No. 9 MCC Eagles overcome a 13 stroke deficit to win MACCC #4
MCCOMB, MS -- The No. 9 ranked Eagles come from 13 strokes back to win the MACCC Event # 4 at Quail Hollow Golf Club in McComb, MS.
After day one at Quail Hollow Golf Club, the Eagles knew they had their work cut out for them if they were going to win their third MACCC Event of the year. The Eagles were in third place with a score of 301 after day 1. Northeast CC sat atop the leaderboard with a 296 and MS Gulf Coast with a 299.
Bounce back is just what the Eagles did as they shot a low tournament score of 287 on day 2 to turn the 13 stroke deficit into a 1 stroke win over No. 1 ranked MS Gulf Coast CC.
The Eagles were led by Joesph Berry's 145 and Noah Bumgarner's 145, which were good enough to land them on the All-tournament team. Ethan Dyess shot 149, Diego Leslie shot 152, and Brett Baker shot 153. Luke Yokum shot 154 and Hayes Hinson shot 159 both as indivieuals. The Eagles also won MACCC Event's #1 and #2 in the fall.
Next up, The Eagles head to The Dancing Rabbit Golf Club for MACCC Event #5, hosted by East Central CC on March 6-7.
TEAM SCORES
| 1. Meridian | 301 | 287 |
588 (+1) |
| 2. MS Gulf Coast | 299 | 290 | 589 (+2) |
| 3. Northeast MS CC | 296 | 307 | 603 (+19) |
| 4. Co-Lin CC | 319 | 301 | 620 (+13) |
| T5. Pearl River CC | 320 | 330 | 650 (+40) |
| T5. Itawamba CC | 322 | 328 | 650 (+40) |
| 7. East Central CC | 339 | 326 | 665 (+48) |
| 8. Southwest MS CC | 342 | 336 | 678 (+48) |
| 9. East MS CC | 356 | 351 | 707 (+63) |
