DiLisio, Rogowicz make nice runs in U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur at Fiddlesticks

    To the surprise of no one who followed the high school girls golf scene a decade or so ago, there were Isabella DiLisio, the PIAA Class AAA champion in 2013 as a junior at Mount St. Joseph, and Jackie Rogowicz, a two-time District One Class AAA champion and a three-time runnerup in the state tournament for Pennsbury, making runs in last week’s U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Fiddlesticks Country Club’s Long Mean Course in Fort Myers, Fla.

   DiLisio made the deeper run at Fiddlesticks, falling, 1-up, in the semifinals to Aliea Clark of New York City as darkness was descending at the end of a long day of golf Wednesday. Clark played 44 holes of golf in wrapping up her round-of-16 match early in the morning, edging Jacqueline Setas of East Lansing, Mich. in 19 holes in her quarterfinal match and then outlasting DiLisio in the semifinals to reach the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am final for the second year in a row.

   Not sure if the 25-year-old DiLisio, who went on to star collegiately at Notre Dame following her standout high school career, had to come back Wednesday morning to complete her round-of-16 match, but I do know she ousted a tough customer in Courtney McKim of Raleigh, N.C., 3 and 1.

   DiLisio pulled out a 3 and 2 victory in the quarterfinals over another former Pennsylvania high school star, Kate Scarpetta of Crystal Lake, to earn her spot in the semifinals. The 33-year-old Scarpetta, a screenwriter, was a four-time PIAA qualifier at Scranton Prep, played college golf at Princeton and played professionally on several tours before regaining her amateur status.

   The rain can come at just about any time on Florida’s west coast and there was some waiting during the marathon Wednesday, but DiLisio and Clark, a native Southern Californian who is pursuing a pair of advanced degrees in business and film at NYU, headed out late in the day for their semifinal match.

   DiLisio jumped to a 2-up lead by winning the third hole with a par and the fourth hole with a birdie. Clark, however, ripped off birdies at the fifth, sixth and seventh holes to turn her 2-down deficit into a 1-up advantage.

   DiLisio evened the match by winning the 11^th hole with a birdie, but Clark regained a 1-up advantage by taking 14 with a par, maintaining that lead until DiLisio conceded Clark’s par putt in the fading daylight on the finishing hole of the Long Mean Course, and no, I couldn’t possibly make up a cool name like that.

   “It was a great match,” DiLisio told the USGA website. “Probably my toughest and closest one of the tournament. I got 2-up pretty early. I was 2-up through four and then Aliea made three birdies in a row.

   “But I hung in there. Just couldn’t get my putts to drop. I was hitting it all right, but she was hitting everything very close and making most of her birdie putts. It’s hard to compete when someone is playing like that.”

   There was a little added interest in this year’s U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur in our area because next year’s Women’s Mid-Am will be staged at Stonewall’s North Course, the newer of Tom Doak’s twin masterpieces laid out on a former dairy farm in northwest Chester County.

   DiLisio’s journey to the semifinals at Fiddlesticks actually began at Stonewall’s North Course – the “Udder Course” as it is often referred to by partners at the ’Wall – which staged the local qualifier, administered by the Golf Association of Philadelphia, for this year’s Women’s Mid-Am, in mid-August.

   It was a nice opportunity for some of the Philly-area mid-ams to familiarize themselves with the site of next year’s championship and DiLisio claimed medalist honors with a 5-over 75. Her run to the semifinals at Fiddlesticks exempts DiLisio into next year’s championship, a little closer to her Hatfield home.

   Rogowicz, who was in the starting lineup for four years at Penn State, also had a nice run at Fiddlesticks, her bid halted by Setas, who earned a hard-fought 1-up decision in the round of 16. Setas survived a battle with Hodgkins’ lymphoma while playing college golf at Michigan State.

   Rogowicz rolled to a seven-shot victory in the Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur Championship in early August at Lancaster Country Club.

