ORLANDO, Fla. – VCU won its fifth Atlantic 10 Men’s Golf Championship Sunday, shooting a 20-under 844 to earn the title and the league’s automatic bid to NCAA Regionals. The Rams Ugo Malcor and Grayson Wood combined to tie for first place with 207s.

The Rams had a 13-stroke lead after the first day and were up a nearly unsurmountable 20 shots after 36 holes. But VCU saved the drama for individual honors, where Malcor took medalist honors over Wood by winning an individual playoff with a birdie on the second hole. Malcor’s 207 (68-72-67) came from stellar first and third days, while Wood’s 207 (71-67-69) was the result of a strong day two and three.

A freshman who won Most Outstanding Rookie honors at the championship, Wood was also voted Golfer of the Year and Rookie of the Year by the head coaches. It’s the first time since the season-long awards were instituted in 2017 that the same player has won both. VCU’s Andy Walker was named Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons.

VCU had four total players in the top 10, with Veikka Viskari (217: 74-73-70) tying for seventh and Mattias Varjun (218: 69-73-76) tying for ninth. Both players joined Wood as All-Conference selections.

George Washington finished second with an 869 and Davidson, winners of the last three titles, was third with an 873. The Revolutionaries had two top 10 finishers in Manuel Barbachano, who tied for fifth with a 216 (75-74-67) and Rodrigo Barahona’s 217 (71-76-70), good for a tie for seventh. GW’s Jakub Hrinda, who tied for 12^th with a 219 (75-72-72), was an All-Conference choice.

Davidson’s Will Davis carded a 211 (69-71-71), just four shots behind Malcor and Wood and Joshua Stewart had a 214 (71-73-70) to place fourth. Davis and Stewart both were selected to the All-Conference team and helped the Wildcats to their third-place finish.

Richmond’s Cole Ekert, who was also voted to the All-Conference team, was the final top-five finisher, equaling Barbachano with a 216 (71-75-70). He led the Spiders to a fifth-place finish with an 887.

Dayton was fourth, carding an 883 behind a top 10 finish by Henry May, who tied for ninth with a 218 (73-71-74).

Nikita Romanov, who got a hole in one in Saturday’s second round, was the final top 10 finishers, tying May and Varjun for ninth with a 218 (76-70-72).

Davidson’s Alex Heffner, Bryson Richards of Rhode Island and Richmond’s Lou Baker were the remaining three All-Conference selections.

George Mason placed sixth with an 894, followed by Loyola Chicago, which improved by 17 strokes on the final day to close with a 901 in seventh. St. Bonaventure (902), La Salle (903) and Rhode Island (919) rounded out the top team finishers.