Men's Golf Takes Third at AMCC Championships

Men's Golf Takes Third at AMCC Championships

INDIANA, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's golf team placed third with a score of 657 at the two-day 2023 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships held at Indiana Country Club.

Teams: 9
Golfers: 44
Course: Indiana Country Club | Indiana, PA
Results: Behrend places third at the 2023 AMCC Championships (330-327-657)

Key Moments:

* The Lions took three strokes off their day one total for a 327
* Behrend had two golfers in the Top 10, Jake Caldwell (Belle Vernon, PA/Belle Vernon) and Jared Franc (Erie, PA/Fairview)
* Caldwell led the Lions and was fifth place overall in his final championship
* Caldwell tied his first day score of 79  for a 158
* Franc shaved nine strokes off his day-one total (85) and posted the team-best score of 76 on day two
* Franc tied for eighth with an overall score of 161
* Owen Blum (Warren, PA/Warren Area) narrowly missed the Top 10, tying for 13th place (83-84) with a 167 total
* Andrew Hatton (Lawrence Park, PA/Iroquois) dropped down the rankings to tie for 25th place overall
* Hatton fired an 88 to go with an 83 on day one for a 171 score
* JR Hufnagel (Evans City, PA/North Catholic) managed 10 strokes better than day one, carding a 98-88 for a 186 total to place 38th overall
* Penn State Altoona won its third straight AMCC title with a winning score of 609 (300-309) and had the individual medalist in Trey Heffelfinger

Behrend Individual Scores:

Jake Caldwell (5th - 158)
Jared Franc (T8 - 161)
Owen Blum (T13 - 167)
Andrew Hatton (T25 - 171)
JR Hufnagel (38th - 186)

Team Scores

Penn State Altoona (1 – 300-309-609)
Pitt-Greensburg (2 – 322-326-648)
Penn State Behrend (3 – 330-327)
Hilbert (4 – 339-326-665)
Mt. Aloysius (5– 330-326-666)
La Roche (6 – 349-334-683)
Pitt-Bradford (7 – 345-344-689)
Carlow (8 – 393-378-771)
Wells (9 – 411-387-798)