Williamson Finishes NCAA East Regional in Tie for 10th

RADFORD, Va. — Dartmouth junior Peter Williamson completed a strong showing at the NCAA East Regional at the Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech by shooting even par in the third round to finish at three-over par in a tie for 10th among the 75 participants. His three-day total of 219 was the best by any of the 10 individuals not on one of the 13 teams competing by five strokes, but it was not low enough to advance to the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, Okla.

In order to advance as an individual, a player must post the lowest score outside of the members of the top five teams. Coastal Carolina finished in seventh place, by the Chanticleers' Sebastian Soderberg tied the course record on Saturday with a five-under 67 to finish in a tie for second at with a four-under 212.

Abraham Ancer of Oklahoma took medalist honors by shooting six-under par on the par-72, 7,685-yard course, including a three-under 69 in the final round. Soderberg, tied for second with Georgia Tech teammates Kyle Scott and James White, while Duke's Julian Sari helped lead the Blue Devils to the team title by finishing in fifth place at two-under. But it was Tim Gornik that stole the show on Saturday by breaking the course record with a six-under 66 to get back to even par in a tie for eighth.

Starting on the 10th hole, Williamson began the day well with a birdie, but gave that stroke right back on 11 with a bogey. After making par on 12, he sank another birdie on the par-3 13th, the only hole on the course the Hanover native would birdie twice in the tournament. With four more pars and a bogey on 17, Williamson finished the back nine of the course at even par.

Following a par on the first hole, Williamson got back under par with a birdie on two, but once again gave it right back with a bogey on three. He then proceeded to par each of the final six holes to complete his best round of the regional.

Duke finished the regional at one-over par, four strokes ahead of Georgia Tech. Oklahoma came in third 10 strokes off the pace, while LSU was fourth at 16-over and Kent State fifth at 29-over. Those five schools and Soderberg will compete at the NCAA Championships on May 31-June 5.

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