots
behind St. Bonaventure at 31-over 883, after closing with an 18-over 302.
La Salle kept it under 300 in all three rounds in finishing
a shot behind Loyola of Chicago in seventh place at 32-over 884. The Explorers
opened with a 299 and added an 8-over 292 before finishing up with a 9-over
293.
Saint Joseph’s was three shots behind its Atlantic 10 and
City Six rival in eighth place in the 13-team field at 35-over 887. The Hawks
also kept it under 300 all three rounds, sandwiching a 7-over 291 with a pair
of 298s.
Jacksonville State was led by Jesus Dario Montenegro, a
sophomore from Argentina who finished alone in fifth place in the individual
standings at 3-under 210. Montenegro fired a 4-under 67 in Monday afternoon’s
second round before finishing up with a 2-over 73.
Teammate Quim Vidal Mora, a sophomore from Spain, was
another shot behind Montenegro in a tie for sixth at 2-under 211. Vidal Mora
contributed a 2-under 69 to Jacksonville State’s strong second-round showing
and finished up with a solid 1-over 72.
Benedikt Thalmayer, a senior from Germany finished among the
group tied for 11th at 1-over 214 for Jacksonville State. Thalmayer
had the low round for the Gamecocks in Monday morning’s opening round as he
fired a 3-under 68. He added a 1-over 72 Monday afternoon before finishing up
with a 3-over 74.
Max Basler, a redshirt sophomore from Germany, also played
well in Monday’s double-round with a 2-under 69 in the morning and a 1-under 70
in the afternoon. He backed off with a final-round 79, but finished in the
group tied for 19th at 5-over 218.
Juan Pablo Francaville, a sophomore from Argentina, rounded
out the Jacksonville State lineup as he finished in the group tied for 37th
at 224. Francaville’s even-par 71 in the second round was a counter, as was his
final-round 77. And every shot counts when you win the team title by a shot.
Incarnate Word’s Hill and George Washington’s Lowe shared
medalist honors with Louisville’s Simon Zach, a senior from the Czech Republic,
as all three finished at 5-under 208. Louisville didn’t send its whole team,
but like Wake Forest, got some competition for some of its players who might
get called on to join the starting lineup later in the spring.
Lowe really got it going in Monday’s double-round, firing
rounds of 2-under 69 and a 5-under 66 to finish the day at 7-under 135. A final
round of 2-over 73 enabled Lowe and Zach to catch him.
Hill surged into contention with a sizzling 6-under 65, the
low individual round of the tournament, in Monday afternoon’s second round
before matching par in the final round with a 71. Zach was only a shot behind
Lowe after firing a pair of 3-under 68s Monday before closing with a 1-over 72
to get his piece of the individual title.
Joining Jacksonville State’s Vidal Mora in the tie for sixth
at 2-under 211 was Wake Forest’s Kengo Aoshima, a redshirt freshman from Japan
who closed with a 1-over 72 after bettering par in each of his first two
rounds, a 1-under 70 in the opening round and a 2-under 69 in the second round.
Another interesting name on the Wake Forest B team was that
of redshirt junior Kyle Sterbinsky, a former Peddie School standout from
Yardley.
While still in high school, Sterbinsky became the youngest
qualifying medalist in the long and storied history of the BMW Philadelphia
Amateur in 2013, a couple of days after Justin Rose’s victory in the U.S. Open
at Merion. The qualifying was held on a couple of Donald Ross gems, Aronimink
Golf Club and St. Davids Golf Club.
He was back at Aronimink three summers later, earning
medalist honors in a U.S. Amateur qualifier administered by the Golf
Association of Philadelphia at Aronimink and White Manor Country Club. That was
following a freshman season at Wake Forest during which he helped the Demon
Deacons reach the NCAA Championship at Eugene Country Club.
It’s very competitive at Wake and Sterbinsky was unable to
hold onto a spot in the starting lineup as a sophomore and he took a redshirt
in 2017-’18.
Well, he hasn’t forgotten how to play. He opened with an
even-par 71 in the Bash and added a 2-under 69 Monday afternoon before
finishing up with a 5-over 76 Tuesday. He was the Wake Forest B team’s
third-best finisher, landing among the group tied for 16th at 3-over
216.
Backing up Fischang for La Salle was freshman Parker Wine, a
former Unionville standout who finished in the group tied for 31st
at 223. Wine shaved eight shots off his opening-round 78 with a 1-under 70
Monday afternoon before finishing up with a 4-over 75.
Dragon Theam, a freshman from Jacksonville, Fla., sandwiched
a 3-over 74 in the second round with a pair of 75s to finish among the group
tied for 37th at 224. Theam made a big splash last fall when he set
a program record for a 36-hole tournament in winning the individual title in
the Bucknell Invitational.
Sophomore David Kim, who starred scholastically at Upper
Dublin, and Matt Werner, a freshman from West Linn, Ore., both landed among the
group tied for 60th at 231. Kim’s best round was a 4-over 75 in
Monday afternoon’s second round. He finished up with a 77. Werner’s 5-over 76
in the final round was his best round of the tournament.
Zaffar Sikkander, a sophomore from Sri Lanka, joined the La
Salle contingent as he competed as an individual. Sikkander finished alone in
83rd at 245, his tournament highlighted by a second-round 79.
Backing up Montgomery for St. Joe’s was Michael O’Brien, a
junior from West Chester, Ohio who capped a strong showing with a final round
of 2-under 69 that left him in the group tied for 14th at 2-over
215. After opening with a 4-over 75 Monday morning, O’Brien matched par in the
second round with a 71.
Freshman J.T. Spina, who reached the PIAA Class AAA
Championship in each of his last two seasons at Pope John Paul II, finished
among the group tied for 37th at 224. Spina closed with a 77 after
going 73-74 in Monday’s double round.
The Hawks’ senior leader, Ross Pilliod, a Berks Catholic
product, and junior Richard Riva, a former Lancaster Catholic standout, both
landed among the group tied for 78th at 239. Pilliod’s best round
was a 5-over 76 Monday morning. Riva closed with an 81 after posting a pair of
79s in Monday’s double-round.
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