Shaw goes low at Odessa National to claim a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Kie Shaw, a Wilmington, Del. resident and a senior at the Delaware Military Academy, got it in red figures with a 2-under-par 70 at Odessa National Golf Club in Townsend, Del. to claim a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division Sept. 12^th.

   It was the first of the series of weekend fall events that wraps up the Philly Junior Tour season. Looks like it might have been part of a weekend Junior Golf Scoreboard (JGS) series of events in Delaware as the stop at Odessa National was followed up by an event at Garrisons Lake Golf Club Sept. 13^th.

   Top finishes in JGS events offer players points that can earn them status on some of the higher-profile junior circuits, most notably the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA).

   Shaw, who finished in a tie for fifth place in last spring’s Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Championship at Baywood Greens, got his round going with back-to-back birdies at the fifth and sixth holes, added another birdie at 12 and had 15 pars on his scorecard, finishing up his round with six straight pars.

   Shaw made a bogey at the first hole and went 3-under the rest of the way.

   Nolan Traczykiewicz, a senior on the Central Bucks South golf team, made back-to-back birdies at the 15^th and 16^th holes and had 13 pars on his card, including a stretch of five consecutive pars from six through 10, as he finished three shots behind Shaw in second place with a 1-over 73.

   Chase Schmidt of Waterford, N.J. made birdies at the fourth, 10^th and 18^th holes and had 10 pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Traczykiewicz in third place with a 2-over 74.

   The trio of Joel Vogt of Rising Sun, Md., Brayden Hughes of Hockessin, Del. and David Dempsey of Franklinville, N.J. shared fourth place, each posting a 75.

   Ben Fifer of Wyoming, Del. took seventh place with a 76, Shane Cornell, a senior on the Avon Grove golf team, was eighth with a 77 and the trio of Ryan Kline of Millsboro, Del. and a couple of Haddonfield, N.J. guys, Will Simonson and Nicholas DiMedio, rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division as they finished in a tie for ninth, each signing for a 78.

   It was a pretty competitive group of older guys with just eight shots separating the top 11 finishers.

   Helmut Dang, a talented 13-year-old from Newtown Square, made an eagle at the par-5 16^th hole on his way to a 1-over 73 that gave him a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division.

   Dang, who had represented the Philly Junior Tour against top players from the New Jersey Junior Tour in the Under Armour Jon M. Pritsch Memorial Cup last month, also made birdies at the fifth, eighth and 18^th holes and had nine pars on his scorecard.

   Patrick Thomas of Hockessin, Del. made birdies at the fifth and eighth holes, went back-to-back with birdies at 12 and 13 and had seven pars on his card, including three straight pars at 15, 16 and 17, as he earned runnerup honors with a 3-over 75.

   Nathan Lobo, a sophomore on the Spring-Ford golf team, made a birdie at the fifth hole and had 13 pars on his card, including a run of five straight pars from 12 through 16, as he finished in third place with a 76.

   Looks like Nathan Lobo earned a trip to next week’s District One Class AAA Championship by finishing in a tie for 16^th place in the Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship last Wednesday with an 80 at Turtle Creek Golf Course, which is where the district championship will be played Oct. 5 and 6.

   Dean Matta of West Grove took fourth place with a 78, Bryce Bussom of Lewisburg was fifth with a 79, Preston Minio of Lansdale was sixth with an 80 and the duo of Adrian Santiago of Millsboro, Del. and Steven Musacchio of Glenmoore finished in a tie for seventh, each recording an 81.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division were Carter Bove of Kennett Square and Joseph Hoynoski IV, a sophomore on the North Penn golf team, as they finished in a tie for ninth place, each tallying an 82.

   Ellie Walls, a junior on the Indian River golf team who finished in third place in last spring’s DIAA Championship at Baywood Greens, ripped off three straight birdies at the fourth, fifth and sixth holes, added another birdie at 10 and made an eagle at the par-5 16^th as she earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division with an 82.

   Walls also had four pars on her scorecard.

   Brooke Burge, a senior on the Appoquinimink golf team, had seven pars on her card as she finished in second place with a 90.

   Olivia Bond of Del Haven, N.J. made pars at the first and 17^th holes as she rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division by finishing in third place with a 115.

