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Jays place third at Conference meet
Thursday May 06 2010
This past weekend, the Blue Jays competed in the Commonwealth Conference Men’s Golf Championships at the Hershey Country Club East Course. The team finished third out of a field of eight teams after having a great comeback from Saturday to Sunday. After Saturday’s rounds, the Jays were in fifth with a team score of 323. On Sunday, the team scored 312 to climb to a third place finish. Messiah College (617) took first place while Albright College (631) took second and the Blue Jays were close by with 635 for third place. Junior Dan Senkler finished third in the conference with a combined score of 153 (78-75). After the 36-hole championship, he finished only five shots behind Matt Burkhart from Messiah, who took first. Junior Geoff Quinque finished 10th with a combined score of 161 (82-79), while sophomore teammate Dan Bolstein tied for 14th with 164 (87-77). Junior Nick Iancono tied for 16th, shooting 166 (85-81), and first-year Bret Hartman rounded out the top five scorers for the Blue Jays with a 22nd place finish in the field of 40 players, shooting 171 (78-93).
Elizabethtown will host the NCAA Division III Championships May 11 through 14. The Championships will take place at the Hershey Country Club East Course as well as the Hershey Links. Messiah, who won the Conference title, has an automatic bid to the Championships.
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