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Darkness Suspends First Day of Play at Patriot Fall Classic

10/20/2025 8:41:00 PM | By: Kyrin Mayfield | @k_mayfield97

Results
NINETY SIX, S.C. - A crowded field of 19 teams and 112 golfers produced an incredibly slow pace of play during the first two rounds of the Patriot Fall Classic on Monday. It took approximately six hours to complete the opening round, which began at 8:30 a.m. and concluded around 2:30 p.m. This forced the postponement of the completion of round two to Tuesday with most participants having 2-3 holes remaining when the sun set.

At the stoppage of play, Embry-Riddle Men's Golf held down the 10th spot on the leaderboard at nine over par. The Eagles produced impressive scores in round one as Edoardo Scialanga led the way with a 69 to push the Blue and Gold up to fifth in the standings with a 289 (+1). This tournament is a rare occasion for Embry-Riddle as it's the first time the Eagles have left the state as a team since the spring of 2023 and the first tournament outside of Florida and Georgia since 2020.

THE TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Appearance: 1st
Best Finish: N/A
Best Three-Round Score: N/A

THE COURSE
The Patriot Golf Course
Par: 72
Yards: 7,054

THE FIELD
Teams: 19

#8 Lander (37)
#9 Wingate (5)
#24 Saint Leo (23)
RV Palm Beach Atlantic (38)
RV Belmont Abbey (55)
RV Carson-Newman (63)
RV Erskine (69)
RV Georgia College (71)
RV Newberry (101)
RV Embry-Riddle (N/A)
Mount Olive (75)
Tusculum (77)
Emmanuel (78)
Coker (104)
Young Harris (118)
King (127)
Chowan (130)
North Greenville (135)
Southern Wesleyan (136)

*Rankings based on the GCAA Coaches Poll. Clippd rankings included in parenthesis.

Individuals: 112

THE PLAY
Embry-Riddle (289-thru 10-16, +9) | 10th

All five Eagles birdied hole No. 8 in the first round, which is a par 5, 515 yarder
Embry-Riddle was as high as fourth in round one
As a team, the Eagles tied for the second-best average on par 4s (4.06)
Embry-Riddle was two under par on par 5s

Edoardo Scialanga (69-thru 15, +1) | 29th

The 2025 All-SSC selection picked up right where he left off with his 10th-career sub-70 round in round one
Scialanga closed out the opening 18 holes by going three under par over the last seven holes
He found success on par 4s, going one under on such holes, which tied for the 10th-best mark in the field

Ryan Gear (74-thru 10, +3) | 39th

Gear produced four birdies in his opening seven holes of round one
He was one under par on par 5s

Rafa Guerrero (72-thru 16, +4) | T-52nd

Guerrero posted the most birdies on the team in round one with seven, which came in a 12-hole span
That included back-to-back-to-back sub-par scores from his 9th-11th holes
The sophomore then surged off the opening tee box in round two with birdies on his second and third holes
Guerrero's nine birdies on the day were a team-high and tied for the ninth-most out of 112 participants

Ian Ball (74-thru 15, +4) | T-52nd

Ball was locked in at the start as the grad student birdied two of his first three and four of his first eight holes
That performance moved him to the top of the individual leaderboard
Ball was one under par on par 5s

Aleksandar Abrashev (77-thru 15, +6) | 69th

Abrashev birdied a pair of par-5 holes in round one
He continued that success with the team's lone eagle of the day on his second hole in round two
The senior shot two under par on par-5 holes

THE LEADERS
Team
#9 Wingate | -28 (277-thru 15-16)

Individual
Lewis Beeden (Wingate) | -11 (67-thru 15)

UP NEXT
The second round resumes at 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday with the third and final round to follow.

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