HERSHEY, Pa. - The Hood College men's golf team shot the seventh-best round in school history and tied for sixth at the Elizabethtown Blue Jay Classic.
Andy Baker (Boyds, Md. / Poolesville) led the Blazers with a 78, to tie for 12th on the par-71, 6,207-yard course.
Michael Bushman (North Potomac, Md. / Quince Orchard) was two shots back in a tie for 22nd. Michael Bliss (Newtown, Pa. / The Pennington School (N.J.)) shot an 81, good to tie for 32nd. Joe Hutchins (Eldersburg, Md. / Liberty) tied for 59th with an 85, one stroke in front of Kyle Moir (Hagerstown, Md. / North Hagerstown). Moir tied for 65th.
Hood's 324 tied Lebanon Valley for sixth overall. The only Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth team ahead of the Blazers and Dutchmen was Stevenson. The Mustangs were second with a 313. Eastern won the team title with a 308.
The Eagles' Ryan Torresin won the individual crown on a tie-breaker with a 72. Alvernia's Brett Fernandes was second, also with a 72.
Hood's team score was the seventh-best in program history, but just its third-best this season as the Blazers are on pace to break several season scoring records.
Hood travels to the Gettysburg Invitational on Apr. 16.