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University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Golfer Max Harris Posts Victory In East-West Challenge At NCAAs
May 30, 2000 | Men's Golf
May 30, 2000
OPELIKA, Ala. - North Carolina golfer Max Harris and Alex Rocha of Mississippi State posted a victory in the Golf World East-West Challenge posting a 3-0 victory over Wil Collins of New Mexico and Jeremy Anderson of UNLV. However, it was not enough to lead the East to a win as the West defeated the East 15.5-11.5. One point was awarded for the team that won the front nine, one point for the back nine and one point for the overall 18 holes in match play.
Harris, a senior from Worthing, England, is leading the way for the Tar Heels this year as they begin play in the NCAA Championships this Wednesday at the Grand National Lake Course in Opelika, Ala., which features at par 72, 7,003-yard layout. Harris, a three-time All-ACC performer ('98, '99, '00), was chosen a third-team All-America in 1999 after being a second-team All-America selection in '98. Harris is currently randed 10th in the MasterCard Collegiate Individual Rankings and ranked 11th in the Golfweek/Sagarin Individual Rankings. He has won two tournaments during his collegiate career - last fall's Ridges Intercollegiate and the '97 Black & Decker Duke Golf Classic.
Here is a complete list of scoring for the Golf World East-West Challenge: Ryan Nelson, Portland and Michael Beard, Pepperdine (West) defeated David Benett, North Florida and Andrew Pratt, Tennessee (East), 3-0, Roland Thatcher, Auburn and Lucas Glover, Clemson (East) defeated Derek Gillespie, Arizona and Jonas Runnquisk, Arizona State (West), 3-0, Andy Miller, Brigham Young and Han Lee, California (West) defeated Nick Cassini, Georgia and Chris Wisler, East Tennessee State (East), 2.5-0.5, Max Harris, North Carolina and Alex Rocha, Mississippi State (East) defeated Wil Collins, New Mexico and Jeremy Anderson, UNLV (West), 3-0, Nick Webb, Southern California and Scot Kral, Washington (West) defeated James Driscoll, Virginia and Reg Millago, Virginia Commonwealth (East), 3-0, Cody Freeman, Oklahoma and Aaron Hickman, Texas Christian (West) defeated Craig Little, Arkansas and Dave Gunderson, Minnesota (East), 2-1, Brandon Ditullio, UCLA and Ryan King, Fresno State (West) defeated D.J. Fiese, Georgia State and John Bartlett, Mississippi (East), 2-1, Ryan Vermeer, Kansas and Andy Sanders, Houston (West) defeated Matt Kuchar, Georgia Tech and Ben Curtis, Kent State (East), 2.5-0.5, Jess Daley, Northwestern and Jay Morgan, Wake Forest (East) defeated David Gossett, Texas and Landry Mahan, Oklahoma State (West), 2.5-0.5.
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