By Andrew Porzio, Staff writer
The Susquehanna men’s golf team took fifth overall at this past weekend’s Empire 8 Championship tournament at the Hershey Country Club in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Susquehanna finished with a four round total of 1,362 strokes to take fifth place. The River Hawks finished just four strokes ahead of Nazareth in the final standings.
Individually, senior Matt Schaffner led Susquehanna as he finished in 10th place overall with a score of +20. He shot a score of 81 on both April 14 and April 15 to finish with an overall score of 162.
Freshman Alex Wager finished tied for 12th with a score of 23 over par and ju- nior Connor White tied for 16th at 24 over par.
St. John Fisher took the team title with a score of 1,250 good for 106 over par. Stevens was second followed by Moravian, Scranton and Susquehanna.
The River Hawks will finish their season at the National Invitational Tournament at Glenmaura Country Club.
Susquehanna’s men’s team also placed ninth at the Stevenson Invitational on April 13. Wager was the top finisher for the River Hawks with a score of 14 over par.
On the women’s side, the team placed four girls inside the top 20 on April 11 at the Ursinus Spring Invitational on the Stonewall North Course in Elverson, Pennsylvania.
Freshman Michelle Davidson and sophomore Samantha Thompson both finished 11th and 12th respectively on the par 70, 5,886-yard course.
Davidson posted a score of 93 which was good for 23 over par.
Thompson was right be- hind her on the leaderboard as she finished with a score of 96, which was good for 26 over par.
Senior Jocelyn Tamayo finished at 43 over par on the day, which placed her at 19th place on the leaderboard and freshman Kira Hunter finished in 20th place with a score of 45 over par to be the fourth River Hawk in the top 20.
Susquehanna finished third out of eight teams in the tournament finishing with a score of 417. Muhlenberg captured the team title with a score of 345, while Alvernia took second with score of 381.
Albright finished fourth behind Susquehanna while Cabrini, Franklin and Mar- shall, Neumann and Ursinus did not bring enough golfers to the match to record a team score for the event.
The River Hawks will complete the spring season with the Centennial Conference Championships this weekend at Franklin and Marshall.