Behrend Men's Golf Tied for Third Place at AMCC Championships

INDIANA, Pa.  – The Penn State Behrend men's golf team is tied for third place with a score of 330 after day one of the 2023 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships held at Indiana Country Club on Monday afternoon.

Teams: 9
Golfers: 44
Course: Indiana Country Club | Indiana, PA
Results: Behrend sits in fourth place after day one at AMCC Championships (330)

Key Moments:

* Jake Caldwell (Belle Vernon, PA/Belle Vernon) in sole possession of seventh place to lead the Lions
* Caldwell finished three over on the first nine holes and five over on the next nine for a 79 total
* With seven holes to go, Caldwell was tied for seventh with three other golfers
* Andrew Hatton (Lawrence Park, PA/Iroquois) and Owen Blum (Warren, PA/Warren Area) are tied for 13^th with a first-round score of 83
* Jared Franc (Erie, PA/Fairview) carded a 40 on the front nine and then shot +11 on the back for an 85, good enough to tie for 19^th place
* JR Hufnagel (Evans City, PA/North Catholic) completed the Behrend five for the championships
* Hufnagel tallied a 98 (48-50) for 38^th place heading into day two
* The Lions had two birdies on the day
* The reigning champions Penn State Altoona are in first place after day one, shooting +16 as a team for a 300 score
* Behrend will complete the final round of the championships tomorrow at 9 a.m.

Behrend Individual Scores:

Jake Caldwell (7^th - 79)
Owen Blum (T13 - 83)
Andrew Hatton (T13 - 83)
Jared Franc (T19 - 85)
JR Hufnagel (38^th - 98)

Team Scores

Penn State Altoona (1 – 300)
Pitt-Greensburg (2 – 318)
Mt. Aloysius (T3– 330)
Penn State Behrend (T3 – 330)
Hilbert (5 – 339)
Pitt-Bradford (6 – 345)
La Roche (7 – 349)
Carlow (8 – 393)
Wells (9 – 411)