   Rogowicz’s 1-up victory over Kyle Fraser of Fort Worth, Texas in the opening round of match play at Fiddlesticks set up a fascinating round-of-32 match with Katie Miller, who had rolled to the Pennsylvania Women’s Mid-Amateur title at Lancaster by a whopping 16 shots and has been a player for several years on the national mid-am scene.

   The 37-year-old Miller won three PIAA crowns at Hempfield area and went on to star at North Carolina. Her victory in Lancaster was extra special because it was her first as a mother. Miller married Oakmont Country Club head pro Devin Gee and her exemption into last year’s U.S. Women’s Mid-Am was deferred while she was carrying their first child.

   Rogowicz prevailed, 5 and 4, over Miller in the battle between two of Pennsylvania’s top women’s amateur players.

   Miller, however, did get to celebrate when Krissy Carman of Eugene, Ore. struck a blow for mid-am moms by capturing the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am crown with a 2 and 1 victory over Clark in Thursday’s final with 2-year-old son Conrad in attendance.

   It was a pretty good week for Pennsylvania and Philadelphia-area players at Fiddlesticks.

   Allison Wix, a four-time PIAA qualifier when she was Allison Cooper at Central Dauphin, earned a spot in the match-play bracket before suffering a 4 and 2 setback at the hands of Heather Wall of Lakeland, Fla. in the first round.

   Got a chance to watch Wix in action as she was in this Stonewall looper's group in the local qualifier at Stonewall’s North Course in August. With her brother Tim on the bag, Wix was the runnerup to her old scholastic rival, DiLisio, with a solid 6-over 76. It probably could have been lower, but Wix played it smart, not getting too aggressive while not losing sight of the ultimate goal: Advancing out of the qualifier.

   Then there was four-time U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion Meghan Stasi, who has lived in the Fort Lauderdale, Fla. area for a long time, but grew up in South Jersey. She dominated the Philadelphia women’s amateur scene when she was known as Meghan Bolger and captured the title in the Women’s Golf Association of Philadelphia’s Match Play Championship seven straight times from 1999 to 2005.

   Stasi came home to Tavistock Country Club this summer and claimed the WGAP Match Play Championship for the ninth time.

   Stasi reached the quarterfinals at Fiddlesticks, her bid finally halted in a 2-up loss to Jennifer Peng of San Diego, who had captured medalist honors in qualifying for match play for the second straight U.S. Women’s Mid-Am.

   Like DiLisio, the showings by Rogowicz and Stasi at Fiddlesticks will exempt them from local qualifying for next year’s U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, so all three should have tee times next September at Stonewall’s North Course.

   Peng, the Ivy League’s Player of the Year at Yale for the wraparound 2016-2017 season, grabbed medalist honors as she added a 5-under 67 in the second round to her opening round of 1-under 71 for a 6-under 138 total.

   Kelsey Chugg, the 2017 U.S. Women’s Mid-Am champion from Salt Lake City, Utah, was the runnerup, just a shot behind Peng after adding a 3-under 69 to her opening-round 70 for a 5-under 139 total.

   Miller, the three-time reigning Pennsylvania Mid-Am champion, finished two shots behind Chugg in third place with a 3-under 141 total after adding a 2-under 70 in the second round to her opening-round 71.

   Peng reached the semifinals before falling to Carman, the eventual winner, 3 and 2.

   Wix just avoided being part of a 14-women playoff for the final nine spots in the match play bracket as she carded a second straight 77 for a 10-over 154 total.

   Coatesville native Kelli Pry, who lives in Tampa, Fla. these days, just missed making the playoff for the final spots in match play as she added a 77 in the second round to her opening-round 79 for a 156 total.

   Lauren Bernard, who starred scholastically at Notre Dame and collegiately at Bucknell, was another player who emerged from the qualifier at Stonewall’s North Course. Bernard, a product of the junior program at Aronimink Golf Club, added an 81 to her opening-round 82 for a 163 total.

   Four other players who punched their tickets to Fiddlesticks at Stonewall’s North Course also failed to make match play.

   Barbora Millichip, a native of the Czech Republic who plays out of Honeybrook Golf Club, added an 85 in the second round to her opening-round 83 for a 168 total.

