The weekend of September 17-18 marked the Stevens Men’s Golf team’s competition in the George Cangero Invitational in Farmingdale, NY, where the team placed sixth overall. Over two rounds, the team scored 591, which was 25 strokes behind the lead score from St. Thomas Aquinas College out of Orangeburg, NY.
Stevens started the tournament shooting a 299 in round one of the competition. Gus Vickers led the Ducks, shooting a 73. Behind Vickers was Miles Philion with a 74, Eegan McDermott and Eduardo Terlaje with 76, and Punn Chittaratlert closing out the roster with an 81.
In the second round, Stevens improved by seven strokes from the opening round for a final score of 292. Similarly to the previous round, Vickers led the Ducks with a 70. McDermott followed with a 73, Philion with a 74, Terlaje with a 75, and Chittaratlert with a 76.
One highlight from the tournament came from Vickers, who tied for eighth place overall with a 143. The invitational is Vickers’ second straight competition in eighth place. In the opening 18 holes on day one, Vickers had scored three birdies, and also had three on the second day of the invitational match. Philion had three birdies and had pars on the final five holes, and McDermott had three pars and closed out his final match of the tournament with a birdie on the par-4 hole.
Head Mens’ Golf coach Charles Papendick made many positive remarks regarding the team’s performance. In addition to congratulating Vickers on his leading performance for the team, Papendick praised his team stating, “I am pleased with our results this weekend. Our returning players are rounding into form and our newer players are acclimating to our schedule.” Papendick continued that the team will use what they learned at this tournament during practice to improve their performance.
The Men’s Golf team will continue to compete into October, and they have already competed in the FDU Fall Invitational, in which they took first place. Their next match will be round one of the Mason-Dixon Collegiate Classic on October 1 at the Waynesboro Country Club in Waynesboro, PA.
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