Men's Golf Vaults Up Leaderboard on Final Day of ECU Intercollegiate

Tuesday, March 18

Greenville, N.C.

All Day

Temple University

ECU Intercollegiate at Brook Valley

Men's Golf Vaults Up Leaderboard on Final Day of ECU Intercollegiate

3.18.25 | Men's Golf

Final Results

GREENVILLE, N.C. - Led by a pair of top-ten finishers, the Temple University men's golf team put together an impressive third round at the ECU Intercollegiate on Tuesday. The Owls tied for the second-best team score of the day at 296 and moved up to fourth place overall for the tournament.

Senior Jake Naese carded three birdies against a single bogey to register a two-under par 70, which tied him for the best individual round of the day with ECU's Philip Bondestad. Junior Aidan Emmerich also had a standout day, firing an even-par 72 and finishing in a tie for eighth overall with Naese.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Naese was consistent throughout the three-round event, totaling 36 pars to rank in a tie for 12th individually.
The Bradenton, Fla. product also took advantage of the par-3 holes on the course, typing for 6th out of 100 golfers in the field with an even-par score.
The two-under par 70 vaulted Naese up 11 spots in the individual standings to put him into a tie for eighth place, the top finish of his Temple career.
Emmerich continued his strong play this spring, and really turned the tides over the final six holes of his third round.
Through 12 holes, Emmerich was three-over par before a birdie on the par-4 14th began a birdie-bogey-birdie-birdie-birdie-par finish that brought him back to level on the round.
The tie for eighth place marked the third time over four spring events that Emmerich has landed in the top 20 individually.
In addition to the duo near the top of the standings, sophomore Michael Vital closed with a 76 in round three and recorded a top-50 showing at 46th overall.
UCF won the team title by 12 strokes over the host Pirates, while ECU's Nathan O'Neal earned medalist honors at five-under par 211.

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