   Karen Siegel, an assistant coach for the women’s golf team at Penn, got the call after winning a playoff to be the first alternate out of the Stonewall North qualifier. Siegel opened with a solid 81 before adding an 89 in the second round for a 170 total.

   Debbie Johnson of Stamford, Conn., struggled to a 90 in the opening round before adding an 86 in the second round for a 176 total. Stephenie Harris, who plays out of Lookaway Golf Club, bounced back from an opening-round 92 with an 86 in the second round for a 178 total.

   As I’m putting this post together, Hurricane Ian is delivering a direct hit on Fort Myers. Here’s hoping the staff and membership at Fiddlesticks, fresh off what sounds like a fantastic job hosting the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am, will be able to put the pieces back together in the wake of Mother Nature’s fury.

   A week earlier, the iconic three-leaf clover logo for Erin Hills in Erin, Wis. provided a hint of what was to come as a couple of Irishmen, Matthew McClean and Hugh Foley, battled it out for the title in the 41^st U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship.

   There were weather issues in Wisconsin for the U.S. Mid-Am as well with the second day of qualifying for match play at Erin Hills and Blue Mound Golf & Country Club in Wauwatosa, Wis. was completely washed out. And the rain didn’t let up as the second round wasn’t completed until the morning of Sept. 13^th.

   The U.S. Mid-Am was never able to quite catch up from a day-and-a-half of weather delays. As a result, after the 29-year-old McClean defeated giant-killer Josh Persons of Fargo, N.D., 3 and 2, and the 25-year-old Foley claimed a 3 and 2 victory over Bryce Hanstad of Edina, Minn. in the semifinals Sept. 16^th, they turned right around and played the first 18 holes of the scheduled 36-hole final.

   McClean finished the first 18 holes with a 2-up advantage with Foley cutting into his Irish pal’s lead by winning the 18^th hole with a conceded birdie.

   When the pair returned for the final 18 holes Sept. 17^th, McClean continued to build on his advantage, eventually putting Foley into a 5-down hole with six holes to play.

   Foley made things interesting by ripping off three straight wins with birdies at the 31^st, 32^nd and 33^rd holes to cut his deficit to 2-down with three holes to play, but McClean was able to close out his 3 and 1 verdict with a par on the 35^th hole.

   The 38-year-old Persons, a reinstated amateur who owns a PGA Tour Canada win, had a huge day Sept. 15^th by eliminating the two finalists in a memorable U.S. Mid-Amateur final in 2016 at Stonewall, Stewart Hagestad of Newport Beach, Calif. and Scott Harvey of Greensboro, N.C.

   The 31-year-old Hagestad, who rallied from 4-down with five holes to play to defeat Harvey on the 37^th hole at Stonewall six years ago, had added a second U.S. Mid-Am crown to his resume as summer was turning into fall a year ago at the Sankaty Head Golf Club in Siasconset, Mass. on Nantucket Island with a hard-fought 2 and 1 victory over Mark Costanza of Morristown, N.J.

   It looked like Hagestad and Harvey, the 2014 U.S. Mid-Am champion at Saucon Valley Country Club, were on a collision course toward a rematch of their epic final at Stonewall.

   But Persons put a monkey wrench in those plans by claiming a hard-fought 1-up victory over Hagestad in the round of 16.

   Persons then ousted the other half of the title matchup at Stonewall by outlasting Harvey, the 2014 U.S. Mid-Am champion at Saucon Valley Country Club, in 21 holes in the quarterfinals later in the day to advance to the semifinals.

   Costanza had another nice U.S. Mid-Am run halted by Harvey in the round of 16 as Harvey claimed a 3 and 2 victory over last year’s runnerup at Sankaty Head.

   Two members of the GAP contingent in Wisconsin, Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Gregor Orlando and Huntingdon Valley Country Club’s Ben Cooley, survived the 17-man playoff for the final 12 spots in the match-play bracket.

