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Navy Golf Invitational

April 7-8, 2001

Maguire Places 3rd as Hens Tie Best Finish of the Season

Terry Maguire Shot a Team Season-low 72 on Saturday

ANNAPOLIS, MD -- The University of Delaware golf team tied its best finish of the season, placing sixth at the United States Naval Academy Invitational Sunday at the USNA Golf Club.

Delaware junior Terry Maguire (Cornwall/Cornwall, NY) placed third overall as he shot 72-74=146 over 36 holes to lead the Blue Hens to a team score of 611 to tie Lehigh University in the team standings. The Blue Hens also placed sixth at the Delaware Collegiate Invitational back on Oct. 21-22.

Georgetown took the team title with 593 points, outdistancing Princeton (600), host Navy (603), Villanova (605), and Iona (610) in the 14-team field.

Maguire's score of par 72 Saturday over the 6,611-yard course was the second best of his career and the lowest by a Delaware golfer this season. The score of 72 is the best for a UD golfer since Maguire fired a 71 in the first day of the Stabler Invitational at Lehigh Oct. 15, 1999.

Also for the Blue Hens, freshman Mike Hoffman (Prospect/Mt. Prospect, IL) placed 20th (75-78=153), junior Jason Phinney (Milton/Milton, MA) was 39th (80-77=157), freshman Jerry Newell (Salesianum/Wilmington, DE) was 43rd (77-81=158), and junior Cory Sheldon (Newark/Newark, DE) was 66th (77-88-165).

Princeton's Nat Hoopes won the individual title as he shot a two-day total of 68-77=145 and defeated Georgetown's Nick Cook (71-74=145) in a one-hole playoff. Maguire tied for third with Navy's Brian Crum and Villanova's Brian Hickey.

Delaware will continue action April 20-21 when the Blue Hens serve as hosts of the Scotty Duncan Memorial Invitational at Hogs Neck Golf Club in Easton, MD.

AGATE:

Final Team Standings: 1. Georgetown - 593; 2. Princeton - 600; 3. Navy - 603; 4. Villanova - 605; 5. Iona - 610; 6. Lehigh & Delaware - 611; 8. Colgate- 614; 9. American - 620; 10. Navy Gold & Bucknell - 625; 12. UMBC - 627; 13. Loyola - 631; 14. St. Joseph's - 637

Top 5 Finishers: 1. Nat Hoopes (Princeton), 68-77=145 (won in playoff); 2. Nick Cook (Georgetown), 71-74=145; 3. Brian Crum (Princeton), 74-72=146, Terry Maguire (Delaware), 72-74=146, and Brian Hickey (Villanova), 74-72=146.

Delaware Finishers: 3. Terry Maguire, 72-74=146; 20. Mike Hoffman, 75-78=153; 39. Jason Phinney, 80-77=157; 43. Jerry Newell, 77-81=158; 66. Cory Sheldon, 77-88-165.

 

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