   Trisha Lobo, a talented 11-year-old and another member of Collegeville’s Team Lobo, made birdies at the fifth and ninth holes and had five pars on her scorecard as she finished atop the leaderboard while playing up in the 13-to-15 division with an 83.

   Grace Carroll of West Chester had nine pars on her card as she earned runnerup honors with an 87.

   Addison Murphy of Phoenixville had four pars on her card as she finished in third place with a 92.

   Sonia Rosenman of Moorestown, N.J. took fourth place with a 96, Antonella Ferrer of Wynnewood was fifth with a 107 and Molly Wagner, a Newark, Del. resident and a junior on the St. Mark’s golf team, finished sixth with a 108.

   Hannah He of Chadds Ford rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished in seventh place with a 112.

   It was a four-way logjam at the top among the boys 12-and-under nine-holers as Grayson Wright of Philadelphia, Dino Luccia of North Wales, Kash Gray of Eagleville and Leonardo Rossi of Ambler each carded a 3-over 39.

   Wright made an eagle at the par-4 fourth hole, added a birdie at five and had two pars on his scorecard. Luccia had six pars on his card, including three straight pars at the second, third and fourth holes.

   Gray made a birdie at the seventh hole and had six pars on his card, opening his round with four straight pars. Rossi made a birdie at the fourth hole and had four pars on his card.

   James Hanson of Egg Harbor Township, N.J. and Bennett Cho of Chesterbrook shared fifth place, each tallying a 42, Tyler Drinker of West Chester was seventh with a 43, Kayaan Patel of Mullica Hill, N.J. was eighth with a 47 and Kamran Patel of Moorestown, N.J. was ninth with a 48.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division was Jackson Larrabee of Wilmington, Del. as he finished in 10^th place with a 50.

   Juniper Ha of Royersford was the lone entry in the girls 12-and-under division and she made a par at the sixth hole on her way to a 51 on the outgoing nine at Odessa National.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gooneratne's first collegiate victory leads Delaware to team title in Mary Fossum Invitational

 

   Rhianna Gooneratne, the PIAA Class AAA champion as a junior at Plymouth-Whitemarsh in 2023, was the leading lady for Delaware in its first two tournaments of the fall portion of the wraparound 2026-2027 season.

   Last week in the Mary Fossum Invitational, hosted by Big Ten power Michigan State at Forest Akers West in East Lansing, Mich., Gooneratne, a junior for the Blue Hens, was the leading lady, period.

   Gooneratne carded a second straight even-par 72 over the 6,370-yard, par-72 Forest Akers West layout to claim her first individual collegiate victory by two shots with an even-par 144 total. It was the 13^th individual tournament victory in the history of the Delaware program.

   The Mary Fossum was originally scheduled to be a 54-hole event, but rainy weather limited the planned 36-hole double round Sept. 20^th to just one round. The tournament was completed with another single round last Monday, Sept. 21^st.

   More importantly, Gooneratne led Delaware, a Conference USA representative, to the team title, the Blue Hens putting together a 23-over 599 total that enabled them to finish four shots clear of Mid-American Conference entry Central Michigan.

   It was the 16^th tournament team title in the history of the Delaware program.

   Delaware had battled a couple of tough fields in its first two tournaments of the season.

   Gooneratne had finished in a tie for 15^th place to help the Blue Hens finish in 10^th place in the Nittany Lion Invitational to open their season.

   It was a tie for 10^th place in the Badger Invitational, which wrapped up Sept. 15^th at host Wisconsin’s University Ridge Golf Course in Madison, Wis., for the Blue Hens. Gooneratne again led the way, finishing in a tie for 28^th place in the individual standings.

   In the Mary Fossum, Delaware opened with a 10-over 298, the best team round of the tournament, to take a two-shot lead over Michigan State.

   The Spartans boast an elite program and closed out their 2025-’26 season in the NCAA Championship at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. after gutting out a fourth-place finish as a seven seed at the Chapel Hill Regional last spring.

   A 13-over 301 in the second round enabled Delaware to finish at the top of the team leaderboard.

   Delaware also got a strong showing from senior Mary Grace Dunigan, who led Unionville to the PIAA Class AAA team crown in 2020 during an outstanding scholastic career with the Longhorns.

   Dunigan, who captured the Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur crown in July at Gulph Mills Golf Club, opened with a 1-over 73 and added a 2-over 74 in the second round to finish alone in third place with a 3-over 147 total that left her a shot behind Bowling Green’s Addison Kartusch, a junior from Canada.

