Golfers Finish Fourth at E’town Invite
Sep 20, 2009
HERSHEY, Pa. - Franklin & Marshall's men's golf team finished in fourth place amongst the seven competing teas at the Elizabethtown College Invitational. Methodist University handily won the event with a 295, finishing six strokes ahead of Washington & Lee. The Diplomats were 18 strokes off of the championship benchmark.
Two Diplomats finished in the top 15 of the 34-golfer field. Brendan Mohler tied with W&L's Anthony Wilson for eighth place with a 36-hole score of 153. Mohler shot a 76 on Sunday to shave a shot off of hist Saturday score. The 153 was seven strokes off of the 146 posted by Methodist's Josh Schrader. Schrader shot a 71 and 75 to finish three strokes above par for the tournament. Cameron Warner and Rutgers-Camden's Joe DeVito carded the same score in each round, 76 and 81, for a 36-hole total of 157 and a 12th place tie.
Methodist's scoring four swept the top of the leaderboard. Trey Howell finished a single stroke behind Schrader for sole ownership of second place. Liam Friedman and Josh Speight both shot 148 to tie for third place along with W&L's Robert Womble.
The Diplomats got a 17th place finish from Andrew Woods, who tied with a pair of Farmingdale State golfers with a 159. Danny Liebowitz and Joe Fucigna owned 20th and 21st with respective scores of 160 and 161. F&M held 45 strokes on fifth place St. Joseph's (Long Island). Elizabethtown owned sixth place with Rutgers-Camden rounding out the field.
F&M returns to action tomorrow at the Lebanon Valley Invitational.
Elizabethtown College Invitational Hershey Links Hershey, PA Dates: Sep 19-20, 2009 Par: 72 71 Yards: 7009 7061 Fin. Top 20 teams Scores Total Par 1 Methodist University........... 295 289 584 +12 2 Washington & Lee University.... 301 312 613 +41 3 Farmingdale State College...... 307 309 616 +44 4 Franklin & Marshall College.... 313 316 629 +57 5 St. Joseph's College (L.I.).... 332 342 674 +102 6 Elizabethtown College.......... 332 345 677 +105 7 Rutgers-Camden................. 351 359 710 +138 Fin. Top 20 Players Team Scores Total Par 1 Josh Schrader........ Methodist University........... 71 75 146 +3 2 Trey Howell.......... Methodist University........... 76 71 147 +4 t 3 Liam Friedman........ Methodist University........... 70 78 148 +5 t 3 Josh Speight......... Methodist University........... 78 70 148 +5 t 3 Robert Womble........ Washington & Lee University.... 73 75 148 +5 6 Masanao Maruyama..... Farmingdale State College...... 75 74 149 +6 7 Alex Weir............ Methodist University........... 79 73 152 +9 t 8 Brendan Mohler....... Franklin & Marshall College.... 77 76 153 +10 t 8 Anthony Wilson....... Washington & Lee University.... 72 81 153 +10 10 Matt Langan.......... Washington & Lee University.... 78 76 154 +11 11 Chris Arnold......... Farmingdale State College...... 76 80 156 +13 t 12 Joe DeVito........... Rutgers-Camden................. 76 81 157 +14 t 12 Cameron Warner....... Franklin & Marshall College.... 76 81 157 +14 t 14 Dan Bolstein......... Elizabethtown College.......... 73 85 158 +15 t 14 Tim Gavrich.......... Washington & Lee University.... 78 80 158 +15 t 14 Jim McLaughlin....... Farmingdale State College...... 75 83 158 +15 t 17 Matt Livolsi......... Farmingdale State College...... 81 78 159 +16 t 17 Andrew Schwartz...... Farmingdale State College...... 82 77 159 +16 t 17 Andrew Woods......... Franklin & Marshall College.... 80 79 159 +16 20 Danny Liebowitz...... Franklin & Marshall College.... 80 80 160 +17