   Orlando, who had earned a return trip to the U.S. Mid-Am with his run to the quarterfinals a year ago at Sankaty Head, drew a tough assignment in the opening round of match play as he suffered a 2 and 1 setback at the hands of Costanza, last year’s runnerup.

   Cooley, who fell to Huntingdon Valley clubmate Brian Isztwan in the final of the Pennsylvania Golf Association’s R. Jay Sigel Match Play Championship earlier this year, had emerged from a GAP-administered U.S. Mid-Am qualifier at Blue Bell Country Club. Cooley dropped a 2 and 1 decision in the opening round of match play at Erin Hills to Ian Davis of Edmond, Okla.

   In qualifying, Orlando added a 1-over 72 at Erin Hills to his opening round of 2-over 72 at Blue Mound to get into the playoff mix for match play with a 3-over 144 total. Cooley solved the Blue Mound layout to the tune of an opening round of 3-under 67 before struggling to a 6-over 77 at Erin Hills to also land on 3-over 144.

   When the second round of qualifying for match play was finally completed, Jake Shuman of Boston and Sam Jones of New Zealand shared medalist honors, each signing for a 7-under 134 total.

   Shuman fired a 4-under 66 in the second round at Blue Mound after opening with a 3-under 68 at Erin Hills. Jones closed with a 4-under 67 in his second round at Erin Hills after opening with a 3-under 67 at Blue Mound.

   Hagestad, who has fallen to No. 9 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) since the U.S. Mid-Am, made a strong opening statement when he carded a sizzling 6-under 64 at Blue Mound in the first round of qualifying for match play. Hagestad cooled off with a 4-over 77 at Erin Hills in a disjointed second round to finish in a tie for ninth place with a 2-under 139 total.

   Jimmy Ellis, winner of the 2020 Pennsylvania Open at iconic Oakmont Country Club, failed to advance out of the playoff for the final 12 spots in match play after posting a 3-over 144 total. Ellis opened with a 1-under 69 at Blue Mound before adding a 4-over 75 at Erin Hills in the second round.

   Carlisle Country Club’s Jeff Frazier, coming off a run to the semifinals in last month’s U.S. Senior Amateur Championship at The Kittansett Club in Marion, Mass., just missed joining the playoff for match play with a 4-over 145 total.

   Playing in his eighth U.S. Mid-Am, the 57-year-old left-hander matched par in the second round at Erin Hills after opening with a 4-over 74 at Blue Mound. Frazier was the medalist in a GAP-administered qualifier on his home course.

   Nathan Smith, the four-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion from Pittsburgh, was also in the group at 4-over 145 as he added a 3-over 74 at Erin Hills in the second round to his opening round of 1-over 71 at Blue Mound.

   Haverford School product John Sawin, the vice president & director of golf at Pebble Beach, landed on 5-over 146 as he added a 1-over 71 at Blue Mound in the second round to the 3-over 75 he posted in the opening round at Erin Hills.

   Another player who emerged from the GAP-administered qualifier at Blue Bell, former Temple standout John Barone, playing out of Glenmaura National Golf Club, also landed on 5-over 146. Barone opened with a solid 2-under 68 at Blue Mound before adding a 7-over 78 at Erin Hills in the second round.

   Another top GAP player, Vince Kwon of Marlton, N.J. added a 3-over 73 at Blue Mound in the second round to his opening round of 6-over 77 at Erin Hills for a 9-over 150 total.

   LuLu Country Club’s P.J. Acierno, who also punched his ticket to Wisconsin at Blue Bell, opened with a 4-over 74 at Blue Mound before carding a 6-over 77 in the second round at Erin Hills for a 10-over 151 total. Acierno starred collegiately at La Salle and scholastically at La Salle.

   Two other players who came out of the GAP-administered qualifier at Blue Bell, Pine Valley Golf Club’s Jeff Osberg, one of two players who have won all four of GAP’s major championships, and North Hills Country Club’s Geoffrey Cooper withdrew after the opening round of qualifying.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Victory at Buck Hill is the 19th of the season for Mohap

    With the high schools in the middle of District One qualifiers, it was a light turnout for the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop Saturday at the Buck Hill Golf Club in Buck Hill Falls in the Poconos.