   Delaware had a third finisher inside the top six as Hyunji Kim, a junior from England who ended up in a tie for sixth place with a 6-over 150 total. After opening with a 5-over 77, Kim contributed a critical 1-over 73 in the second round.

   Central Michigan, with Rachel Niskanen, a senior from Negaunee, Mich., and Elise Fennell, a freshman from Caledonia, Mich., finishing in a tie for fourth place in the individual standings at 5-over 149, matched Delaware’s final round of 13-over 301 to finish four shots behind the Blue Hens in second place with a 27-over 603 total.

   The Chippewas had opened with a 302.

   Niskanen bounced back from an opening round of 5-over 77 to match Gooneratne’s even-par 72 for the low round of the day in the second round. Fennell opened with a 1-over 73 before closing with a 4-over 76.

   Central Michigan had a third player end up in the top 10 as Lexi Schulman, a senior from Vernon Hills, Ill., finished among the group tied for 10^th place with an 8-over 152 total. Schulman closed with a 3-over 75 after opening with a 77.

   Michigan State only trailed Delaware by three shots following its opening round of 13-over 301, but the Spartans struggled in the second round with a 307 and settled for a third-place finish at 32-over 608, five shots behind Central Michigan.

   Michigan State was led by Keeley Marx, a senior from Australia who shared sixth place with Delaware’s Kim with a 6-over 150 total. Marx signed for a pair of 3-over 75s.

   Sarisa Pajanalai, a sophomore from Thailand, gave Michigan State another player inside the top eight as she finished in a tie for eighth place with a 7-over 151 total. After opening with a solid 2-over 74, Pajanalai finished up with a 77.

   Rutgers, another Big Ten representative, and Bowling Green, one of Central Michigan's MAC rivals, finished in a tie for fourth place in the 15-team field, each ending up a shot behind Michigan State with a 33-over 609 total.

   The Red Knights added a 16-over 304 in the second round to their opening-round 305. The Falcons bounced back from an opening-round 310 with one of the best team rounds of the tournament, an 11-over 299 in the second round.

   Rutgers was led by Emily James, a senior from England who shared eighth place with Michigan State’s Pajanalai at 7-over. James had grabbed the lead after opening with a 1-under 71, the best individual round of the tournament, before falling back with an 80 in the second round.

   The Red Knights had another finisher in the top 10 as Judy Amano, a junior from Japan, ended up among the trio tied for 10^th place at 8-over. Amano closed with a solid 2-over 74 after opening with a 78.

   Bowling Green, behind Kartusch, the runnerup in the individual chase, bounced back from an opening-round 310 with an 11-over 299 in the second round.

   Kartusch was right there with Gooneratne, matching par in the opening round with a 72 before adding a 2-over 74 that left her alone in second place with a 2-over 146 total.

   Bowling Green’s Avery Thompson, a junior from Heath, Ohio, rounded out the trio tied for 10^th place 8-over as she bounced back from an opening-round 79 with a solid 1-over 73 in the second round.

   Bowling Green accepted an invitation to last spring’s National Golf Invitational at the AK-Chin Southern Golf Club in Maricopa, Ariz. and Kartusch made the most of the opportunity by capturing the individual crown.

   Backing up the top three of Gooneratne, Dunigan and Kim for Delaware was Anushka Sawant, a junior from South Brunswick, N.J. who finished among the group tied for 38^th place with a 158 total. Sawant opened with a 4-over 76 before adding an 82 in the second round.

   It was a bit of a struggle at Forest Akers West for freshman Kayley Roberts, a four-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier during an outstanding scholastic career at Phoenixville.

   Roberts rounded out the Delaware lineup as she finished in a tie for 71^st place with a 165 total after adding an 82 in the second round to her opening-round 83.

   One of Roberts’ chief rivals during her scholastic career, Mya Morgan, who captured the last two PIAA Class AAA individual titles in her last two years at Elizabeth Forward, had a strong showing for Central Michigan.

   Morgan, a freshman, opened with a 3-over 75 and added a 78 in the second round to finish in the group tied for 13^th place with a 9-over 153 total for the Chippewas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robertson, Pisarski help Temple rally to team title in its John MacDonald Temple Invitational at The 1912 Club

 

   Host Temple opened the wraparound 2026-2027 season by rallying in Tuesday’s final round to capture the team title by a shot over Delaware in the John MacDonald Temple Invitational at the Owls’ home course, The 1912 Club in Plymouth Meeting.

