Penn State Behrend Men's Golf Wins 2009 AMCC Championship
The Penn State Behrend men's golf team captured the 2009 AMCC
Championship on Monday, October 5 at Tom's Run Golf Resort in
Blairsville, Pennsylvania by shooting a score of 617 over two days
of action. The blue and white took home the title on a
tiebreaker as Penn State Altoona also finished the championship
with a team total of 617. The nine-team event was played
October 4 and 5 to decide the conference champion.
On Sunday, Behrend charged out to a lead with a team score of 299,
led by Pat Petraglia (Pittsburgh/Chartiers Valley) who fired a
tournament best round of 70. Behrend led Penn State Altoona
299-303 after day one. Altoona shot a 314 on Saturday, but
Behrend answered with a 318 to forge a team tie at 617. The
blue and white took the trophy based on the tiebreaker criteria of
best score by the #5 golfer on both days of the
tournament.
Head Coach James Bowen said, "This was a tough battle in which my
team played hard. It came down to the wire, every score
counted, and it was great to earn the title."
Petraglia stepped up big for the Behrend Lions with a two-day total
of 150, while teammate Kevin Koerbel
(Gibsonia/Deer Lakes) fired a two-day score of 151 and Joe Nelson
(Warren/Warren) posted a 155.
This is the second AMCC title for the Behrend Lions men's golf
team, as the blue and white also won the championship in
2004. Penn State Behrend will next compete on October 12 at
the Pitt-Greensburg Invitational.
