The University of Mississippi Athletics
Men's Golf Misses Cut At NCAA Championships
5/31/2001 | Men's Golf
May 31, 2001
DURHAM, N.C. - The Ole Miss men's golf team shot a second-round 296 Thursday to miss the cut for the finals of the NCAA Championships by two strokes. The Rebels finish the two rounds with a 296-296--592 to tie for 18th, only six strokes out of the top 10. The top 15 teams advance to Friday's and Saturday's final rounds.
Junior J.J. Thompson and senior Troy Muller each carded a day-two 73 to pace Ole Miss. Thompson and sophomore Andrew Medley tied for 49th, each finishing with a three-over-par 147.
Muller closed out with a 149, while fellow senior Phil Caravia fired a 74-76-150. Junior Tommy Clement totaled a 75-76-151.
The NCAA Championships marked only the second time this season Ole Miss finished outside the top 10. It also signified the Rebels' fourth appearance in the Championships and the program's second in three years. Ole Miss' only better national finish came in 1985, when the team finished fourth in the NCAA.
"It was a great year," said Ole Miss head coach Woody Cowart. "Finishing top five in the SEC and 18th in the country, that's a fine season. You have to be happy with that. We just need to regroup and try to do even better next year."
Paced by individual leader Ricky Barnes with a 68-65-133, Arizona remains atop the team standings after the second round with a seven-under-par 569. Florida ranks second after the cut, followed by Wake Forest, Augusta State and Georgia.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Durham, N.C. - Duke University Golf Club
TEAM STANDINGS AFTER ROUNDS ONE AND TWO
1 Arizona 280 289 5692 Florida 296 278 5743 Wake Forest 294 282 576T4 Augusta State 292 288 580T4 Georgia 296 284 5806 Georgia Tech 289 292 5817 East Tennessee State 293 289 5828 Clemson 294 289 583T9 Oklahoma 294 291 585T9 Virginia Tech 294 291 585T11 Arizona State 298 288 586T11 UAB 297 289 58613 SMU 298 289 587T14 C. of Charleston 294 296 590T14 Oregon State 295 295 590T14 Pacific 299 291 59017 UCLA 299 292 591T18 OLE MISS 296 296 592T18 Toledo 292 300 592T20 Houston 304 289 593T20 Minnesota 296 297 593T20 South Carolina 295 298 593T20 Stanford 297 296 593T24 Georgia Southern 302 292 594T24 Oklahoma State 300 294 59426 Washington 301 297 59827 N.C. State 298 301 59928 Purdue 310 292 60229 UC-Irvine 306 306 61230 Kent State 310 310 620
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1 Ricky Barnes, Arizona 68 65 133T2 Jamie Elson, Augusta State 73 65 138T2 Troy McKinley, Pacific 70 68 138T2 Kris Mikkelsen, Georgia Tech 66 72 138T2 Chez Reavie, Arizona State 71 67 138
OLE MISS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
T49 J.J. Thompson 74 73 147T49 Andrew Medley 73 74 147T61 Troy Muller 76 73 149T81 Phil Caravia 74 76 150T102 Tommy Clement 75 76 151