   Temple, an American Athletic Conference representative, had struggled in the opening round of Monday’s double round with a 20-over-par 300 over the classic 6,951-yard, par-70 1912 Club layout, but bounced right back in the afternoon by matching par with a 280.

   Temple overcame soggy, windy conditions in Tuesday’s final round with a solid 2-over 282 that enabled the Owls to overtake Delaware and finish with a 22-over 862 total.

   Individually, Temple was paced by Travis Robertson, a junior from Palm Beach, Fla. who transferred to North Broad Street from Lafayette, and Nicholas Pisarski, a sophomore from Orlando, Fla., both of whom finished in a tie atop the individual standings with Drexel’s Harry Cohen, a sophomore from Franklin Lakes, N.J. and a transfer from Rutgers, at 1-over 211.

   Cohen, however, claimed the individual title in a playoff with the two Owls.

   The Temple Invitational was renamed in honor of John MacDonald, who was the head coach for the Owls from 1971 to 2001 and produced four players who went on to tee it up on the PGA Tour.

   Robertson bounced back from an opening round of 3-over 73 with a sparkling 3-under 67 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to get a share of the individual lead with Cohen. Robertson closed with a solid 1-over 71 in difficult conditions in Tuesday’s final round.

   After struggling to a 5-over 75 in the opening round, Pisarski rattled off a pair of 2-under 68s in the final two rounds. Pisarski’s final-round 68 was the best round of the day with the wind turning The 1912 Club layout, always a challenge, into a tough puzzle to solve.

   Cohen had the best individual round of the tournament, a sizzling 4-under 66, in the afternoon of Monday’s double round after he had opened with a 4-over 74. He closed with a 1-over 71 to join Temple’s Robertson and Pisarski at the top of the leaderboard.

   Cohen then prevailed in a playoff to capture his first collegiate individual title.

   Delaware, behind a fourth-place finish in the individual standings by junior Shaun Mazzalupi, a three-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier at Radnor who spent his first two seasons of college golf at Division II Ashland in Ohio, finished a shot behind Temple in second place with a 23-over 863 total.

   The Blue Hens, a Conference USA representative, had added a 10-over 290 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to their opening round of 5-over 285 to take a one-shot lead over Lehigh going into Tuesday’s final round.

   Delaware closed with an 8-over 288 to come up just short of Temple.

   The Blue Hens had opened their season by finishing in a tie for ninth place in the Bryan National Collegiate, hosted by North Carolina Greensboro at Bryan National Golf & Conference Center in Browns Summit, N.C. and which wrapped up Sept. 13^th. Delaware finished with an 11-over 875 total.

   Mazzalupi, making his debut in the Delaware lineup, was really steady, matching par in the opening round with a 70 before adding a pair of 1-over 71s in the final two rounds for a 2-over 212 total that left him a shot out of the three-way playoff for the title.

   Delaware ended up with two other top-10 finishes as Caleb Itzoe, a junior from Phoenix, Md., and senior Matthew Homer, who starred scholastically at The Tatnall School and was a standout on the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s junior circuit, were among a group of four players tied for ninth place at 7-over 217.

   Itzoe added a 2-over 72 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening-round 74 before closing with a solid 1-over 71. Matthew Homer opened with a 1-over 71 before adding a pair of 3-over 73s in the final two rounds.

   Lehigh, playing out of the Patriot League, finished five shots behind Delaware in third place with a 28-over 868 total.

   The Mountain Hawks had opened with a 16-over 296, but matched Temple’s even-par 280 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round that left them trailing Delaware by just a shot in the team chase entering Tuesday’s final round. Lehigh closed with a 12-over 292.

   Lehigh had opened its season by finishing in fifth place in The Doc Gimmler, which was shortened to 36 holes by rain earlier this month at Bethpage State Park’s Red Course on Long Island.

   The Mountain Hawks had a pair of top-10 finishers in Nathan Le-Nguyen, a freshman from Canada who ended up in a tie for fifth place with a 3-over 213 total, and Matthew Quinn, a senior from Holden, Mass. whom earned a share of seventh with a 6-over 216 total.

