Results
ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. – Scores went up on day two of the McDaniel College Spring Invitational, but Gettysburg College maintained its spot in the team standings, tying for second-place overall in the two-day event held at The Bridges Golf Club.
With colder temperatures and a prevailing wind, team and individual scores climbed during Sunday's final round on the par-72, 6,713-yard course. Only three teams in the 18-team field managed to drop their scores, none of which finished among the top 10. McDaniel College jumped into the top spot with a 312 on Sunday and finished with a total of 619 (307-312) to beat out Gettysburg and day one leader Lynchburg University by eight strokes. The Bullets posted 322 on Sunday after carding 305 in round one.
Individually, less than a third of the 91-player field managed to shave strokes from the opening round. The conditions didn't effect medalist Michael Lange from Rosemont College who improved his score by a stroke with a 75. Lange finished tied with McDaniel's Kevin Keane with a score of 151 and took the individual title after comparing scorecards.
Gettysburg seniors
Dane Sethre-Hofstad (Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead) and
Danny Harcourt (Fanwood, N.J./Saint Peter's Prep) finished tied for third with 152. Harcourt equaled his first-round tally, shooting a 76 Sunday after posting 12 pars and a birdie. Harcourt birdied the par-5, 534-yard No. 15 hole for the second consecutive day.
Sethre-Hofstad held the lead heading into the second round after shooting even-par 72 on Saturday. After carding three birdies on the first day, the senior had to settle for a dozen pars on the way to an 80 Sunday.
Senior
Christian Haldeman (Center Valley, Pa./Moravian Academy) posted a team-high five birdies on the way to a 76 in round one, but he slipped from eighth to a tie for 19th in the standings with an 83 in the final round.
Freshman
Tristan Hochman (Westport, Conn./Staples) and junior
Ethan Murphy (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Trinity) rounded out Gettysburg's lineup by finishing in a tie for 50th with scores of 167. Hochman carded an 86 on Sunday, while Murphy was one of the few golfers in the field to improve his score with an 83.
Gettysburg competes in the Hershey Cup at the Hershey Country Club next Sunday and Monday, April 7-8.
