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March 27-28, 2004 Blue Hens Place 11th; Spiker Seventh in Individual Race WESTOVER, MD -- University of Delaware junior Dan Spiker placed seventh overall with a three-round total of 215 to lead the Blue Hens to an 11th place team finish at the Drew Upton Invitational hosted by Towson University Sunday at Great Hope Golf Course. Spiker, who led the Blue Hens in a tournament for the first time this season, fired scores of 74 and 69 on Saturday and finished with an even par 72 Sunday to finish at 215, tied for seventh with three other golfers over the 7,047-yard course. Spiker has been the team Most Valuable Player each of the last two seasons when he has been the team's top finisher at the Colonial Athletic Association championships. Liberty captured the team title with a score of 867, five strokes better than host Towson and Rutgers in the 19-team field. Delaware tied with Binghamton for 11th place with a score of 897, just two strokes out of the top 10. The Hens shot a 294 in the first round Saturday and followed with rounds of 299 and 304. Delaware placed three golfers in the top 30 as freshman Joe McLister placed 23rd with scores of 76-74-71=221 and freshman Steve Banks was 29th overall with scores of 70-74-80=224. Also for the Hens, Chase Miller was 86th with scores of 74-82-81=237 and B.J. Jaworski was 97th with scores of 82-88-94=264. Towson freshman Alex Brueggemann took medalist honors as he shot scores of 67, 74, and 70 for a five-under par 211, two strokes better than Loyola's Will Shriver at 69-74-70=213. The Blue Hens will continue action next week when they travel to Annapolis, MD for the United State Naval Academy Spring Invitational. AGATE: Final Team Standings: 1. Liberty - 867; 2. Towson & Rutgers - 872; 4. Boston College - 881; 5. Loyola and George Mason - 882; 7. James Madison - 888; 8. Columbia - 890; 9. Drexel - 891; 10. Army - 895; 11. Delaware and Binghamton - 897; 13. Rider - 899; 14. Long Island - 914; 15. Monmouth - 922; 16. Pennsylvania - 924; 17. St. John's - 931 18. Colgate and Cornell - 932. Top 10 Finishers: 1. Alex Brueggemann (Towson), 67-74-70=211; 2. Will Shriver (Loyola), 69-74-70=213; 3. Scott Manley (Army), 71-72-71=214, James Yoo (Liberty), 71-72-71=214, Mike Cavanagh (GMU), 71-71-72=214, and Michael Kosup (Rutgers), 68-73-73=214; 7. Dan Spiker (Delaware), 74-69-72=215, Keith Hendrickson (Binghamton), 74-73-68=215, and Paul Carey (Liberty), 72-72-71=215; 10. Brent Pittman (Rutgers), 73-71-73=217. Delaware Finishers: 7. Dan Spiker, 74-69-72=215; 23. Joe McLister, 76-74-71=221; 29. Steve Banks, 70-74-80=224; 86. Chase Miller, 74-82-81=237; 97. B.J. Jaworski, 82-88-94=264.
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