Golf Finishes in Fifth Place at Mid-Atlantic Region Invitational

HERSHEY, Pa. - Led by Top 12 performances from freshman Andrew Park and senior Paul Weston, the Swarthmore College golf team finished in fifth place out of 14 teams in the highly-competitive two-day Mid-Atlantic Region Invitational from the Hershey Country Club.

Battling nearly 50 mile per our winds, the Garnet finished Monday's second round with a score of 337, bringing its two-day total to 665, one stroke behind second-place Allegheny (664) and four strokes behind third place McDaniel (661). St. John Fisher dominated the field with a score of 638, 13 strokes better than second place Franklin & Marshall (651).

Park led the Swat contingent with a two-day total of 161, tying for 10th place. Weston was just one stroke behind with a 162, good for 12th place in a field of 73. Park also finished with team's low score in Monday's second round (81).

Sophomore Sam White was the Garnet's third-place finisher, shooting a second-round 86 to finish with a 169. Sophomores Kyle Knapp and Jeff Wall each finished with a two-day total of 174 to round out the team scoring.

While the "A" team was in Hershey, members of the Swat "B" team hosted a home meet at Rolling Green with five other schools. The Garnet team finished with a 360, led by sophomore Price Ferchill's 78 and senior Alex Nichamin's 80. Ursinus finished with the low team score of 335.

Competing as an individual at Rolling Green, freshman Amanda Beebe shot an 89.

Swarthmore returns to action with the Glenmaura Tournament in Northeast Pennslyvania over the weekend.

Team Total

5 Swarthmore College 328 337 665

T 10 Andrew Park 80 81 161
T 12 Paul Weston 79 83 162
T 29 Sam White 83 86 169
T 41 Kyle Knapp 86 88 174
T 41 Jeff Wall 87 87 174

Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores

1 St. John Fisher Col 313 325 638
2 Franklin & Marshall 326 325 651
3 McDaniel College 331 330 661
4 Allegheny College 323 341 664
5 Swarthmore College 328 337 665
6 Washington&Jefferson 327 344 671
7 Rochester, Univ of 339 333 672
Carnegie Mellon U. 333 339 672
Wesley College 327 345 672
Gettysburg College 331 341 672
11 Manhattanville Coll. 335 344 679
12 Moravian College 352 351 703
13 Elmira College 346 358 704
14 SUNY-Oswego 350 363 713

Fin. Top 20 Players School Scores

1 Cameron Warner FrklnMrshl 78 73 151
2 Cody Pestun Wesley 73 79 152
3 Thad Wier III StJohnFish 76 79 155
4 Nicholas Palladino Rochester 81 76 157
Tyler McArdell StJohnFish 78 79 157
6 *Erik Thorn Albright 81 78 159
Matthew Donahoe Allegheny 77 82 159
8 Colin Izzo Wash&Jeff 81 79 160
George Whitelaw Gettysburg 78 82 160
10 Dan Liebowitz FrklnMrshl 81 80 161
Andrew Park Swarthmore 80 81 161
12 Paul Weston Swarthmore 79 83 162
Chris Blyth StJohnFish 78 84 162