The 2022 CIAA Championship was contested at the Chicora Golf Course in Dunn, North Carolina Thursday and Friday, April 14th & 15th, in Dunn, North Carolina. Chicora Golf Course is a Par 71, that played as a 6,316 yards layout that proved to be a great test over the two-day tournament with moderate wind gusts and severely sloped green complexes.
There was a total of eight conference team competing. Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, Johnson C Smith University, Livingstone College, Saint Augustine's University, Virginia State University, Virginia Union University and Winston-Salem State University.
Livingstone College led all team scoring on Day 1 & Day 2. On Day 1 VUU was 5 shots back, and finished 2nd on Day 2 with a two-day team score of 601 (295/306). VUU team scoring was led by senior Alkin Barkley 143 (69/74), followed by senior Hayden Garcia 148 (74/74), senior Travon Willis 154 (79/75), junior Zaccheus Spann 159 (75/84) and sophomore Joseph Graham 160 (77/83). Barkley and Garcia were also members of the 2022 CIAA All-Tournament Team and Graham was selected as the 2022 CIAA Rookie of The Year.
"This was our final conference tournament for the 2022 Championship Segment," said VUU Golf Coach E. Lee Coble. "While finishing 2nd we had a very successful season. We are poised for post season play. It will be either the NCAA D-II Regionals or The PGA Works. As I have stated throughout the season, I couldn't be prouder of the way they played all season. They never quit.
2022 CIAA Championship Golf Tournament Results
Team Finishes Day 1 Day 2 Total
1st Place – Livingstone College 290 292 582
2nd Place – Virginia Union University 295 306 601
3rd Place – Fayetteville State University 305 304 609
4th Place – Virginia State University 326 327 653
5th Place – Johnson C Smith University 327 328 655
6th Place – Elizabeth City State University 363 363 726
7th Place – St. Augustine's University 427 424 851
8th Place – Winston-Salem State University 409 450 859
All-Tournament Team Score
T1- Xavier Proctor – Livingstone College 141 (69/72)
T1- Joel Basalaine – Livingstone College 141 (70/71)
3rd- Alkin Barkley – Virginia Union University 143 (69/74)
T4 - Shaun Martin – Fayetteville State University 148 (73/75)
T4 -Hayden Garcia – Virginia Union University 148 (74/74)
5th -Brandon Jones -Fayetteville State University 149 (72/77)
Original source can be found here.
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