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LAKE BADIN, N.C. -- The Virginia Tech golf team set out this past weekend with hopes of defending its share of the ACC Men's Golf title at the Old North State Club in North Carolina.
Unfortunately, this year's team struggled during the three-day event and finished 10 strokes off last year's championship pace. The team's stroke total of 864, even par for the course, left Tech in eighth place.
"I'm a little disappointed ... no title defense," said senior Jurrian van der Vaart. "There just wasn't any magic this year."
The first day kicked off with a triplet of even par 72s from seniors van der Vaart and Nick MacDonald, and freshman Marshall Bailey. Aaron Eckstein added a one-over par 73 for the Hokies.
Coming off a marathon stretch of tournaments, including last week's Masters, Drew Weaver got off to a slow start, bogeying four of the first six holes and finishing with a three-over par 75 in the first round.
Van der Vaart opened his round on Saturday with an eagle on the first hole, and recorded a birdie on the fourth to quickly reach three under par, where he finished at the end of the day, putting him in eleventh place at the conclusion of day two.
Weaver also came out strong, recording three birdies on the front nine and one more on the back.
His bogey-free round of 68 tied him for the lowest in the field on day two.
MacDonald finished with a 71, while Bailey scored a 73, giving the Hokies a combined score of 281 for the day, moving them into seventh place with one day of play remaining.
On Sunday morning, each of the Hokies struggled on the opening hole, recording five pars on the hole that was the easiest hole all week.
"I was a little disappointed at the way we started out today," Tech coach Jay Hardwick said. "A couple of early birdies can really kick-start your round, and we just didn't make those today. It was just tough today to get back on track."
The mediocre start continued, as Weaver and MacDonald both made the turn at even par, after canceling out their front nine birdies with an equal amount of front nine bogeys.
Van Der Vaart again had the hot hand, recording three birdies and making the turn at one under par.
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