GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – North Carolina's Peter Fountain and NC State's Benjamin Shipp have been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Co-Men's Golfers of the Month for March. 
 
Fountain, a freshman from Raleigh, North Carolina, won for the first time as a college golfer in the Tar Heel Intercollegiate at UNC Finley, finished tied for second at the Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2 and was 11th at the General Hackler Championship at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. His scoring average for the month was 69.22.
 
In winning the Tar Heel Intercollegiate, Fountain shot 65-70-66 for a 15-under-par 201. The 201 total was the sixth best in Carolina men’s golf history and 15 under par equaled the fifth best by a Tar Heel. He was tied for the lead at 7-under after making seven birdies and no bogeys in the first round. He had a three-stroke lead after 36 holes and won by four strokes after a final-round 66. He made 15 birdies, an eagle and only two bogeys over the 54 holes.
 
Shipp, a graduate student from Duluth, Georgia, played in four tournaments in March and finished the month with a 69.58 scoring average and two individual titles.
 
Shipp bested 80 competitors at the Schenkel Invitational in dominating fashion as he was the wire-to-wire winner. He shot the lowest score every round and finished the tournament at 16 under par, 11 shots ahead of second place. Shipp's score of 16 under par is the lowest score related to par in NC State program history. His total score of 200 is tied for the second-lowest score in a 54-hole tournament in program history.
 
He ended the month with another tournament title, finishing first out of 96 golfers at the Hootie Intercollegiate at Bulls Bay. He was two shots back entering the final day and still trailed by two shots after nine holes. After 15 holes, Shipp trailed by a shot, but he birdied the 16th and 18th holes to complete the comeback and win by one shot. It’s the fifth career individual title of Shipp’s NC State career, tying for the third-most in program history.
 
In addition, Shipp started the month with a fifth-place at Pinehurst No. 2 in the Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2.