First Round Leaderboard
Hopewell Township, Pa. / The Club at Shadow Lakes — The
Robert Morris University men's golf team tallied a team score of 303 and sits in second place with 18 holes left to play at the RMU Colonial Classic. The event is being held at the 6,570-yard, par-72 layout at The Club at Shadow Lakes in Hopewell Township, Pa.
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Junior
Santiago Mejia (Bogota, Colombia / Blessed Hope) is tied for the tournament lead with Saint Francis University's Shane Crampton. Mejia carded four birdies on a rain-soaked course Monday afternoon to fire a one-under round of 71.
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Saint Francis has a six stroke lead tallying a nine-over par team score of 297. RMU is second followed by Point Park (311), Notre Dame (Ohio) (317), the Robert Morris Club team (339) and Maryland Eastern Shore (344).
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Colonials sophomore
Garrett Browning (Imperial, Pa. / West Allegheny) and freshman
Dean Hitt (Jackson, Mich. / Lumen Christi) find themselves firmly planted in the top-10. Browning carded a 75 while Hitt came home in 76 strokes.
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Other team scorers include juniors
Matt Gurska (Hermitage, Pa. / Kennedy Catholic) and
Ryan Prokay (Grove City, Pa. / Grove City). Gurska finished the course in 81 strokes while Prokay needed 82 to play all 18 holes.
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Playing as individuals, sophomore
Dan Maier (Irwin, Pa. / Penn Trafford) had a 79 and freshman
Mac Cavanaugh (West Newbury, Mass. / Pentucket Regional) carded an 82.