Men's Golf

Baker Matches Hood Record at Messiah

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Hood College's Andy Baker (Boyds, Md. / Poolesville) tied the school record with a 74 to finish second at the Messiah College Falcon Classic at the Blue Ridge Country Club. 

Baker's round matched the record set barely a year ago by teammate Michael Bushman (North Potomac, Md. / Quince Orchard) at Piney Branch Golf Club on Apr. 6, 2015.

With his 2-over par 74, Baker finished two shots behind Zach Arsenault of Rutgers-Camden, who won with an even-par 72 on the 6,635-yard course. 

Michael Bliss (Newtown, Pa. / The Pennington School (N.J.)) shot his best round of the year with an 80, tying for 18th. Bushman tied for 31st with a round of 82. Joe Hutchins (Eldersburg, Md. / Liberty) carded an 85 to tie for 44th. Kyle Moir's (Hagerstown, Md. / North Hagerstown) 90 tied for 61st place. 

A total of 15 teams and 80 players participated in the tournament.

Hood's 321 is the fourth-best score in school history and the best of the spring for the Blazers. Hood finished fifth in the team standings. Seven teams from the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth participated, with only Messiah's second-place score of 313 placing ahead of the Blazers.

Rutgers-Camden was the team champion with a 310. 

The tournament was Hood's final tune up before the MAC Commonwealth Championships at Hershey Country Club-East on Apr. 23-24. 

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Players Mentioned

Andy Baker

Andy Baker

6' 1"
Sophomore
Michael Bliss

Michael Bliss

5' 10"
First Year
Michael Bushman

Michael Bushman

5' 9"
Sophomore
Joe Hutchins

Joe Hutchins

6' 3"
Sophomore
Kyle Moir

Kyle Moir

5' 10"
First Year

Players Mentioned

Andy Baker

Andy Baker

6' 1"
Sophomore
Michael Bliss

Michael Bliss

5' 10"
First Year
Michael Bushman

Michael Bushman

5' 9"
Sophomore
Joe Hutchins

Joe Hutchins

6' 3"
Sophomore
Kyle Moir

Kyle Moir

5' 10"
First Year