Behrend Men's Golf in Seventh Place at AMCC Championships

BUTLER, Pa.  – The Penn State Behrend men's golf team is in seventh place with a score of 353 after day one of the 2024 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships held at Butler Country Club on Monday afternoon.

Teams: 8
Golfers: 40
Course: Butler Country Club | Butler, PA
Results: Behrend sits in seventh place after day one at AMCC Championships (353)

Key Moments:

* The Lions had five birdies on the day, including three from Owen Blum (Warren, PA/Warren Area) on the back nine
* Blum was second on the team and tied for 27^th overall with a score of 88 along with JR Hufnagel (Evans City, PA/North Catholic)
* Johnny Palmieri (Warren, PA/Eisenhower) led the Lions with a team-low score of 87 to tie for 27^th place overall, shooting 16 over for the par 71 course
* Daniel McMaster (Murrysville, PA/Greensburg Central Catholic) tied for 30^th overall with a score of 90
* Liam Good (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) finished tied for 33^rd place with a score of 94
* The reigning champions Penn State Altoona are in first place after day one, shooting +28 as a team for a 312 score
* Behrend will complete the final round of the championships tomorrow at 9 a.m.

Behrend Individual Scores:
Johnny Palmieri (87)
Owen Blum (88)
JR Hufnagel (88)
Daniel McMaster (90)
Liam Good (94)

Team Scores
Penn State Altoona (1 – 312)
Mt. Aloysius (2 – 320)
Pitt-Greensburg (3 – 321)
Pitt-Bradford (4 – 328)
La Roche (5 – 343)
Hilbert (6 – 349)
Penn State Behrend (7 –353)
Carlow (8 – 375 )