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S-108-07-08
Friday, April 24, 2008

Golf Team In Action at Commonwealth Championships

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College golf team is set to compete at the Commonwealth Conference championships at the Hershey Country Club East Course this weekend.

Six schools will vie for the team title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championships during the 36-hole event, which begins Saturday at 8:00 a.m. and concludes on Sunday.

After finishing seventh at last year's championships, the Blue Jays are poised to make a run from bottom to top at this year's meet.

Junior Mike Wagner (Allentown, PA/William Allen) is the Blue Jays' number-one player after a strong spring season in which he averaged 78.5 strokes per round and had three top-10 finishes.

First-year student Geoff Quinque (Green Lane, PA/Upper Perkiomen) is one of two rookies in the lineup for the Blue Jays, and averaged 80.7 over nine rounds this season. He had four top-10 finishes and tied for first in a tri-match with Lebanon Valley and Messiah on Oct. 10.

Sophomore Kurt Amen (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown) is third in the lineup, and averaged 83.0 in 10 rounds during the season. He had four top-10 finishes and shot a season-best 77 on the Hershey East course on April 10.

Also making his conference tourney debut is first-year student Dan Senkler (Orlando, FL/Sanford School). He competed in six rounds during the season, averaging 80.2 strokes per round, and had three top-10 finishes including a win in the 34-player Messiah Invitational on Tuesday with a round of 78.

Rounding out the Blue Jay lineup is senior Hunter Gross (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown), who played 11 rounds during the season and averaged 82.5. He had three top-10 finishes in the fall and has broken 80 in two of his last three rounds.