April 20, 2021

The Basics

• The lead: Seniors Vincent Cortese and Luke Labenski each tied for seventh place to lead the Stevens Institute of Technology men's golf team to a third-place finish Tuesday at the Alvernia Spring Invitational, hosted by Alvernia University.
• Score: Stevens (303) - third place out of 12 teams
• Location: LedgeRock Golf Club - Mohnton, Pa. (Par 71 - 6,546 yards)
• Short Story: In the team's final event before the MAC Freedom Championship, Cortese and Labenski each finished with a 4-over 75 to tie for seventh place out of 60 competing student-athletes. The pair combined for seven birdies on the day. Labenski also par'd 11 holes. As a team, the Ducks totaled 13 birdies and one eagle, while totaling 44 par-scores.
• The Leaderboard: York College of Pennsylvania won the team title, carding a combined team score of 294 to finish 10-over. Campbellsville University finished four shots behind the Spartans. On the individual side, York's Riley Rohlfs carded the lowest round of the day, finishing with an even-par 71.
• Of note: Campbellsville University is ranked ninth among all NAIA institutions per the Golfstat team rankings.
• Also of note: Stevens was the highest finisher of the four competing MAC Freedom institutions.

The Finishes

• First-year Gus Vickers had the third-best round of the day for the Ducks, finishing a shot behind Cortese and Labenski with a 76. He actually tied with two other student-athletes for the best performance in the tournament on the course's four par-5 holes, finishing two-under.
• Sophomore Eegan McDermott shot a 6-over 77 and classmate Miles Philion finished with an 83 to round out the Ducks' entrants. McDermott posted the tournament's lone eagle, which took place on the par-4 12th hole. 

From the Greens (Head Coach Charles Papendick)

• "Really proud of our student-athletes for hanging in there during a very long day. We will use this as a building block for the conference championships this coming weekend."

Up Next

• Golf heads to the Huntsville Country Club in Dallas, Pennsylvania for the two-day MAC Freedom Championship, beginning on Apr. 24. A live stats link is available on StevensDucks.com.

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