With three of its players among the seven who shared
medalist honors with a 36 on the tough Huntingdon Valley Country Club layout,
The Haverford School completed perfect 30-0-0 run through the Inter-Ac League’s
regular-season gauntlet of six invitationals with its sixth straight sweep Tuesday.
Two of the Haverford School seniors, A.J. Aivazoglou and
Peter Garno, carded a 36 and sophomore Jake Maddaloni also had a 36 as the
Fords put together a 183 total to edge Episcopal Academy by three shots.
Mac Costin added a 37 and Sam Walker had a 38 as the Fords
put together another solid round. Episcopal Academy and Malvern Prep are both
very good teams and shared second place in the final standings at 21-9. Both
came close to at least denying Haverford School the top spot in a couple of the
invitationals, but the Fords always had the answer.
The Haverford School had already wrapped up the league title after five invitationals, but this team matches the feat of the 2012 team
that featured Scott Jaster as a senior and Cole Berman as a junior in going
30-0-0. They are the only two teams to have pulled that off since the Inter-Ac
went to the invitational format when golf moved from the spring to the fall in
2011.
Episcopal Academy, which carded a solid 186 team score, was
led by junior Jacob Zeng and senior co-captain Robbie Copit, both of whom were
among the large group of co-medalists at 36.
Jacob Zeng’s solid round enabled him to finish first in the
points standings the Inter-Ac puts together to determine the top player during
the regular season. He is the first Episcopal player to capture that title and
his 35.8 average was also the best in the league. More on the final individual
standings in a minute.
Episcopal Academy’s other senior co-captain and Jacob Zeng’s
older brother, Mike Zeng, added a 37 and classmates James LeRoux and J.R.
Rauscher added respective rounds of 38 and 39 to round out the counters for the
Churchmen.
Malvern Prep, which took third with a 189 total, was led by
senior Matt Civitella, who also got a piece of medalist honors for the day with
a 36.
Senior John Updike capped four years of excellence in
Inter-Ac regular-season invitationals with a 38 and seniors Kevin Hagan and
Chuck Andress posted respective scores of 39 and 40. Senior Andrew Curran and
freshman Keller Mulhern each carded a 41, so either could be credited with the
Friars’ final counter. Let’s give it to Curran since he has been an outstanding
representative of the Malvern Prep program throughout his four years.
The last of the seven players who shared medalist honors at
Huntingdon Valley was Penn Charter sophomore Patrick Isztwan, who joined the
group with a 36 on his home course. Penn Charter was the host for the invitational at Huntingdon Valley.
Isztwan will be the defending champion when the top players
gather Tuesday at Sunnybrook Golf Club for the Bert Linton Memorial Inter-Ac
League Individual Championship. Isztwan carded a 75 at Huntingdon Valley to
claim a win in the Bert Linton as a freshman last fall.
The top 18 finishers in the points standings from the
regular season qualify for the Bert Linton with each coach getting a wild card
into the tournament. Isztwan was a wild card a year ago.
Jacob Zeng held off Aivazoglou to finish atop the
regular-season points standings at 241-24-17. To measure how much of an
accomplishment it is for Zeng, you need only to check out the roster of
talented players he beat.
Aivazoglou, a left-hander who plays out of Rolling Green
Golf Club, came on strong in the last few invitationals to finish second at
234-33-15 with a scoring average of 36.8.
The Haverford School’s Mac Costin finished third with a
230-32-20 mark, his 36.7 scoring average slightly better than his teammate
Aivazoglou.
Civitella was solid all season for Malvern Prep and finished
fourth with a record of 229-33-20 and 36.8 scoring average.
The Haverford School’s Walker finished fifth with a
223-41-18 mark and a 37.2 scoring average. Malvern Prep’s Updike was sixth with
a 219-49-14 mark and a 37.3 scoring average. And Haverford School’s Garno was
seventh with a 214-49-19 and a 37.2 scoring average.
The Haverford School had a remarkable seven players among
the final top 12 in the individual standings with David Hurly finishing 10th,
Charlie Baker 11th and Maddaloni 12th.
Following Episcopal Academy and Malvern Prep in the final
team standings were Germantown Academy (10-19-1) in fourth, Springside Chestnut
Hill Academy (6-23-1) in fifth and Penn Charter (1-29-0) in sixth.
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