Men's Golf Takes Seventh at the Grove City Invitational

GROVE CITY, Pa. – Senior Alex Pol (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) tied for ninth place out of 94 golfers at the Grove City Invitational on Thursday, helping the Penn State Behrend men's golf team finish in seventh place with a team score of 334.

Teams: 18
Golfers: 94
Course: Grove City Country Club | Grove City, PA
Results: Behrend finishes seventh out of 18 teams (334)

Key Moments:

* Clarion was the winning team with a 303 overall score, followed by Westminster in second (308) and Wooster in third (322)
* Pol recorded a 78 for the 18 holes, finishing one over after the first nine and five over on the back nine to tie for ninth overall
* Jake Caldwell (Belle Vernon, PA/Belle Vernon) was second on the team and tied for 24th with an 82 on the day
* Phil Pedano (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) carded tied for 41st overall with an 85
* Ryan Johnson (Centre Hall, PA/Penns Valley) and Michael Stoddart (Erie, PA/Mercyhurst Prep) registered the same score (89) to tie for 60th place
* Stoddart tallied two birdies in his first collegiate golf outing 
* Matt Goldman (Pittsburgh, PA/Upper St. Clair) competed individually, firing an 88 to tie for 56th place

Behrend Individual Scores: 
Pol - 78 (T9)
Caldwell - 82 (T24)
Pedano - 85 (T41)
Johnson - 89 (T60)
Stoddart - 89 (T60)

Next Up

* The Lions return to action on September 17 at the Penn State Altoona Invitational.