Men’s golf participates in the Mercyhurst Fall Invitational

Sunday, September 23

Erie, PA

Millersville University

Mercyhurst Invitational

Men’s golf participates in the Mercyhurst Fall Invitational

9/24/2018 6:34:00 PM | Men's Golf

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By: Ryan Small, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

Erie, Pa. – Hitting the links for the third time this season, the Millersville University men's golf team finished in 10th place at the Mercyhurst Invitational. The event was hosted by Mercyhurst University and played at the Lake View Country Club.

The Marauders carded a 321 in the first round and was not able to improve on Monday as they shot a 331 and concluded the event with a 652 score.

TOURNAMENT HIGHLIGHTS
• Redshirt junior Matt Spak led the team as an individual in a tie for ninth place. Spak posted two 4-over 76's. Spak's score did not count to the team total.
• Junior Brady Erb led the Marauders in the team scoring as he fired a 5-over 77 during Sunday's round and completed the tournament tied for 38th in the field of 87. Erb concluded the tournament by shooting an 11-over 83 that pushed him back in the leaderboard.
• Coming off a final round 69 at the Hal Hansen Invitational, senior Matt Keim carded a 7-over 79 in the first round and followed up with an 84 in the second roundx tying for 48th.
• In his first collegiate start, freshman Jonathan Rush was the next finisher for Millersville. Rush shot an 84 on Sunday and improved by three shots in the second round to post an 81 on Monday. He tied for 56th with a 165 total.
• Redshirt senior Corey Betham fired a two day total of 166 as he shot an 83 in both rounds. Betham finished in a tie for 60th place.
• Sophomore Ronnie Yanoski finished in a tie for 66th place^.Yanoski carding an 82 in the opening round and following with an 85 in the final round.

HEAD COACH SCOTT VANDEGRIFT QUOTES
• "We played mediocre both days. We had one player play very well, Matt Spak who shot 76, 76 but he was playing as an individual. So that did not help our team score at all."
• "We don't play until the one-day event at Alvernia. So unfortunately we have probably two weeks to really try to figure out what we are doing wrong. We have a lot of work to do."
• "Playing as an individual is tough and so that is what I think the scores [Matt Spak] put up were more impressive. He played hard and played the same golf course that the others were playing and same conditions. Very windy today and quick breeze."
• "[Brady Erb], especially day one, he played far better than what the score showed. But today, he struggled throughout the day."

NOTES
• Rush was the only Marauders to improve from his day one score.
• Keim's first round included a stretch of 2-over through 11 holes that began on the par-4 eighth hole.
• Two Marauders posted the same scores that they shot on both days. Spak recorded a 76 and Betham had an 83.
• Humber College won the tournament with a team score of 599, two strokes ahead of second place IUP (Pa.) and seven away from host Mercyhurst. Laker's Adrian Larsen claimed the medalist with an outstanding opening round of 5-under 67 and followed with a 73.

UP NEXT
• The Marauders end their first month of competition today and look ahead to October as they travel to the one-day Alvernia Invitational on Tuesday, Oct. 9.