Complete Results 

HERSHEY, Pa. - Franklin & Marshall's men's golf team finished in fourth place amongst the seven competing teas at the Elizabethtown College Invitational. Methodist University handily won the event with a 295, finishing six strokes ahead of Washington & Lee. The Diplomats were 18 strokes off of the championship benchmark.

Two Diplomats finished in the top 15 of the 34-golfer field. Brendan Mohler tied with W&L's Anthony Wilson for eighth place with a 36-hole score of 153. Mohler shot a 76 on Sunday to shave a shot off of hist Saturday score. The 153 was seven strokes off of the 146 posted by Methodist's Josh Schrader. Schrader shot a 71 and 75 to finish three strokes above par for the tournament. Cameron Warner and Rutgers-Camden's Joe DeVito carded the same score in each round, 76 and 81, for a 36-hole total of 157 and a 12^th place tie.

Methodist's scoring four swept the top of the leaderboard. Trey Howell finished a single stroke behind Schrader for sole ownership of second place. Liam Friedman and Josh Speight both shot 148 to tie for third place along with W&L's Robert Womble.

The Diplomats got a 17^th place finish from Andrew Woods, who tied with a pair of Farmingdale State golfers with a 159. Danny Liebowitz and Joe Fucigna owned 20^th and 21^st with respective scores of 160 and 161. F&M held 45 strokes on fifth place St. Joseph's (Long Island). Elizabethtown owned sixth place with Rutgers-Camden rounding out the field.

F&M returns to action tomorrow at the Lebanon Valley Invitational.

Elizabethtown College Invitational
Hershey Links
Hershey, PA
Dates: Sep 19-20, 2009
Par:     72   71
Yards: 7009 7061

Fin.  Top 20 teams                     Scores    Total    Par 
   1  Methodist University...........  295  289    584    +12
   2  Washington & Lee University....  301  312    613    +41
   3  Farmingdale State College......  307  309    616    +44
   4  Franklin & Marshall College....  313  316    629    +57
   5  St. Joseph's College (L.I.)....  332  342    674   +102
   6  Elizabethtown College..........  332  345    677   +105
   7  Rutgers-Camden.................  351  359    710   +138


Fin.  Top 20 Players        Team                              Scores   Total    Par 
   1  Josh Schrader........ Methodist University...........   71   75    146     +3
   2  Trey Howell.......... Methodist University...........   76   71    147     +4
t  3  Liam Friedman........ Methodist University...........   70   78    148     +5
t  3  Josh Speight......... Methodist University...........   78   70    148     +5
t  3  Robert Womble........ Washington & Lee University....   73   75    148     +5
   6  Masanao Maruyama..... Farmingdale State College......   75   74    149     +6
   7  Alex Weir............ Methodist University...........   79   73    152     +9
t  8  Brendan Mohler....... Franklin & Marshall College....   77   76    153    +10
t  8  Anthony Wilson....... Washington & Lee University....   72   81    153    +10
  10  Matt Langan.......... Washington & Lee University....   78   76    154    +11
  11  Chris Arnold......... Farmingdale State College......   76   80    156    +13
t 12  Joe DeVito........... Rutgers-Camden.................   76   81    157    +14
t 12  Cameron Warner....... Franklin & Marshall College....   76   81    157    +14
t 14  Dan Bolstein......... Elizabethtown College..........   73   85    158    +15
t 14  Tim Gavrich.......... Washington & Lee University....   78   80    158    +15
t 14  Jim McLaughlin....... Farmingdale State College......   75   83    158    +15
t 17  Matt Livolsi......... Farmingdale State College......   81   78    159    +16
t 17  Andrew Schwartz...... Farmingdale State College......   82   77    159    +16
t 17  Andrew Woods......... Franklin & Marshall College....   80   79    159    +16
  20  Danny Liebowitz...... Franklin & Marshall College....   80   80    160    +17