Carson-Newman Edges Wingate for SAC Men’s Golf Championship Title

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Carson-Newman finished one stroke ahead of Wingate to capture the 2014 Food Lion SAC Men's Golf Championship on Tuesday. The Eagles' SAC title is the program's first since 2004.

Carson-Newman entered Tuesday's final round tied for third in the men's standings, but surged to the top of the leaderboard with rounds of 77 from Jonathan Kim-Moss and Nicklaus Kennedy. C-N's score of 314 was the event's top final-round team mark, and the Eagles completed the three-day tournament with a total score of 925.

Wingate's runner-up finish was paced by Ben Gebhardt, who carded a round of 72 on Tuesday to claim the championship's individual medal with a final score of even-par 216. He is the first Bulldog to claim the SAC individual title since Greg Hamilton in 2001.

Newberry finished third in the team standings at 931, followed by Lincoln Memorial in fourth at 934 and Tusculum in fifth at 935. Just 15 strokes separated the No. 1 through No. 5 positions in the final team standings.

Completing the field was No. 6 Queens at 943, No. 7 Coker at 950, No. 8 Brevard at 963, No. 9 Catawba at 965, No. 10 Mars Hill at 969, No. 11 Anderson at 973 and No. 12 Lenoir-Rhyne at 976.

Kim-Moss and Tusculum's Nick Forsberg finished tied for second on the individual leaderboard at plus-11 227. Rounding out the All-Tournament First Team were Newberry's Tommy Hurst and Catawba's Matt Hardman, who tied for fourth at plus-12 229.

The All-Tournament Second Team consisted of Kennedy, Newberry's Richard Mansell and LMU's Connor Froning – each of whom tied for sixth at 229 – and Queens' Alex Weare and Mars Hill's Adam Lumley, who tied for ninth at 230.

Carson-Newman's SAC title earns the Eagles an automatic bid into the 2014 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship, which begins on May 5 at the South/Southeast Region in Savannah, Ga.

[Complete SAC Golf Championship results]