Golf team takes home Black and Blue Cup

Zachary Holden
Staff Writer

The VCU golf team ended its regular season on a high note by taking home the Black and Blue Cup over rival University of Richmond.

Held at the Kinloch Country Club in Manakin-Sabot, Va., the Black and Blue Cup is a match-play event between VCU and Richmond to determine who reigns supreme for that calendar year.

Last season, Richmond won 4.5 to 3.5 in the inaugural year of the event. This year, VCU took the cup home with a score of 5 to 3.

The Rams had individual victories from Jake McNulty (2 and 1), Adrian Parada (2 and 1), Matt Ball Jr. (1 up), Steffen Harm (3 and 2) and Adam Ball (2 and 1).

In rematches from last season’s cup, the results were reversed in the Spiders’ favor. Richmond’s Danny Pizetoski and Jack Wilkes took down Simon Taylor and Rocky Khara respectively. Last year, Taylor and Khara won their matches against the two Spiders.

Richmond had the two largest margins of victory on the day as Wilkes beat Khara 6 and 5, while John David Sanderson took down VCU’s Gino Vandenberg 5 and 4.

The cup win was VCU’s final preparation before heading to Heron Bay, Fla. to compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships April 26-28.