Final Team Standings

1 Jacksonville St. 884 (+20)

2 E. Kentucky 906 (+42)

3 Austin Peay 909 (+45)

4 Murray St. 924 (+60)

5 Samford 926 (+62)

6 E. Illinois 929 (+65)

7 Morehead St. 931 (+67)

8 Tennessee Tech 945 (+81)

9 Tennessee-Martin 949 (+85)

10 Tennessee St. 969 (+105)

Final Individual Standings

1 Daniel Willett Jacksonville St. 214 (-2)

T-2 Julian Colmenares Jacksonville St. 220 (+4)

T-2 Bryan Rozier Jacksonville St. 220 (+4)

T-2 Scott Stallings Tennessee Tech 220 (+4)

5 Shaun McConnell E. Kentucky 221 (+5)

6 Anthony Imburgia E. Illinois 224 (+8)

7 Reed Davis Samford 225 (+9)

T-8 Adam Gruber Tennessee St. 226 (+10)

T-8 Yoshio Yamamoto Austin Peay 226 (+10)

T-10 Phil Hendrickson E. Kentucky 227 (+11)

T-10 Justin Metzger Austin Peay 227 (+11)

Jacksonville State men’s golf team followed up the success of the Gamecocks’ women’s team by winning the 2007 Ohio Valley Championship at the Country Club of Paducah in Paducah, Ky.

For the third consecutive round, the Gamecocks shot under 300 as a team and were led by sophomore Daniel Willett’s 5-under 67, the low round of the tournament.

Willett, in second place after the second round, finished the tournament with seven birdies and two bogeys in the final round to catapult him to first place and a six-stroke victory.

Joining Willett in the top-10 for Jacksonville State were junior Julian Colmenares and senior Bryan Rozier, both tied for second.

“When you have three players, one, two and two, it says a lot about your team and a lot about how your team plays,” said Jacksonville State head coach James Hobbs.

He said Willett’s third round was quite a round for a final round of the OVC Championship.

Hobbs said it was an honor for the university to win both men’s and women’s golf championships.

Eastern was led by senior Anthony Imburgia whose third round score of 73 placed him at sixth overall in the tournament.

The Panthers shot their second consecutive 307 as a team, but Samford was able to improve their third-round score by 14 strokes and surpassed Eastern for the fifth spot.

“We shot the same score today as we did yesterday,” said Eastern head coach Mike Moncel. “But obviously that wasn’t enough.”

Moncel said with better weather in the third round, his team should have shot at least seven shots better after playing about average the first two days.

Rounding out Eastern’s scores in the final round were junior Mike Imburgia (76), junior Matt Imburgia (78), senior Ty Comerford (80) and junior Jaron Rose (81).

The third golfer tied for second was 36-hole leader Scott Stallings, a senior from Tennessee Tech.

Stallings was on pace to win the tournament after he shot 3-under through the first nine holes, placing him at 7-under for the tournament. However, a 47 on the back nine dropped his total score eight strokes to 4-over.

Stallings’ final round of 80 included three double bogeys and a 5-over on the 11th hole.

He said he hung in after the bogeys on the 10th and 11th holes, but then hit two consecutive tee shots out of bounds on the 17th.

Both tee shots, Stallings said, rolled out of bounds by a combined two feet after landing in the fairway, hitting the cart path and landing out of bounds.

Stallings said the final round was a disappointment, but he is still holding his head high.

“I’ve had a phenomenal career,” Stallings said, “and I’m not going to let a poor nine holes ruin how I look back on my career.”

Tennessee Tech head coach Bobby Nichols said Stallings’ final round was painful to witness as a coach, but said the difficulty of the golf course required good play.

“I think it’s a real true test of golf,” Nichols said.