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October 13, 2001 Blue Hens Close Out Fall With Seventh Place Finish
CENTER VALLEY, PA -- The University of Delaware men's golf team closed out the 2001 fall season with a seventh place finish at the Stabler Invitational hosted by Lehigh University Saturday at Center Valley Golf Club. The Blue Hens, who will resume the spring season in March, posted their second best finish of the season as they placed seventh with a two-day, 36-hole team score of 614 out of 20 teams. Host Lehigh easily won the team title with a two-day total of 583, 12 strokes better than runners-up Pennsylvania, Princeton, Temple, and St. Bonaventure at 595. Iona was sixth at 609 followed by Delaware (614), George Washington (616), Bucknell (617), and UMBC (620). Delaware shot a first day total of 302 to place fifth but shot a 312 on Saturday. Sophomore Jerry Newell led the Blue Hens with a 20th place finish, firing scores of 72 on Friday and 79 on Saturday for a 151 over the 6,500-yard, par-72 course. Newell's 72 was the lowest score by a Blue Hen player this fall. Also for the Hens, junior Terry Maguire (75-77=152) and freshman Daniel Spiker (74-78) placed tied for 26th while freshmen Jacob Korb (83-78=161) and Matt Marron (81-80=161) tied for 70th place. Lehigh's Bowen Osborn won the individual title as he fired scores of 69 and 70 for a four-under par 139, besting runner-ups Mike Eglit of Lehigh and James Milam of Princeton by four shots. Eglit's 68 on Saturday was the best score of the tournament. AGATE: Final Team Standings: 1. Lehigh - 583; 2. Pennsylvania, St. Bonaventure, Temple, Princeton - 595; 6. Iona - 609; 7. Delaware - 614; 8. George Washington - 616; 9. Bucknell - 617; 10. UMBC - 620; 11. Lehigh Brown & Robert Morris - 621; 13. Colgate - 624; 14. Villanova - 634; 15. Hofstra - 636; 16. Cornell - 640; 17. American - 641; 18. Lafayette - 642; 19. Fairleigh Dickinson - 662; 20. Pennsylvania B - 663. Top 5 Finishers: 1. Bowen Osborn (Lehigh), 69-70=139; 2. Mike Eglit (Lehigh), 76-68=-144 & James Milam (Princeton), 72-72=144; 4. Mike Russell (Penn), 71-74=145 & Gerry Chen (Temple), 71-74=145. Delaware Finishers: 20. Jerry Newell, 72-79=151; 26. Terry Maguire, 75-77=152; 26. Daniel Spiker, 74-78=152; 70. Jacob Korb, 83-78=161 & Matt Marron, 81-80-=161.
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