{"id":224470,"date":"2026-03-18T00:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/224470\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T00:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:11:09","slug":"mens-golf-concludes-ecu-intercollegiate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/224470\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Golf Concludes ECU Intercollegiate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     GREENVILLE, N.C. \u2013 The Oakland men&#8217;s golf team wrapped up the three-day ECU Intercollegiate on Tuesday, finishing 13th at the Brook Valley Country Club.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the threat of inclement weather, the tournament was extended to three days, with each team playing 18 holes per day. Competing on the par-72, 6,803-yard course, the Golden Grizzlies posted a final score of 931 (+67). The last round proved difficult for most of the field, including Oakland, as 11 of the 15 teams recorded their highest score on the final day.<\/p>\n<p>Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/matteo-rocco\/12371\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12371\" target=\"_blank\">Matteo Rocco<\/a> led the team for the first time since the Purdue Fall Invitational in mid-October. He tied for the fourth-most pars in the tournament with 38 and finished with a total score of 230 (+14).<\/p>\n<p>Making back-to-back team starts for the first time in his career, freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/rakshit-dahiya\/12375\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12375\" target=\"_blank\">Rakshit Dahiya<\/a> finished two strokes behind Rocco at 232 (+16). Rocco and Dahiya shared the team lead in par-three scoring with a 3.17 average, while Dahiya led Oakland in par-five scoring with a 4.75 average, tied for ninth in the three-day event.<\/p>\n<p>Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/jack-zubkus\/12374\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12374\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Zubkus<\/a> and senior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/ellis-kinnaird\/12370\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12370\" target=\"_blank\">Ellis Kinnaird<\/a> finished just one stroke apart at the conclusion of the ECU Intercollegiate, carding scores of 237 and 238, respectively. The pair led the team in birdies, with Kinnaird making seven and Zubkus knocking down six. Both also performed well on the par fives, each recording a 5.08 scoring average.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/brennan-sullivan\/12372\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12372\" target=\"_blank\">Brennan Sullivan<\/a> rounded out the team&#8217;s scoring with a final score of 242. Along with Zubkus and Kinnaird, Sullivan recorded a 5.08 scoring average on the par fives and made six birdies across the three days, tying Zubkus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>OU RESULTS<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTeam: 308 | 301 | 322 = 931 (+67)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT40. <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/matteo-rocco\/12371\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12371\" target=\"_blank\">Matteo Rocco<\/a>: 78 | 73 | 79 = 230 (+14)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT51. <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/rakshit-dahiya\/12375\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12375\" target=\"_blank\">Rakshit Dahiya<\/a>: 76 | 75 | 81 = 232 (+16)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT63. <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/jack-zubkus\/12374\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12374\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Zubkus<\/a>: 76 | 78 | 83 = 237 (+21)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT66. <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/ellis-kinnaird\/12370\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12370\" target=\"_blank\">Ellis Kinnaird<\/a>: 78 | 75 | 85 = 238 (+22)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT73. <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/brennan-sullivan\/12372\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12372\" target=\"_blank\">Brennan Sullivan<\/a>: 79 | 84 | 79 = 242 (+26)<\/p>\n<p>Complete results of the invitational can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/scoreboard.clippd.com\/tournaments\/238756\/scoring\/team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clippd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT: Oakland heads to its final tournament of March, competing in the Don Benbow Butler Spring Invitational in Indianapolis from March 30-31.<\/p>\n<p>How to Follow Oakland Men&#8217;s Golf: For complete information on Oakland Men&#8217;s Golf, follow the team on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oaklandmgolf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> and X at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OaklandMGolf\" rel=\"nofollow\">@OaklandMGolf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; GREENVILLE, N.C. \u2013 The Oakland men&#8217;s golf team wrapped up the three-day ECU Intercollegiate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-224470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}