   Le-Nguyen added a solid 1-under 69 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening round of 3-over 73 before closing with a 71. Quinn sandwiched a solid 2-under 68 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round with a pair of 4-over 74s.

   La Salle, an Atlantic 10 representative, and Canisius, playing out of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), finished in a tie for fourth place, each landing on 35-over 875.

   The Explorers opened with a 13-over 293 and bounced back with a 6-over 286 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 296.

   La Salle had opened its season by joining Delaware in the tie for ninth place in the Bryan National Collegiate earlier this month in North Carolina.

   The Explorers were led by Gavin Dosch, a senior from Draper, Utah who finished among the group tied for ninth place at 7-over 217.

   Dosch opened with a solid 1-over 71 and added a 4-over 74 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before finishing up with a 72.

   Canisius struggled to a 20-over 300 in the opening round, but bounced back with a 7-over 287 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 288.

   The Golden Griffins had opened their season by finishing in a tie for ninth place in the Alex Lagowitz Memorial, hosted by Colgate over the Labor Day weekend at the Seven Oaks Golf Club in Hamilton, N.Y.

   Canisius followed that up by finishing in second place against regional rivals St. Bonaventure and Niagara in the Little Three Golf Championship at Bartlett Country Club in Olean, N.Y.

   Canisius had two players among the top-10 finishers at The 1912 Club as Cole Thompson, a sophomore from Canada, joined Lehigh’s Quinn in the tie for seventh place at 6-over and Mikey Takacs, a senior from Iowa City, Iowa, rounded out the foursome tied for ninth place at 7-over.

   After opening with a 3-over 73, Thompson posted a 72 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a solid 1-over 71. Tackacs bounced back from an opening round of 6-over 76 with a 72 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before finishing strong with a 1-under 69 in the final round.

   Drexel, behind Cohen, the individual champion, finished four shots behind La Salle and Canisius in sixth place in the team standings with a 39-over 879 total.

   After opening with a 299, the Dragons, playing out of the Coastal Athletic Association, bounced back with a 12-over 292 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with an 8-over 288.

   Drexel, the defending champion at The 1912 Club, had opened its season by finishing in 14^th place in a tough field in the J.T. Poston Invitational, which wrapped up Sept. 15^th at the Waynesville Inn & Golf Club in Waynesville, N.C.

   The Dragons also got a strong showing from senor John Keba, who starred scholastically at Allentown Central Catholic, as he finished in a tie for fifth place with Lehigh’s Le-Nguyen at 3-over.

   After opening with a 4-over 74, Keba matched par in the afternoon of Monday’s double round with a 70 before finishing up with a solid 1-under 69.

   Temple head coach Brian Quinn used the opportunity of the Owls’ home tournament to field an entire B team and send a couple of individuals out, as well.

   Temple’s B team finished last of the 12 teams in the field with a 921 total as the Owls’ second-stringers added a 306 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to their opening-round 316 before closing with a 299.

   Temple’s B team was led by senior Michael Vital, a scholastic standout at Bethlehem’s Liberty High who finished among the group tied for 15^th place with a 9-over 219 total. Michael Vital added a 3-over 73 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening-round 74 before closing with a 2-over 72.

   Backing up Robertson and Pisarski for Temple’s first team was Max Jackson, a freshman from Cumberland, R.I. who finished among the group tied for 19^th place with a 12-over 222 total. Jackson matched par in the afternoon of Monday’s double round with a 70 after opening with a 6-over 76 before closing with a 74.

   Mason Tome, a junior from West Palm Beach, Fla., finished in the group tied for 34^th place for the Owls as he closed with a solid 1-under 69 after struggling in Monday’s double round, opening with an 81 and adding a 5-over 75 in the afternoon.

   Rounding out the first five for Temple was William Jun, a junior from Jupiter, Fla. as he finished among the group tied for 51^st place with a 232 total. Jun sandwiched an 80 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round with a pair of 6-over 76s.

   Matthew Homer’s twin brother Jeff Homer wasn’t far behind his twin in the battle for low-Homer honors for Delaware as he finished among the group tied for 15^th place with a 9-over 219 total. Like his twin brother, Jeff Homer starred scholastically at The Tatnall School and was GAP’s Junior Player of the Year in 2023.

   Jeff Homer matched par in the opening round with a 70 and added a 4-over 74 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 75.

