HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Hood College men's golf team opened its season at the Messiah College Falcon Classic at the Blue Ridge Country Club.

Andy Baker paced the Blazers on the par 72, 6,615-yard course. He shot a 79 to tie for 21st place. 

Brendan Mahoney turned in a 90 to place 55th. Michael Bushman was one shot back in a 56th place tie. Kyle Moir's 92 tied for 58th. Jon Knehans rounded out the Hood quintet with a 98, finishing 77th. 

Dane Sethre-Hofstad of Gettysburg, Pitt-Greensburg's Javon Trought and Messiah's Nate Haney tied for first with matching rounds of 70. Sethre-Hofstad was awarded the victory on a tie-breaker. 

Muhlenberg won the team title with a 304, five strokes ahead of Lebanon Valley. Hood shot a 352 to finish 12th of 17 teams. 

The Blazers travel to Elizabethtown on September 20.