Hershey, PA (April 19, 2006) – Freshman Derek Stewart (Bernville, PA/Tulpehocken) shot 6-over 77 to lead Alvernia College to a 325 total and eighth place out of 15 teams at the Elizabethtown College Spring Golf Invitational Wednesday afternoon at Hershey Country Club.

            Stewart birdied three straight holes to drop from eight over to five over with three holes to play and finished with a  bogey on the par 3 13th, his final hole of the day to shoot 77.  Senior Nayson Avery (Bernville, PA/Tulpehocken) shot 80, sophomore Steve Gerhart (Levittown, PA/Harry S. Truman) carded an 83 for the second straight round, and George VanHorn (Bernville, PA/The Hill School) shot 85.

            Alvernia will travel to Dover, Del., on Thursday for the Wesley College Spring Invitational.

Elizabethtown Spring Invitational
Hershey Country Club (East Course)
Par 71, 6,363 yards, Rating/Slope 71.0/133

Alvernia Results       325 
1. Nayson Avery         80
2. Derek Stewart        77
3. Jeff Sadowski        87
4. Steve Gerhart        83
5. George Van Horn       85

Team Results
1. Franklin & Marshall   309
2. Moravian              315
3. York (Pa.)            320
4. College of New Jersey 323
5. Lebanon Valley        323
6. McDaniel              324
7. Delaware Valley       324
8. Alvernia              325
9. Susquehanna           330
10. Dickinson            331
11. Albright             334
12. Messiah              337
13. Gettysburg           340
14. Ursinus              352
15. Elizabethtown        354