UNC Greensboro, which pulled a stunner last year by winning the Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2 (pictured above), wasn’t able to repeat as champions this week.
Auburn shot 12-over-par 852 to win the 54-hole team championship Tuesday by one stroke over East Tennessee State.
Wake Forest finished third at 17-over, one stroke ahead of Duke and Clemson. Northwestern was sixth, N.C. State tied for seventh with College of Charleston at 27-over with Wake Forest’s “B” squad ninth at 29-over. Southern Methodist was 10th at 30-over and UNCG was 11th at 37-over. Iowa rounded out the field at 60-over.
Mats Ege of ETSU and Jackson Koivun of Auburn tied for medalist honors at 1-under 209.
Scotty Lennon and Collin Adams led Wake at 213 in a tie for sixth place. Symon Balbin led UNCG tied for 25th at 218.
William Love of Duke shot 66 — the low round of the tournament — in the second round and finished fourth at 211. Spencer Oxendine of N.C. State tied for fourth at 212. Wolfpack teammate Nick Mathews of Mebane tied for 22nd at 217.
