October 16, 2022

The Basics

• The lead: The Stevens Institute of Technology golf team rebounded from a sluggish start Sunday, carding a 301 to finish in sixth place at The Melee, hosted by Premier Collegiate Tournaments.
• Score: Stevens (320-301=621) - sixth place out of 11 teams
• Location: Riverview Country Club - Eastern, Pa. (Par 71 - 6,888 yards)
• Short Story: Junior Gus Vickers was the top finisher for the Ducks, finishing 8-over to tie for 11th place out of 58 golfers. The Naples, Florida native carded a 76 Saturday and then displayed a two-stroke improvement Sunday in helping the Ducks trim 19 strokes off their opening-round total - the most of any team in the field - to move into sixth place. After carding just one birdie in the opening round, Vickers with three Sunday.
• The Leaderboard: Swarthmore College, who began the final day tied for second place with Farmingdale State, one stroke behind Moravian College, finished with a 10-over 294 to capture the team title by three strokes over Farmingdale. The Garnet's 294 was the lowest round in the event. Moravian finished third. On the individual side, after carding a 2-over 73, Moravian's Jacob Haberstumpf, shot 2-under Sunday to finish even-par for the tournament and winning the event by one stroke over Farmingdale's Chris Iguchi, Swarthmore's Neil Zhu and Eastern University's Zach Bruecks. Iguchi moved up the leaderboard Sunday courtesy of a 5-under 66 performance.
• Of note: The Ducks entered two teams in the event. The Ducks' second entrant ninth with a two-round score of 639. 

The Finishes

• The average single-round score for the tournament was 79.03. 
• Senior Miles Philion tied for 14th, finishing 9-over for the tournament. The Delhi, New York native matched Vickers with four birdies. 
• First-year Brock Dickson matched Vickers' effort Sunday, finishing 3-over. The Barrington, Illinois native finished with five birdies.
• Senior Eegan McDermott (+16) and first-year Punn Chittaratlert (+27) rounded out the Ducks' 'A' team entrants. The duo combined for three birdies.
• Junior Joss Hindin was the top finisher for the Ducks' second entrant, tying with Philion at 9-over. The Garrison, New York native finished even par Sunday for the lowest round of his career and the lowest round by any Duck in the event. He finished with a team-leading seven birdies across the tournament and matched Dickson with five Sunday. He trimmed nine strokes off his opening-round score.
• Sophomore Will Fulton (+15), senior Brian Spector (+22) and senior Clement Shao (+25) rounded out the Ducks' contingent. Spector had an especially strong second round, finishing 3-over, collecting two birdies and 12 pars. 

From the Greens (Head Coach Charles Papendick)

• "Although we didn't see the score we expected again, there are a lot of positives to take from our final fall event this weekend and the fall season as a whole."
• "We introduced our first-year players to our tournament schedule, and of course, they had some growing pains. We also had some players make solid contributions this weekend, and throughout the fall, who've been on our roster for several years without consistent playing time."
• "For a variety of reasons, our playing time was more spread out than in prior seasons. My hope is that the valuable experience gained this fall will pay dividends in the spring, when everyone comes back healthy and rested."
• "Congratulations to Joss for his first competitive round at even par today and to Brian for finishing with his lowest competitive round. Our second team played very well today and that depth will be the key to our future success."
• "Golf is so much more mental than physical and a positive attitude will breed greater success. I thank our players for their efforts through our most challenging fall tournament schedule ever and I look forward to the spring and a fresh start."

Up Next

• Golf's spring slate, which includes the 2023 MAC Freedom Championship, will be announced later this fall. 

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