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St. John's Invitational
12th Place

October 2, 1999


FARMINGDALE, NY -- Mike Ladden finished 21st overall and Terry Maguire placed 40th to lead the University of Delaware men's golf team to a 12th place team finish at the Walter McLaughlin Red Storm Invitational hosted by St. John's Saturday at Bethpage Country Club.

Wyoming won the 19-team event, shooting 280 and 285 on Friday and 280 on Saturday for a 845, 12 strokes better than North Carolina Greensboro over the 6,756-yard, par 70 course. Host St. John's was third with 863 while Martin Methodist was fourth with an 864.

Wyoming's Jacob Hunter and Mike Urbatchka tied for individual honors as Hunter shot 67-69-71=207 and Urbatchka shot 68-71-68=207.

Ladden shot 75-72-72=219 to place tied for 21st while Maguire was at 75-71-78 to finish tied for 40th. Also for Delaware, Graig O'Brien tied for 60th (73-79-79=231), freshman Eric Stepanian tied for 63rd (80-76-76=232), and Jason Phinney tied for 70th at 78-77-80=235.

The Hens continue action Oct. 15-16 at the Stabler Invitational at Lehigh.

AGATE:

Final Team Standings: 1. Wyoming - 845; 2. North Carolina Greensboro - 857; 3. St. John's - 863; 4. Martin Methodist - 864; 5. Rutgers - 865; 6. Detroit Mercy, Towson - 867; 8. Villanova - 880; 9. Columbia - 885; 10. Cleveland State - 892; 11. Hofstra - 898; 12. Delaware - 902; 13. Iona - 916; 14. Loyola - 930; 15. Wagner - 947; 16. Fairfield - 952; 17. Fairleigh Dickinson - 987; 18. Manhattan - 991.

Top Finishers: 1. Jacob Hunter (Wyoming),, 67-69-71=207 and Mike Urbatchka (Wyoming), 68-71-68=207; 3. Andrew Svoboda (St. John's), 71-66-71=208; 4. Tom Eisenacher (Towson), 70-73-68=210; 5. Brad Spears (Detroit Mercy), 70-73-68=211

Delaware Finishers: 21. Mike Ladden, 75-72-72=219; 40. Terry Maguire, 75-71-78=224; 60. Graig O'Brien, 73-79-79=231; 63. Eric Stepanian, 80-76-76=232; 70. Jason Phinney, 78-7780=235.

 

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