This past weekend, on Sunday, April 7 and Monday, April 8, led by senior Gus Vickers, the Stevens Institute of Technology Golf team finished 13th at the Hershey Cup, held in Hershey, PA.
Vickers climbed eight spots on day two of the tournament after shooting a 6-over 77 in the first round. He finished the tournament shooting 3-over 74 and finishing in a tie for 17th out of 87 total participants competing in the tournament.
Junior Eduardo Terlaje made one of just nine eagles in the tournament. Despite the eagle, he shot an 87 in the first round but rallied back on the second day with a 78 to move up seven spots for a tie for 65th finish.
First-years Austin Liao, Maxime Debets, and Sebastian Beaver had strong showings as well. Liao finished 50th in the tournament and claimed the second best score on the team. He shot 10-over across his first nine holes on Sunday, but bounced back on the back nine in round one making four birdies to finish 2-under. The next day, Liao shot a 10-over 81 to finish 18-over across both days.
Debets finished in a tie for 57th, making three birdies on the weekend. He shot 83 and 80 to finish 21-over for the tournament. Beaver made just one birdie, shooting 84 on Sunday and an 81 on Monday to also finish in a tie for 65th with Terlaje.
As a team, the Ducks finished with a score of 636, finishing only five strokes behind 12th place finisher St. John Fisher University and 37 strokes off tournament champion Wittenberg University, finishing with a collective team score of 599. Wittenberg claimed first place with a team score of 599, Following close behind as the runner-ups University of Rochester, finishing only three strokes off of Wittenberg. Franklin & Marshall College and Gettysburg College came in third and fourth, respectively, while New York University and McDaniel College both tied at fifth to round out the top five finishers.
The Ducks are back in action this weekend as they compete in the Garden State Collegiate Classic in Washington, NJ, at the Hawke Point Golf Club. It will be a two-day tournament beginning on Saturday, April 13, and continuing into Sunday, April 14.
