HERSHEY, Pa. - The Hood College golf team competed on the first day of the Commonwealth Conference Men's Golf Championships at the Hershey Country Club East Course.

Andy Baker (Boyds, Md. / Poolesville) leads the Blazers with an 82, tied for 14th. Joe Hutchins (Eldersburg, Md. / Liberty) is two shots back with an 84 in an 18th place tie. 

Michael Bushman's (North Potomac, Md. / Quince Orchard) 93 is tied for 36th. With a 97, Harry Shultz (Hanover, Pa. / Hanover Senior) is tied for 40th. Patrick Cairo (Port Murray, N.J. / Warren Hills Regional) rounded out Hood's quintet with a 98, good for 42nd place. 

Al El Kordi-Hubbard of Stevenson and Messiah's Jordan Kirsch are tied for the first round lead after shooting matching 74s. 

Messiah leads the team scoring with a 311. Hood's 356 is ninth, but is just three strokes out of sixth. 

The tournament wraps up with the final round at the par 71, 6,482-yard course on Sunday, April 26.