   That makes it a perfect opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of a guy who isn’t in high school yet, Nazareth’s Dane Mohap, as he claimed his 19^th Philly Junior Tour victory of the 2022 season, besting the nine-holers with a 2-over-par 38 on the White nine at Buck Hill.

   Mohap made a birdie on the eighth hole and had five pars on his scorecard.

   Sebastian Meyer of Scranton had four pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors with a 6-over 42. Mohap’s fellow Nazareth entry, Holden Sparks, had five pars on his card, finishing his round with four straight pars, as he ended up in third place with a 45.

   Preston Minio of Lansdale took fourth place with a 46, Max Trudell was fifth with a 52 and James Gannon of Doylestown rounded out the field in the coed 12-and-under division as he finished sixth with a 64.

   Brady Conlon of Villanova made a birdie on the 13^th hole and had nine pars on his scorecard as he finished atop the leaderboard in the 16-to-18 division with a 10-over 82 over the White and Blue nines at Buck Hill.

   Springfield High senior Jack Morrissey rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as he earned runnerup honors with a 90 that featured six pars.

   Benjamin Moorhouse of Blue Bell was the lone entry in the 13-to-15 division and he posted a solid 85 with eight pars on his scorecard, including four straight to finish out his round.

 

 

 

 

Whitney captures individual title, leads Temple to team crown in Cornell/Temple Fall Invitational

    Behind individual champion Ethan Whitney, a sophomore from Westminster, Mass., Temple earned a three-shot victory in the Cornell/Temple Fall Invitational, which wrapped up Sunday at the Owls’ home course, The 1912 Club in Plymouth Meeting.

   Whitney added a solid 1-under-par 69 in Sunday’s final round to the sparkling 4-under 66 he opened with Saturday over the 6,951-yard, par-70 1912 Club layout for a 5-under 135 total that left him three shots clear of the field as the teams enjoyed two spectacular days of late-summer weather.

   There were 15 teams in the field with co-hosts Temple, which plays out of the American Athletic Conference, and Ivy League representative Cornell as well as Penn, Cornell’s Ivy rival, each fielding a B team as coaches got a chance to evaluate as many players as possible in the early stages of the wraparound 2022-2023 season.

   Temple opened with a solid 1-under 279, which left it five shots behind Rhode Island, an Atlantic 10 representative. The Owls added a 2-over 282 in Sunday’s final round for a 1-over 561 total. The Rams fell back a little with a 10-over 290 in Sunday’s final round that left them three shots behind Temple in second place with a 4-over 564 total.

   Rhode Island was led by individual runnerup Brandon Gillis, a fifth-year player from Nashua, N.H. who matched Whitney’s opening-round 66 before cooling off with a 2-over 72 in Sunday’s second round to finish three shots behind Whitney with a 2-under 138 total.

   Three Ivy League teams accounted for the next three spots in the team standings, led by Penn, which added a 293 in Sunday’s second round to its solid opening round of 4-over 284 that as the Quakers finished in third place, 13 shots behind Rhode Island with a 17-over 577 total.

   Columbia was a shot behind Penn in fourth place with an 18-over 578 total as the Lions added a 292 in Sunday’s second round to their opening round of 6-over 286.

  Tournament co-host Cornell was five shots behind Columbia in fifth place with a 23-over 583 total as the Big Red added a 296 in Sunday’s second round to their opening round of 7-over 287.

   Temple displayed its depth as its B team finished a shot behind Cornell in sixth place with a 24-over 584 total as the Owls’ second string added a solid 9-over 289 in Sunday’s second round to its opening round of 295.

   Temple’s B team was led by junior Andrew Curran, who capped an outstanding scholastic career at Malvern Prep with a victory in the Bert Linton Inter-Ac League individual championship as a senior in 2018.