   Rounding out the Delaware lineup was Ikk Iampongsai, a junior from Thailand who finished in the group tied for 28^th place with a 223 total. Iampongsai recorded a pair of 5-over 75s in Monday’s double round before closing with a 73.

   Chikun Xin, a junior from China, competed as an individual for the Blue Hens and finished alone in 55^th place with a 233 total. Xin bounced back from an opening-round 83 with a pair of 5-over 75s in the final two rounds.

   Backing up Dosch for La Salle was graduate student Logan Paciewski, a four-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier at Dallas whose college journey has included stops at George Mason and Rutgers.

   Paczewski, winner of the Patterson Cup, one of GAP’s major championships, in 2023, finished among the group tied for 24^th place with a 10-over 220 total. After opening with a 5-over 75, Paczewski rebounded with a sparkling 1-under 69 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 76.

   Kyle Virsik, a sophomore from Melbourne, Fla., finished among the trio tied for 24^th place with a 221 total for the Explorers as he opened with a 3-over 73 before adding back-to-back 74s in the final two rounds.

   The La Salle lineup had another transfer in graduate student Billy Pabst, who lost in a playoff to Downingtown West’s Nick Gross for the PIAA Class AAA crown as a senior at North Pocono in 2021.

   Pabst, who transferred to La Salle after beginning his college career at Penn State, finished in the group tied for 28^th place at The 1912 Club. Pabst was solid in Monday’s double round, matching par in the afternoon with a 70 after opening with a 4-over 74, but struggled a little in the final round with a 79.

   Rounding out the La Salle lineup was Payton Hawke, a junior from Canada who finished in a tie for 38^th place with a 226 total. After struggling in the opening round with a 79, Hawke added a 3-over 73 in the afternoon of Monday’s double before closing with a 74.

   Backing up Cohen and Keba for Drexel was Nathan Crawford, a freshman from Port St. Lucie, Fla. who finished among the group tied for 34^th place with a 225 total. After opening with a 5-over 75, Crawford added a 77 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before finishing up with a 73.

   Rounding out the Drexel lineup was junior Matthew Normand, a scholastic standout at Rancocas Valley who finished in a tie for 45^th place with a 230 total. Normand opened with a 6-over 76 and added a 79 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 75.

   The team effort for the Dragons was hampered when their fifth player, junior John Stevenson, a scholastic standout at La Salle and GAP’s Junior Player of the Year in 2024, was forced to drop out due to illness halfway through the opening round.

   Backing up Michael Vital for Temple’s B team was his twin brother Matt Vital, a three-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier at Liberty who finished among the group tied for 47^th place with a 231 total. Matt Vital struggled in Monday’s double round, opening with an 80 and adding a 78 in the afternoon before finding his groove a little in a final round of 3-over 73.

   Tommy Murdough, a junior from Concord, Mass., finished in the group tied for 51^st place with a 232 total for the Owls B-teamers as he added a 78 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening-round 79 before closing with a 5-over 75.

   Freshman Cody Sutcliffe, a product of La Salle’s Catholic League powerhouse, finished alone in 62^nd place with a 239 total as he added a 7-over 77 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening-round 83 before closing with a 79.

   Another freshman, Eddie Gephardt, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier as a senior at Strath Haven last fall, rounded out the Temple B team lineup as he finished in a tie for 63^rd place with a 244 total. Gephardt sandwiched an 8-over 78 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round with a pair of 83s.

   Gephardt was joined at 244 by teammate Nicholas Linkchorst, a sophomore who was a scholastic standout at West Chester Rustin and competed in the John MacDonald Temple Invitational as an individual.

   Linkchorst opened with an 8-over 78 and added an 85 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with an 81.

   Rounding out the Temple contingent was graduate student Michael Quirk, another product of the La Salle program in the Catholic League who finished in 65^th place with a 246 total. Quirk added an 80 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening-round 84 before closing with an 82.

   Nice showing by Rider sophomore J.P. Hoban, a steady force in back-to-back Inter-Ac League championship teams at The Haverford School. Hoban finished in a tie for 40^th place with a 227 total as he carded a pair of 5-over 75s in Monday’s double round before closing with a 77.

   The Broncs, another MAAC entry, finished in eighth place in the team chase at The 1912 Club with an 890 total.