KANNAPOLIS, N.C. –– The eight-golfer Virginias team won five of eight final day singles matches against their Carolinas counterparts to claim the 26th Virginias-Carolinas Junior Matches, which concluded today at The Club at Irish Creek. One point was available per each match.

With the matches tied 4-4 after the first day, Virginias outscored their opponents 5-3 in singles to record a 9-7 victory. Virginias claimed its second straight win in the series and notched its first win on Carolinas soil in the matches since 2004 when the team triumphed at The Old North State Club in New London, N.C. The matches annually rotate between Virginias and Carolinas sites.

On the final day, the two teams split the first two matches, with central Virginian Nicholas Austin (Midlothian, Va.) triumphing in the opening match, while Andy Knox (Cary, N.C.) scored a win in match two for Carolinas.

Virginias then registered four victories in a five-match span from Nos. 3-7 to help the team retain the Vinny Giles Trophy, honoring the Virginia amateur legend.

Two-time reigning VSGA Junior Match Play champion Michael Moyers (Stanardsville, Va.) got past Michael Marshburn (Cary, N.C.), 2 and 1 in match three to start the surge. After Hayden Letien (Sumter, S.C.) posted a win in match four, Virginias won the next three matches. In match five, Roanoke’s Jack Wilkes scored a 3 and 2 win over Mark Joye (Columbia, S.C.), while Richmond’s Matt Ball Jr. bested Justin Clement (Lexington, N.C.), 2 up, in the following encounter.

In perhaps Virginias most impressive performance of the final day, U.S. Junior Am finalist Evan Beck (Virginia Beach, Va.) continued his strong play, wiping out two-time South Carolina Junior Amateur champion Crawford Reeves (Greenville, S.C.), 8 and 7. For Virginias, Beck and Austin went undefeated in the matches, with each helping to contribute a team-best three points each over the weekend.

Carolinas scored one of its three wins in the last match of the day, with Ben Kohles (Cary, N.C.) besting Brinson Paolini (Virginia Beach, Va.) in a close match, 1 up.

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. –– Results final round singles matches at the 26th Virginias-Carolinas Junior Matches at The Club at Irish Creek on Sunday, Aug. 10.

Nicholas Austin (Midlothian, Va.) def. Corbin Mills (Easley, S.C.), 4 and 3; Andy Knox (Cary, N.C.) def. Bryce Chalkley (Richmond, Va.), 5 and 3; Michael Moyers (Stanardsville, Va.) def. Michael Marshburn (Cary, N.C.), 2 and 1; Hayden Letien (Sumter, S.C.) def. Matt Harman (Roanoke, Va.), 4 and 3; Jack Wilkes (Roanoke, Va.) def. Mark Joye (Columbia, S.C.), 3 and 2; Matt Ball Jr. (Richmond, Va.) def. Justin Clement (Lexington, N.C.), 2 up; Evan Beck (Virginia Beach, Va.) def. Crawford Reeves (Greenville, S.C.), 8 and 7; Ben Kohles (Cary, N.C.) def. Brinson Paolini (Virginia Beach, Va.), 1 up

Virginias won final-day singles matches, 5-3

Virginias wins the 26th Virginias-Carolinas Junior Matches, 9-7

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. –– Results from first round morning foursome matches at the 26th Virginias-Carolinas Junior Matches at The Club at Irish Creek on Saturday, Aug. 9.

Evan Beck (Virginia Beach, Va.)-Michael Moyers (Stanardsville, Va.) def. Ben Kohles (Cary, N.C.)-Michael Marshburn (Cary, N.C.), 2 and 1; Crawford Reeves (Greenville, S.C.)-Corbin Mills (Easley, S.C.) def. Brinson Paolini (Virginia Beach, Va.)-Matt Ball Jr. (Richmond, Va.), 2 and 1; Bryce Chalkley (Richmond, Va.)-Nicholas Austin (Midlothian, Va.) def. Mark Joye (Columbia, S.C.)-Andy Knox (Cary, N.C.), 5 and 4; Justin Clement (Lexington, N.C.)-Hayden Letien (Sumter, S.C.) def. Jack Wilkes (Roanoke, Va.)-Matt Harman (Roanoke, Va.), 6 and 5

Virginias and Carolinas halved morning foursome matches, 2-2

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. –– Results from first round afternoon four-ball matches at the 26th Virginias-Carolinas Junior Matches at The Club at Irish Creek on Saturday, Aug. 9.

Brinson Paolini (Virginia Beach, Va.)-Evan Beck (Virginia Beach, Va.) def. Ben Kohles (Cary, N.C.)-Crawford Reeves (Greenville, S.C.), 4 and 3; Michael Marshburn (Cary, N.C.)-Corbin Mills (Easley, S.C.) def. Bryce Chalkley (Richmond, Va.)-Michael Moyers (Stanardsville, Va.), 1 up; Matt Ball Jr. (Richmond, Va.)-Nicholas Austin (Midlothian, Va.) def. Andy Knox (Cary, N.C.)-Hayden Letien (Sumter, S.C.), 2 up; Mark Joye (Columbia, S.C.)-Justin Clement (Lexington, N.C.) def. Jack Wilkes (Roanoke, Va.)-Matt Harman (Roanoke, Va.), 6 and 5

Virginias and Carolinas halved first day four-ball matches, 2-2

Virginias and Carolinas halved day one foursome and four-ball matches, 4-4