SHAWNEE, Pa. – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's golf team closed out a fifth straight Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom Championship in record-breaking fashion Sunday afternoon.
Stevens finished the two-day event with a total score of 586 strokes, a record-low for the program. Dating back to the start of the MAC Freedom Championship, the Ducks score of 586 was the lowest ever posted since the Tournament started in 2005. Stevens finished 29 shots clear of Arcadia (615) and 35 shots ahead of Lebanon Valley (621). No other team finished within 50 strokes of the Ducks.
Stevens' five competitors -- Ben Slicker, Brock Dickson, Sebastian Beaver, Arav Tank, Maxime Debets – comprised the entirety of the All-Conference First Team, posting the top five scores among the 40 competitors.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Slicker was the only competitor under par, finishing the tournament 3-under, eight shots clear of the field. Slicker birdied the 3rd, 6th, and 8th holes as part of a two-under front nine on Sunday.
Dickson and Beaver tied for second at 5-over, Beaver jumping up from 12th after Friday with an even par 72, the second lowest score of the day, bettered only by Slicker. Dickson fired a 1-over 73 on Sunday, highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 6th.
Tank and Debets tied for fourth, finishing a shot back of Dickson & Beaver at 6-over for the weekend. Debets fired a 75 for the second straight day, parring every hole 7-through-18. Tank birdied three holes while carding a 76 on Sunday.
Slicker took home Golfer of the Year honors and Charles Papendick was named the conference's Coach of the Year.
UP NEXT
The NCAA will announce who will be joining Stevens in the 2025 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship in a press release on May 12 at 4 pm. This year's Championship will be held at Midveld Country Club in Penfield, N.Y. from May 20-23.
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