FLANDERS, N.J. (October 5, 2023) – Sophomore Punn Chittaratlert turned in a career performance, firing a 4-over 76 to help guide the Stevens Institute of Technology golf team to a second-place finish Thursday at the Birdie Bash, hosted by Drew University at the Flanders Valley Golf Course (par 72, 6,765 yards).

Chittaratlert carded a pair of birdies and finished with 10 pars to tie for seventh place out of 44 competitors. The Jamesville, New York native had an impressive front nine, finishing even through nine holes, marking the best nine-hold run of any Duck in the field. As a team, after a slow start, the Ducks rallied down the stretch and finished with a 311 to finish second out of the nine competing squads. 

Individually, Penn College's Peyton Mussina had four birdies to win the individual title by two strokes as the only golfer to finish under par (-1). Penn College finished 6-over for the day to also claim the team title.

The Rundown

• First-year Maxime Debets and senior Joss Hindin tied for the team lead with three birdies. Hindin also had a strong first half of the day, finishing 1-over through his first nine holes. The Garrison, New York native tied for 17th.
• Debets, meanwhile, joined junior Eduardo Terlaje in posting the most consistent score of the day. Each golfer shot 3-over on both the front and back nines to finish 6-over on the day, tying for 12th place with three other competitors. Interestingly, Terlaje did not card a birdie.
• Sophomore Brock Dickson carded one birdie and finished 10-over for the tournament (t-23rd) to round out the Ducks' entrants. Dickson also posted a score of 3-over on the back nine.

For the Opponents

• Penn College had three of its five golfers place in the top-three and four in the top six. Eastern's Zach Bruecks and Drew's Eric Castner were the lone non-Penn athletes in the top six. 
• Stevens finished one stroke ahead of Drew Green, one of two Ranger entrants in the field. 

Around the MAC Freedom 

• No new conference competition since Stevens Golf last hit the links.

Coach's Comments

• "Impressed by our student-athletes, primarily because they came out ready to compete. Overall, I'm encouraged; this is the deepest team we've had in my tenure." – head coach Charles Papendick

Up Next

• Stevens heads to Waynesboro, Pennsylvania on Oct. 7 for the Mason-Dixon Collegiate Classic, marking the Ducks' third event of the week. The two-day event is co-hosted by McDaniel and Gettysburg at the Waynesboro Country Club. The Ducks are set to tee off Saturday at 9:30 a.m. and should live stats links be made available, they will be posted to StevensDucks.com.

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