BALL’S FINAL DAY SURGE LEADS RAMS AT VCU SHOOTOUT

Tournament: Golf Galaxy VCU Shootout
Location: Hermitage Country Club (Manakin-Sabot, Va.)
Course Info: Par 72, 6,955 Yards
VCU Finish: 7^th of 12; +16 (296-290-294=880)

• VCU (+16) finished seventh at the Golf Galaxy VCU Shootout behind a top-10 performance by sophomore Adam Ball.
• Ball, who led the Rams in scoring last spring as a freshman, carded a 2-under 70 during Tuesday's final round to slide into a tie for ninth place. Ball (74-71-70=215) finished 1-under for the 54-hole tournament. Ball fired 10 birdies over the course of the two-day affair.
• Virginia Tech (-23) repeated as Shootout champion by a tournament-record 22 strokes. The Hokies were led by individual medalist Scott Vincent (-10) and runner-up Bryce Chalkley (-6).
• Iowa State (-1) finished second, followed by Radford (+5), Richmond (+9) and Old Dominion (+11).
• Senior Rocky Khara also enjoyed a productive weekend for VCU. Khara (69-74-73=216) was even for the two-day event to tie for 13^th.
• Matt Ball Jr., Gino Vandenberg and Hanish Nagrani (+6) tied for 31^st for the Rams.
• Vandenberg and Ball Jr. recorded the second-most pars in the tournament field with 40. Khara also registered 38 pars.

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