Siebers Sets Freshman Record to Pace Men's Golf

Saturday, April 10

Cary, N.C.

Duke University

Round 3 at Stitch Intercollegiate

Siebers Sets Freshman Record to Pace Men's Golf

4/10/2021 5:17:00 PM | Men's Golf

FINAL RESULTS

CARY – Ian Siebers shattered the Duke freshman tournament scoring record, shooting 13-under par at the Stitch Intercollegiate to lead the Blue Devils to a sixth-place finish on Saturday at MacGregor Downs GC in Cary.

Siebers carded an opening 71 Friday, then shot back-to-back career low rounds of six-under 66 in rounds two and three to post his career-best finish of tied for third. The freshman from Bellevue, Wash., has finished in the top 30 in each of his seven tournaments this season.

In posting the lowest tournament score by a Duke freshman on record, Siebers had just two blemishes over his 54 holes at MacGregor Downs, bogeying the opening hole on Friday and double bogeying the par-3 12th in Saturday's final round. Siebers carded 14 birdies and eagled the par-5 fifth in the final round.

"I didn't get off to a great start in the first round but was able to battle back strong and make a bunch of birdies in the next two rounds to climb up the leaderboard," Siebers said. "It feels great to set the Duke freshman 54 hole scoring record, as it is the result of a lot of hard work and patience throughout the semester. This is certainly a step in the right direction for me, and I look forward to continuing my strong play with the team in ACCs and beyond."

Siebers' 13-under 203 tops the previous 54-hole record by a Duke freshman of 9-under 204 by Michael Schachner at the 2005 NCAA East Regional at the Golf Club of Tennessee. It also stands as the third lowest tournament score by a Blue Devil all-time, trailing a pair of 16-under cards by Alex Smalley and Adrien Pendaries, each coming in the 2018-19 season.

As a team, the Blue Devils were 12-under 276 in Saturday's final round, which included a strong finish from Pendaries, who posted a 6-under 66 to charge 21 spot up the leaderboard into a tie for 27th finish at 3-under 213.

Duke shot 23-under as a team for the tournament to finish sixth in the 12-team field -- the 23-under score marking the sixth-best score to par in team history. The host NC State Wolfpack won the tournament at 51-under par, followed by Notre Dame (-39), East Tennessee State (-38), Virginia Tech (-34), Campbell (-25) and Duke (-23) in the top half of the standings.

Campbell's Pontus Nyholm was the individual medalist at 17-under par for a three-stroke victory.

Freshman Jimmy Zheng also finished tied for 27th at 3-under par with a final-round 71. Graduate student Steven DiLisio was tied for 41st at even-par 216, while senior Evan Katz was tied for 49th at 3-over 219.

Playing individually, senior Qi wen Wong was tied for 37th at 1-under 217, junior Quinn Riley was tied for 55th at 6-over, senior Drew Powell was tied for 61st at 9-over 225 and freshman Cameron Martinez-Piedra was 64th at 10-over.

Duke looks to take this momentum into the ACC Championship, which is set for April 23-26 at Capital City Club in suburban Atlanta.

6^th/12. Duke – 283-282-276=841 (-23)
t3. Ian Siebers (Fr.) – 71-66-66=203 (-13)
t27. Adrien Pendaries (Sr.) – 76-71-66=213 (-3)
t27. Jimmy Zheng (Fr.) – 68-74-71=213 (-3)
*t37. Qi wen Wong (Sr.) – 72-68-75=215 (-1)
t41. Steven DiLisio (Gr.) – 72-71-713=216 (E)
t49. Evan Katz (Sr.) – 72-74-73=219 (+3)
*t55. Quinn Riley (Jr.) – 72-74-76=222 (+6)
*t61. Drew Powell (Sr.) – 74-77-74=225 (+9)
*64. Cameron Martinez-Piedra (Fr.) – 76-77-73=226 (+10)
* individual

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