LEBANON, Pa. - The Hood College men's golf team finished tied for fifth at the LVC Dutchmen Invitational at Lebanon Country Club.
Michael Bushman (North Potomac, Md. / Quince Orchard) finished fifth to lead the Blazers with a 78 on the par 72, 6,562-yard course.
Andy Baker (Boyds, Md. / Poolesville) joined him in the top 20, tying for 19th with a round of 84.
Hood's other three golfers all finished in the top half of the field of 101 players. Joe Hutchins (Eldersburg, Md. / Liberty) tied for 37th with an 87. Making his collegiate debut, Michael Bliss (Newtown, Pa. / The Pennington School (N.J.)) shot an 88 to tie for 47th. Kyle Moir (Hagerstown, Md. / North Hagerstown) turned in an 89 to finish tied for 50th.
The Blazers' 337 tied Susquehanna for fifth place, but the two squads were only three shots away from third place Penn State Harrisburg. Moravian combined for a 324 to beat Neumann for the team title by three strokes.
Moravian's Jim Maru won the individual crown with a 74.
Hood finished one shot behind Stevenson and defeated four other MAC Commonwealth teams: Alvernia, Lebanon Valley, Widener and Albright. Bushman had the second-best round from a Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth golfer.
Hood travels to the Elizabethtown Blue Jay Classic on Apr. 7.