   Curran matched par in Sunday’s second round with a 70 after opening with a 72 as he finished among a trio of players tied for ninth place at 2-over 142. Curran was the fourth Temple player to finish inside the top 10 in the individual standings and made a strong bid for inclusion among the first five for the Owls in their next start.

   Penn’s B team finished in 11^th place with a 598 total as the second string for the Quakers added a 302 in Sunday’s second round to its opening-round 286.

   It was the season opener for Saint Joseph’s, another Atlantic 10 entry, and the Hawks finished three shots behind Penn’s B team in 12^th place with a 601 total. St. Joe’s added a 301 in Sunday’s second round to its opening-round 300.

   Backing up Whitney for Temple were co-captains Conor McGrath, a fifth-year player who was the 2021 BMW Philadelphia Amateur champion, and Graham Chase, a junior from Charlotte, N.C., as they were part of a foursome of players tied for fifth place with 1-over 141 totals.

   McGrath, a product of the junior program at Huntingdon Valley Country Club, matched par in Sunday’s second round with a 70 while Chase opened with a solid 1-under 69 before adding a 72 in Sunday’s second round.

   The Owls got a solid effort from sophomore Joey Morganti, a Havertown resident who starred scholastically at St. Joseph’s Prep, as Morganti finished among the group tied for 17^th place with a 4-over 144 total. Morganti finished up with a 1-over 71 in Sunday’s final round after opening with a 73.

   Rounding out the starting lineup for Temple was Jake Naese, a sophomore from Bradenton, Fla. who finished in the group tied for 39^th place with a 9-over 149 total. Naese added a 75 in Sunday’s final round to an opening round of 4-over 74.

   Canisius’ Ryan Edholm, a sophomore from Tonawanda, N.Y., was the only other player besides Whitney and Gillis to finish under par for two days at The 1912 Club as he added a 1-over 71 in Sunday’s second round to his solid opening round of 2-under 68 as he finished in third place in the individual chase with a 1-under 139 total.

   Cornell’s Samuel King, a senior from Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., matched par in both rounds with a pair of 70s as he finished alone in fourth place with an even-par 140 total.

   Joining Temple’s McGrath and Chase in the quartet tied for fifth place at 1-over 141 were a couple of Rhode Island players, redshirt freshman Chuck Tragresser, the runnerup in the 2020 PIAA Class AAA Championship as a senior at Franklin Regional, and Bryson Richards, a senior from Plainfield, Vt.

   Tragresser opened with a solid 2-under 68 before finishing up with a 3-over 73. After matching par in the opening round with a 70, Richards added a 1-over 71 in Sunday’s second round.

   Joining Temple’s Curran in the trio tied for ninth place at 2-over 142 were Columbia’s Nathan Han, a junior from Somers, N.Y., and Bucknell’s Blake Wisdom, a senior from Lake Geneva, Wis.

   Han bounced back from an opening-round 76 with a 1-over 71 in Sunday’s second round. Wisdom was just a shot out of the lead after opening with a 3-under 67 before backing off in Sunday’s second round with a 5-over 75.

   Penn’s top team was led by Mark Haghani, a senior from Wilson, Wyo., and John Richardson, a sophomore from England, both of whom landed in the group tied for 12^th place at 3-over 143. After matching par in the opening round with a 70, Haghani added a 3-over 73 in Sunday’s second round. Richardson added a 72 in Sunday’s second round to his opening round of 1-over 71.

   Ben Scott, a sophomore from Manhattan Beach, Calif., added a 3-over 73 in Sunday’s second round to his opening-round 74 to finish among the group tied for 27^th place with a 7-over 147 total. Jimin Jung, a junior from Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. was a shot behind Scott in the group tied for 33^rd place with an 8-over 148 total as he added a 75 in Sunday’s second round to his opening round of 3-over 73.

   Rounding out the lineup for Penn’s top team was Harrison Ornstein, a senior from Naples, Fla. who finished among the group tied for 39^th place with a 9-over 149 total as cooled off with a 79 in Sunday’s second round after matching par in the opening round with a 70.

