April 24, 1999

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Wake Forest senior Michael Capone fired a 69 in the final round of play to capture individual medalist honors at the Wofford Invitational tournament, held at the 6,765-yard, par-72 course at the Carolina Country Club. The win marked the first individual tournament title of Capone's career, and was the first title won by a Demon Deacon since 1996.

After shooting back-to-back rounds of 68 on Friday, Capone stood tied with Charleston's Jedd McLuen for the lead heading into the final round of play. McLeun took a one-stroke lead over Capone after 15 holes of play, but Capone birdied 16 while McLeun bogeyed the hole, giving Capone the one-stroke edge. Both players took a par on 17, and Capone birdied the 18th hole to seal the two-stroke win. Capone's tournament total of 205, or 11-under par, topped his previous career-best 54-hole score by seven strokes.

McLeun tied with Virginia's Mike Mitchell, who shot a final round of 68, for second place individually at 9-under.

As a team, Wake Forest carded a final round of 301 to finish in ninth place at 20-over par. The Deacons were 22 strokes behind the team champion, Virginia, who finished the event at 2-under par.

Maryland tied for third at 7-over, while Duke placed fifth at 8-over.

Gary Mankulish finished sixth and Miguel Rivera and Keith Unikel tied for 13th place to pace the Terps.

Mankulish (214, -2) cooled his pace on Saturday with a two-over par 74. He entered the day tied for fifth after firing a pair of 70s in his first two trips around the 6,700-yard track. Rivera (217, +1) was the big player for the Terps on Saturday, shooting a one-under 71 to move up in the standings and catch Unikel in 13th. Unikel (217, +1) was one-over at 73 in his final round.

With a field-low 280 in the third round, the Duke men's golf team moved up five spots in the standings on the final day.

The Blue Devils carded an eight-under par as a team in Saturday's round to finish with a 54-hole total of 872.

Duke senior Marc Chatelain carded a field-low 68 in the final round to finish in fourth place in the indivudual standings. Chatelain, who was tied for 13th heading into Saturday's round, posted a four-under 212 for the 54-hole tournament.

Another Duke senior, Kyle Elfers, posted a top 20 finish as he carded a one-over 217 to tie for 13th place.

Other Demon Deacon finishers included junior Jamie Gallacher, who shot a 74 in the final round to place 35th in the 69-man field at 8-over par. Sophomore Ryan Peiffer and senior Oscar Sanchez both shot 79s and finished 38th and 51st at 9-over and 14-over, respectively. Rounding out the Deacon contingent was senior Craig Inman, playing in his first varsity collegiate event, who placed 69th at 35-over par after recording an 88 today.

TEAM RESULTS
 1  Virginia           294-282-286=862  -2
 2  UNC Charlotte      285-295-290=870  +6
 3  Augusta State      286-294-291=871  +7
    Maryland           294-283-294=871  +7
 5  Duke               295-297-280=872  +8
 6  Col. of Charleston 293-288-294=875  +11
 7  Va. Commonwealth   285-290-301=876  +12
 8  Furman             283-293-306=882  +18
 9  Wake Forest        292-291-301=884  +20
10  Wofford            298-290-298=886  +22
11  Old Dominion       302-298-306=906  +42
12  UT-Chattanooga     300-307-302=909  +45
13  Virginia Tech      294-316-307=917  +53

TOP INDIVIDUALS
 1.  Michael Capone, Wake Forest 68  68  69  205  -11
 2.  Mike Mitchell, Virginia     70  69  68  207  -9
     Jedd McLuen, Charleston     68  68  71  207  -9
 4.  Marc Chatelain, Duke        72  72  68  212  -4
 5.  Jeffrey Deloach, Furman     69  68  76  213  -3
 6.  Gary Mankulish, Maryland    70  70  74  214  -2
     Neal Kauffman, UNCC         68  75  71  214  -2
 8.  Reg Millage, VCU            69  71  75  215  -1
     Jay McLuen, Charleston      72  69  74  215  -1
10.  Jamie Elson, Augusta St.    69  72  75  216  E
     Josh Lower, Wofford         71  71  74  216  E
     James Driscoll, Virginia    73  70  73  216  E
13.  Miguel Rivera, Maryland     74  72  71  217  +1
     Keith Unikel, Maryland      76  68  73  217  +1
     Kyle Elfers, Duke           70  73  74  217  +1