USCAA Golf Championship: First Round Results

FIRST ROUND
Penn State University Athletic Conference/United States Collegiate Athletic Association
36 Holes, Oct 7-8
Penn State Blue Course, State College, Pa., Par 72

Junior Adam Stawski (Plum) shot 78 and senior Matt Schrader (West Shamokin) carded a season-best 83 Oct 7 to help Penn State New Kensington move into third place after the first round of the Penn State University Athletic Conference championships at the Penn State Blue Course in State College, Pa. Stawski, the 2009 PSUAC runner-up, is a stroke behind the leader, Chase King of Penn State Mont Alto, the team leader at 313. The final round of the 36-hole tournament is set for 9 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8. Sophomore Ben Hammel (Riverview) shot 85 as the New Kensington Lions closed to within nine strokes of second-place Penn College, 339.

The United States Collegiate Athletic Association is holding its nation championships in conjunction with the PSUAC tournament. Individually, Stawski is ninth nationally, four stokes behind the leader of the 140-man field. The top ten earn USCAA All America status. As at team, New Kensington is 10th in the 23-team field.

PSUAC TEAM SCORES
Penn State Mont Alto 313
Penn College 339
Penn State New Kensington 348
Penn State Brandywine 358
Penn State Wilkes-Barre 358
Penn State Schuylkill 365
Penn State Hazelton 379
Penn State Lehigh Valley 390

USCAA TOP TEN TEAM SCORES
Daemon (NY) College 304
Penn State Mont Alto 313
Lindenwood College 315
New Hampshire Tech 319
Rochester College 321
Apprentice (Va.) School 329
SUNY-Canton 335
Penn College 339
West Virginia Tech 341
Penn State New Kensington 348