George Washington University Athletics
George Washington University
Temple Owl Invitational
Golf Places Fifth at Temple Invitational
10/8/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Oct. 8, 2001
MOOSIC, PA (Oct. 8) - GW's Thomas Blankvoort shot a two-under-par 68 Saturday to finish second at the 36-hole Temple Invitational. Blankvoort's score propelled GW to a fifth-place finish at par-71, 6,585-yard Glenmaura National Golf Course in Moosic, PA. Blankvoort's 142 (73-69) placed him second, just three strokes off the pace set by Temple's John Rusk (68-71--139). The graduate student from Curacao, Netherlands, was the low Colonial for the third straight tournament.
As a team, the Colonials placed fifth (308-304-612) in the 14-team field. GW was 23 strokes behind Maryland's 589. Temple was second with 590.
Junior Michael Ball (Potomac, MD) was the second-lowest Colonial as he tied for 10th with a two-round total 150 (74-76).
Colonials' individual scores:
2nd Thomas Blankvoort 73-69--142
T-10th Michael Ball 74-76--150
T-19th Bryan Derdenger 79-74--153
T-59th Stuart Healey 82-85--167
T-65th Ryan Mello 86-86--172
GW next competes in the Lehigh-Stabler Intercollegiate Invitational, Oct. 12-13, at Center Valley Golf Club in Bethlehem, PA. The Colonials close out the fall season at the Old Dominion SeaScape Intercollegiate, Oct. 29-30, at Kitty Hawk, NC.
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1 Maryland 287-302--589
2 Temple 297-293--590
3 St. John's 291-307--598
4 Princeton 308-300--608
5 George Washington 308-304--612
6 Central Conn. St. 318-302--620
7 Pennsylvania 306-317--623
8 St. Joseph's (PA) 306-318--624
9 Duquesne 314-311--625
10 St. Bonaventure 311-316--627
11 Loyola College 314-323--637
12 Villanova 318-320--638
Rutgers 315-323--638
14 Ottawa (KS) 336-346--682
