Somers wins individual title at Wofford
Elon University men’s golf senior John Somers won the first individual title of his Phoenix career by taking the Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational in Spartanburg, S.C. April 14-15.
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Elon University men’s golf senior John Somers won the first individual title of his Phoenix career by taking the Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational in Spartanburg, S.C. April 14-15.
Dodging final round raindrops in Hilton Head, S.C., the Elon University women’s golf team placed fourth at the Southern Conference Championship at Moss Creek Golf Club April 13-15. The result was the Phoenix’s best showing at the event since 2009. Elon shot a combined score of 945, with rounds of 318, 302 and 345.
A year ago, North Carolina was the center of the college baseball world.
“Atlanta! Atlanta! Go!”
Competing at the UNCW Seahawk Classic in Wallace, N.C., the Elon University women’s golf team claimed its second tournament title of the year.
Members of the Elon University women’s track and field team competed in a pair of meets during the weekend of April 4-5. A majority of the team competed at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational in Lynchburg, Va., and two distance runners went to the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Ca.
A few years ago, Major League Baseball messed with tradition.
The Elon University women’s golf team placed seventh out of 16 teams at the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate in Stockbridge, Ga., March 30-April 1. The Phoenix finished with a final combined score of 919, falling in at 55 over par at Eagle’s Landing Country Club. Elon had rounds of 308, 300 and 311 in the tournament, which was hosted by Georgia State University.
Behind a final round 71 from senior John Somers, the Elon University men’s golf team placed fifth out of 18 teams at the Furman Intercollegiate March 28-30 in Greenville, S.C.
The bats were silent for the Elon University baseball team on Wednesday night, March 26 at Latham Park — for the first eight innings.
The 2014 Southern Conference baseball season marks the end of an era. For the last several years, the SoCon has been a premier mid-major baseball league, often ranked in the Top 10 in conference RPI in the NCAA.
As a one-bid league, the Southern Conference is an afterthought in the grand scheme of March Madness.
SOUTH REGION
Heavy rain in the Wilmington, N.C., area cancelled the final round of the Seahawk Intercollegiate, making the 36-hole standings the final results. The Elon University men’s golf team placed ninth among the 13 schools in the event. The Phoenix shot a combined total of 599, with scores of 300 in round one and 299 in the second 18 holes. Elon was 23 over par for the event, two strokes behind eighth-place University of Wisconsin.
Sophomore Emily Brooks shot an opening-round 69 and the Elon University women’s golf team never looked back en route to winning its first team title since 2010 at the JMU/Eagle Landing Invitational in Orange Park, Fla.
In the final game of a three-game road swing, the Elon University women’s lacrosse team was defeated by Campbell University 11-8 March 15 in Buies Creek, N.C.
The curtain has come down on the Elon University men’s and women’s basketball teams’ final season in the Southern Conference. Even if the Phoenix gets a postseason invite to a lesser tournament, its SoCon era is over. The men’s team, picked to win the conference, fell short of expectations and finished fourth, bowing out in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament. The women’s team met its preseason prediction of fifth in the conference, and fell in the semifinals of the conference tournament to No. 1 University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Five months ago, questions surrounded the Elon University women’s basketball team.
Competing at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate in Aiken, S.C., the Elon University men’s golf team finished 13th out of 18 teams at the event held March 10-11. The Phoenix finished with a final score 898, with combined rounds of 298, 302 and 298. Elon was 58 over par for the tournament.
Denis Mikush jogged out of the bullpen, ready to face the Elon University Phoenix for the second time in three days. The sophomore pitcher for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County baseball team had a rocky outing in his first matchup with Elon Saturday, March 8, when he walked five in 2/3 of an inning.