   Backing up Curran for Temple’s B team was sophomore Greg Hanna, who was a scholastic standout at Bishop Shanahan. Hanna carded a pair of 2-over  72s that left him in the group tied for 17^th place at 4-over 144.

   Andres Aranguren, a redshirt sophomore from Puerto Rico, bounced back from an opening-round 78 by matching par in Sunday’s second round with a 70 as he finished among the group tied for 33^rd place with an 8-over 148.

   Freshman Darren Nolan, a scholastic standout at La Salle, finished in the group tied for 47^th place at 150 as opened with a solid 3-over 73 before cooling off with a 77 in Sunday’s second round.

   Rounding out the lineup for Temple’s B team was Danny Nguyen, a junior from Vietnam who finished in a tie for 73^rd place at 156 after adding a 7-over 77 in Sunday’s second round to his opening-round 79.

   Leading the way for Penn’s B team was Anthony Basilio, a senior from Knoxville, Tenn. who finished in a tie for 23^rd place with a 5-over 145 total. Basilio opened with a 2-over 72 before finishing up with a 73 in Sunday’s second round.

   Andy Fan, a senior from Scarsdale, N.Y., opened with a solid 3-over 73 before backing off with a 77 in Sunday’s second round to land in the group tied for 47^th place with a 150 total.

   George Roessler, a sophomore from North Palm Beach, Fla., was a shot behind Fan in the group tied for 53^rd place with a 151 total as he added a 4-over 74 in Sunday’s second round to his opening-round 77. Steven Lee, a freshman from Scarsdale, N.Y., was a shot behind Roessler in a tie for 61^st place at 152 as he struggled to a 78 in Sunday’s second round after opening with a 4-over 74.

   Rounding out the lineup for Penn’s B team was Simon Markowitz, a senior from New York City who finished in 80^th place with a 167 total after improving off an opening-round 88 with a 79 in Sunday’s final round.

   Leading the way for Saint Joseph’s was junior Kevin Smith, who led Strath Haven to Central League and District One Class AAA team crowns as a senior in 2019. Smith added a 74 in Sunday’s final round to his opening round of 3-over 73 to finish in the group tied for 27^th place with a 7-over 147 total.

   Jake Avery, a senior from Avon, Conn., finished in the group tied for 53^rd place with a 151 total for the Hawks as he added a 5-over 75 in Sunday’s final round to his opening-round 76.

   Matt Zerfass, a three-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier at Emmaus, finished in a tie for 61^st place with a 152 total in his St. Joe’s debut as he added a solid 4-over 74 in Sunday’s final round to his opening-round 78.

   Rounding out the St. Joe’s lineup were graduate student J.T. Spina, a two-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier at Pope John Paul II, and Ryan Gorman, a junior from Greenville, S.C., both of whom landed in the group tied for 69^th place at 154. Spina struggled to a 79 in Sunday’s final round after opening with a 5-over 75 while Gorman added a 78 in Sunday’s final round to his opening round of 6-over 76.

   Another freshman made his college debut for the Hawks at The 1912 Club as Christian Matt, a two-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier at Wissahickon, competed as an individual. Matt closed with a 4-over 74 in Sunday’s final round after opening with a 76 as he finished among the group tied for 47^th place with a 150 total.

   The Cornell lineup included a couple of former scholastic standouts from the Philadelphia area.

   Senor Noah Schwartz, a Cherry Hill, N.J. resident who starred at Penn Charter, added a 4-over 74 in Sunday’s final round to his opening-round 77 for a 151 total that left him in the group tied for 53^rd place.

   Sophomore Jackson Debusschere, Smith’s teammate on Strath Haven’s 2019 District One Class AAA championship team, recorded a pair of 77s at The 1912 Club to finish among the group tied for 69^th place with a 154 total.

   The top individual finisher for Cornell’s B team, which finished in a tie for 14^th place with a 614 total, was sophomore Tyler Zimmer, who helped The Haverford School capture the Inter-Ac League crown in 2019. Zimmer added a 3-over 73 in Sunday’s final round to his opening-round 74 to finish in the group tied for 27^th place with a 7-over 147 total.