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March 13-14, 2003 Blue Hens Open Spring Season With 17th Place Finish
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL -- The University of Delaware men's golf squad opened the 2003 spring season with a 17th place team finish at the Treasure Coast WTC Hero's Classic hosted by St. John's University Friday at the 6,581-yard, par 72 Port St. Lucie PGA Country Club. Florida Gulf Coast University topped the 18-team field, shooting a 292 each day over the two-day, 36-hole tournament for a team score of 584. Bethune-Cookman was second with 587 while Liberty University was third at 598 and Navy and Guilford tied for fourth with scores of 604. Delaware carded a team score of 660, shooting 337 on Thursday and improving 14 strokes to 323 on Friday. Creighton placed finished last in 18th place with a two-day total of 667. Leading the Blue Hens was sophomore Chase Miller (Brandywine/Wilmington, DE), who placed 45th overall at 157 after following an 84 Thursday with a 73 on Friday, the lowest score of the week for Delaware. Also for the Hens, Devin Milowe (Eastern/Voorhees, NJ) placed 71st (82-83=165), Daniel Spiker (Poolesville/Poolesville, MD) was 80th (83-86=169), and Mike Hoffman (Prospect/Mt. Prospect, IL) was 94th (88-93=181). Andrew Svoboda of St. John's and Jerry Chen of Temple tied for medalist honors with scores of 142. Svoboda shot 71 both days while Chen followed a 72 Thursday with a 70 Friday. Bethune-Cookman's Adam Auger placed tied for third with a 143, including a tournament-low three under par 69 on Thursday. Delaware will return to action March 29-30 at the Towson (Md.) Invitational. AGATE: Final Team Standings: 1. Florida Gulf Coast U. - 584; 2. Bethune-Cookman - 587; 3. Liberty- 598; 4. Navy and Guilford - 604; 6. Nova Southeastern - 606; 7. Florida Atlantic - 608; 8. Towson & Indianapolis - 610; 10. Seton Hall - 620; 11. Florida A&M & St. Louis Univ. - 622; 13. Temple - 628; 14. St. John's - 644; 15. Evansville - 645; 16. Navy B - 654; 17. Delaware - 660; 18. Creighton - 667. Top 5 Finishers: 1. Andrew Svoboda (St. Johns), 71-71=142 & Jerry Chen (Temple), 72-70=142; 3. Billy Wingerd (Towson), 70-73-143, Joseph Lamielle (FGCU), 73-70=143, Luke Miller (B-C), 71-72=143, and Adam Auger (B-C), 69-74=143. Delaware Finishers: 45. Chase Miller, 84-73=157; 71. Devin Milowe, 82-83=165; 80. Daniel Spiker, 83-86=169; 94. Mike Hoffman, 88-93=181; J.J. Oakley, DQ-81 (no place finish).
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