THE FACTS
Gettysburg finishes fourth
What: Royal Lakes Invitational in men's golf action
When: Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 10-11
Where: Royal Lakes Golf and Country Club – Flowery Branch, Ga.

THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg fired the second lowest round of Round Two to vault into a tie for fourth place at the Royal Lakes Invitational hosted by Oglethorpe. The Bullets carded a team score of minus-1 on Tuesday, firing a 287 after a round of 295 on Monday to post a 36-hole score of 582.

THE LEADERS
• Joseph Furlong (Midland Park, N.J./Midland Park) led the Bullets for the tournament with a seventh-place showing and 36-hole score of 142. He fired matching rounds of one-under par 71 for the top-10 showing.
• Daniel Suter (Gaithersburg, Md./Milton Academy) carded the low round of the tournament for Gettysburg with a three-under par 69 on Monday. He placed tied for 24th overall with a two-day score of 146 after posting a round of 77 over the opening 18.

FOR THE FOES
• Washington and Lee won the 22-team tournament that featured some of the top teams in Division III with a 36-hole score of 571 (285-286). The Generals edged Greensboro, who led after the first round, by two shots and Guilford by 10 strokes.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Patrick Kilcoyne (Belmont, Mass./Belmont) matched Daniel Suter with a 24th-place finish and score of 146. He posted an even-par 72 on Monday before firing a round of 74 on Tuesday.
• Sean Engler (Bluffton, S.C./Hilton Head Christian Academy) placed tied for 42nd overall with a total of 149. He improved from his opening-round score of 76 to fire a round of 73 over the final 18.
• Christian Deussing's (Doylestown, Pa./Hun School of Princeton [N.J.]) second round featured an eagle on 277-yard par-4 sixth hole. Overall, he finished the day with a round of 77 to fire a total of 153 for the two days and place tied for 63rd.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg had the best placefinish among the three Centennial Conference teams in the field, besting Franklin & Marshall by eight shots and McDaniel by 40 over the 36 holes.
• Daniel Suter's round of 69 was the lowest round of the season relative to par by any Bullets golfer.
• The round of 287 on Tuesday was the second-lowest 36-hole score in program history.
• Gettysburg had the most birdies in the field, draining 37 over the two days. The Bullets also carded two eagles.

NEXT UP
Gettysburg concludes the fall at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational on Monday.