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WILMINGTON, N.C. \u2013 The Jacksonville Dolphins took home their best team finish of the season Tuesday, earning fourth place overall in the UNCW Seahawk Invitational.<\/p>\n
The Dolphins carded a +1 over two days of play in Wilmington, finishing just behind third place VCU (-2), 26th\u00a0ranked Duke (-9) and host UNCW (-14). Jacksonville finished ahead of ASUN foes Stetson and North Florida. Leading the ‘Phins was Mexican national Daniel Montalvo<\/a> who finished T3 in the field. Montalvo carded a -4, tied with a student-athlete from UNCW for the third best tournament overall in the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n Montalvo’s T-3 finish was the best individual finish by a Dolphin golfer all season. He also finished ahead of three nationally ranked golfers, including the NCAA’s sixth-ranked player from Duke.<\/p>\n The senior started tournament play at the Country Club of Landfall with a one-under 71 outing, securing three birdies. His birdies were part of a 20-birdie opening round for the Dolphins with Will Harris<\/a> earning five birdies. Andrew Morgan<\/a> carded the best round of the day and the tournament\u00a0with a four-under 68.<\/p>\n During the second round, Montalvo led the squad with a three-under 69\u00a0showing, earning six birdies. He was the only Dolphin under par and led the team in overall birdies during the round. Evan Ryanor was second on the score sheet with an even par 72 on the scorecard.<\/p>\n On the second and final day of play, Montalvo shot even par\u00a0with three birdies and\u00a0an eagle on the Par 5 14th\u00a0hole. Montalvo and Evan Raynor<\/a> both eagled\u00a0the 14th to help stave off a late push by Stetson and hold on to the fourth spot in the team standings<\/p>\n Montalvo went -3 on the 14th hole\u00a0over the course of three rounds. Jacksonville carded just a single bogey to go with two eagles, five birdies and seven pars on the hole.\u00a0<\/p>\n