MCC Golfers Close Out Fall Slate At Univ. of Mobile Fall Classic

MCC Sports Info
11/12/2006

Mobile, Ala. – Meridian Community College’s golf team will close out the fall portion of the schedule with a visit to Mobile, Ala. to compete in the University of Mobile Fall Classic beginning on Sunday, Nov. 12. The 36-hole event is being played at historic 6,850 yard, par 72 Azalea City Golf Course in Mobile.

MCC is coming off a first-place finish at the Belhaven College Invitational on October 30-31. Eagle freshman and Alabama native, Jarrod Lemaster, who won the medalist title in the Belhaven tourney, will start as the #1 player for MCC in Mobile.

MCC’s probable line up will include a sophomore laden squad- 2006 NJCAA All-American, Justin Eaves, 2006 MACJC/Region XXIII medalist, Dustin Petit and former Meridian High School golfer, Cole Clopton, all sophomores will join freshmen Joshua Ivy and Jarrod Lemaster to make up the MCC team.

Head coach Sean Covich’s squad will look to put the finishing touches on an impressive 2006 fall season. The squad has won two events, the MCC/Rush Fall Inv. and the Belhaven College Inv. Freshmen Joshua Ivy and Lemaster have also claimed top individual honors at the MCC/Rush Inv. and Belhaven Inv., respectively. MCC has finished in the top-five in three of the five events so far this fall. Individually, Ivy and Eaves are ranked 14th and 23rd, respectively in the latest NJCAA Div. II golf poll.

The 20-team field at the University of Mobile Fall Classic includes – 2006 Region XXIII runner-up Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, 2003 NJCAA national champion Faulkner State Community College, 5 time NJCAA national champion Central Alabama Community College, Northwest Shoals Community College, back-to-back Region XXIII champion Meridian Community College, host-University of Mobile, and others.

Play begins Sunday morning and will conclude on Monday afternoon.