Huntingdon tied for 20th after first round of National Championship
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. – The Huntingdon men's golf team shot 309 in the first round of the NCAA Division III National Championship on Tuesday at Mission Inn Resort.
The Hawks are tied for 20th entering the second round of the tournament on Wednesday. Huntingdon will tee off beginning at 9:20 a.m. CST.
Oglethorpe leads the tournament at 3-under-par 285. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Christopher Newport are tied for second at 289.
Oglethorpe's Anthony Maccaglia and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps' Brad Shigezawa are tied for the individual lead. Maccaglia and Shigezawa each shot 4-under 68. Nineteen golfers shot par or better in the opening round.
All five Huntingdon golfers shot between 74 and 79. Junior Sam Strachan led the Hawks with a 2-over 74 and is tied for 30th. Freshman Thomas Mitchell and junior Tyler Schmutz each shot 78 and sophomore Jamey Lester and freshman Steven Smith both shot 79.
Huntingdon individual results
T30) Sam Strachan: 74
T83) Thomas Mitchell: 78
T83) Tyler Schmutz: 78
T109) Jamey Lester: 79
T109) Steven Smith: 79
Team standings
1. Oglethorpe: 285
T2. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps: 289
T2. Christopher Newport: 289
4. Methodist University: 291
5. Redlands: 295
6. Greensboro: 296
T7. Illinois Wesleyan: 299
T7. LaGrange College: 299
T9. UT-Tyler: 300
T9. Guilford College: 300
11. Gustavus Adolphus: 301
T12. St. John Fisher College: 302
T12. St. Thomas (Minn.): 302
T12. Central College (Iowa): 302
15. Nebraska Wesleyan: 305
16. North Central University: 306
17. Emory: 307
T18. University of LaVerne: 308
T18. Transylvania: 308
T20. Huntingdon College: 309
T20. Skidmore College: 309
T20. Middlebury College: 309
T20. Wittenberg University: 309
24. Otterbein University: 312
25. California Lutheran: 313
26. Webster: 314
27. Penn State-Behrend: 315
T28. Washington & Jefferson: 316
T28. Rhode Island College: 316
30. Husson: 322
T31. Franklin & Marshall: 323
T31. Farmingdale State: 323
T31. Alvernia University: 323
34. Manhattanville: 326
T35. Linfield College: 330
T35. Edgewood College: 330
T37. Carroll University: 331
T37. Penn State-Harrisburg: 331
39. Hope College: 337
40. Babson College: 338
41. Neumann University: 368