STATESBORO, Ga. – The FGCU men's golf team cut six strokes off its Saturday performance in Sunday's third round to move up a spot finishing 13^th at the 42^nd Schenkel Invitational. Austin Cherichella led the Eagles as he finished tied for 23^rd overall with a 54-hole score of 217.
 
"We had a better third round today relative to yesterday. We'll learn from this weekend and will get ready to compete again next week when we take part in The Hayt Invitational," said head coach Andrew Danna.
 
Host Georgia Southern won the overall team title with a three-round score of 839 to finish 25 under for the tournament. No. 17 Notre Dame took second (846), while the College of Charleston (850) was third.
 
Austin Cherichella shot a two-over 74 on Sunday for his only round that was not par or better on the weekend. Pierre Viallaneix scored 72 in the third round to match his first round performance as he tied for 39^th overall (220). Frankie Capan III also shot 220 for the weekend after carding a 74 on Sunday.
 
FGCU posted 46 birdies on the weekend with Capan having 11 and Viallaneix notching 10.
 
The Hayt Invitational will open play with two rounds next Sunday, March 27 with the third round slated for Monday. The tournament will be hosted by North Florida at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach.
 
42^nd Schenkel Invitational hosted by Georgia Southern
Forest Heights Country Club – Par 72 – 7,123 yards
 
FGCU Lineup:
T23 – Austin Cherichella – 71-72-74 – 217
T39 – Pierre Viallaneix – 72-76-72 – 220
T39 – Frankie Capan III – 70-76-74 – 220
T55 – Brady Madsen – 75-75-73 – 223
T67 – Lucas Fallotico – 75-78-74 – 227

Tournament Field:
1 - #59 Georgia Southern – 273-283-283 – 839
2 - #17 Notre Dame – 283-284-279 – 846
3 - #62 College of Charleston – 285-284-281 – 850
4 - #73 Kentucky – 286-280-289 – 855
5 - #39 UAB – 288-281-292 – 861
6 - #89 Iowa – 290-284-288 – 862
7 - #72 Cincinnati – 283-286-296 – 865
8 - #50 West Virginia – 283-289-294 – 866
9 - #96 Furman – 285-287-300 – 872
10 - #83 Middle Tennessee State – 288-293-295 – 876
T11 - #63 Virginia Tech – 286-288-303 – 877
T11 - #122 Campbell – 287-292-298 – 877
13 - #47 FGCU – 288-299-293 – 880
14 - #97 Wisconsin – 295-288-298 – 881
15 - #191 Army – 303-313-301 – 917
 
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HEAD COACH ANDREW DANNA:
Danna is in his third year at the helm of the FGCU men's golf program after leading the Eagles to a second-place finish at the 2021 ASUN Championship and being named the program's first-ever ASUN Coach of the Year. One of the best turnarounds in NCAA history saw the Green and Blue, led by Van Holmgren who became the first player to earn PING All-Region honors, jump from No. 257 in the final 2019-20 GolfStat.com rankings to a then program-best 65 to close out 2020-21. The Eagles set a new program-best during the 2022 season at No. 47 in the GolfStat.com rankings. Holmgren won the ASUN Championship individual title to qualify for the NCAA Regionals. Before taking over in Fort Myers, he served the 2018-19 season as the assistant at LSU. Prior to that he was the ultra-successful head coach for six years at Lynn University where he led them to the 2018 NCAA Division II national championship and was, subsequently, chosen the David Williams National Coach of the Year. He also led the Fighting Knights to three national runner-up placements, with a third and eighth place finish in his other two seasons.
  
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