BEHREND WINS 10TH AMCC MEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
The Penn State Behrend men's golf team won their 10th AMCC Championship with a two-day total of 632 held at the Peek n' Peak Golf Course on Monday afternoon.
The Penn State Behrend men's golf team won their 10th AMCC Championship with a two-day total of 632 held at the Peek n' Peak Golf Course on Monday afternoon. The championship is the first for the Lions since 2017.
Behrend sophomore Ryan Meyer was crowned the individual champion with a 75-74 and winning score of 149. Meyer was even after the first nine holes with a 36 and one under through 13 holes, eventually finishing two under. Special kudos to Medaille College junior Chris McCullagh who recorded a hole-in-one Monday on the 190-yard fifth hole with a six-iron.
Penn State Altoona improved upon Sunday's score of 334 by shooting 318 as a team in Monday's round, finishing the AMCC Championships with a combined score of 652, good for second place. Pitt-Bradford claimed third place with a two-day score of 695, Mount Aloysius College finished fourth with 723, Medaille moved up to come in fifth with 767, and Pitt-Greensburg took sixth place with 780.
Pitt-Bradford senior Johnny Fiore, the 2018 AMCC individual medalist, finished in second place with a 156. Fiore shot an 80 on the first day and followed that up with a 76 on day two. Behrend junior Alex Pol took four strokes off his total from day one to card a 77 (38-39) and finish with a two-day total of 158 for third place. Penn State Altoona senior Jimmy Gillespie duplicated his first-round score by firing an 80 in Monday's round, tying his season-low score in a round and finishing the tournament with a two-day score of 160 to come in fourth place
AMCCAll-Tournament Team:
Medaille – Chris McCullagh
Penn State Altoona – Jimmy Gillespie
Penn State Behrend – Alex Pol
Pitt-Bradford – Johnnie Fiore
Penn State Behrend – Ryan Meyer
Team Scores
Penn State Behrend (1 – 320/312 = 632)
Penn State Altoona (2 – 334/318 = 652)
Pitt-Bradford (3 – 349/346 = 695)
Mt. Aloysius (4 – 360/363 = 723)
Medaille (5– 389/378 = 767)
Pitt-Greensburg (6 – 384/396 = 780)
