From University of Rochester Athletics
Consistency paid off for the University of Rochester golf team
on Day two of the 2014 Duke Nelson Invitational, with the
Yellowjackets earning a solid 3rd place finish of 25 teams on
Sunday at the Ralph Myhre Golf Course.
Day two saw UR shoot a team score of 302, improving by nine strokes
from Saturday's first round. Rochester's two round total was
615, good for 3rd behind 1st place Rensselaer (605) and 2nd place
Trinity (CT) (608). Host Middlebury was 4th and Salem State ended
5th.
All five of Rochester's golfers finished in the top 20 spots with
sophomore Jona Scott leading the way with a 5th place finish after
a two day score of 150. He shot 74 Sunday matching teammate
Matt van Niekerk who ended in a tie for 9th after a two day
153.
The other three UR golfers all recorded 77s on Sunday with Dominick
Schumacher, Luis Arteaga and Matt Michael posting that score to
complete the Yellowjacket round. Schumacher ended tied for
13th with a 155 while Michael and Arteaga were T20 after 157
scores.
The 3rd place result is the second straight for Rochester to begin
the 2014-15 season, as UR placed 3rd last weekend at the St. John
Fisher Invitational. Next week, UR travels to North Carolina
for the Tournament Town Championship Preview at the Grandover
Resort in Greensboro. The Grandover Resort was the site of
last years and will be the site of this years NCAA Division III
National Championships.