HERSHEY, Pa.--The Hood College men's golf team shot a combined
score of 360 and finished in 15th place at the Elizabethtown
College Invitational Thursday afternoon.
Ira Benoit and Tyler Fairley carded the lowest rounds of the day
for the Blazers with 89s.
Andy
Alger shot a 90, Evan Chaney posted a 92 and Jacob East registered
a 105.
Benoit birdied the first hole of the day and collected three
pars, while Fairley parred five holes. Alger had six pars and a
birdie on the par-four 11th. Chaney made five pars and birdied the
par-three eighth. East picked up a pair of pars on the par-five
sixth and the par-four 11th.
Messiah College's Matt Burkhart won medalist plaudits with a
three-over 74. Moravian College took home the team title with a
combined score of 317. That score matched the foursome from
Messiah, but Moravian's fifth competitor had a lower score than
Messiah's to snap the tie.
Hood hosts Capital Athletic Conference foes Stevenson University
and Marymount University Tuesday at Holly Hills Country Club at 1
p.m. All three teams will join York College (Pa.) and Wesley
College Saturday, April 16, at Piney Branch Golf Club for the CAC
championship.
Hood will recognize seniors Andy Alger, Evan Chaney and Jacob
East prior to teeing off on Tuesday.