Reading, Pa. (Mar. 31, 2015) - Freshman
Keith Noonan shot 4-over 76 with 16 pars to lead Alvernia University to a 325 team total and fourth place out of 15 teams at the Alvernia Spring Men's Golf Invitational hosted by LedgeRock Golf Club.
Junior
Brett Fernandes shot 79 and senior
Chris Van Natta carded an 80. Senior
Corey Crafford shot 90 and RJ Cummings and
Rory Clemens post came in at 96.
Messiah College won the team event shotting 306. Muhlenberg freshman Dan Eidman tied the tournament record with a 2-under round and posted the best collegiate round in competition at LedgeRock with a 70. Messiah's Matt Burkhart shot 2-under, 69 in the tournament's first season when it was hosted by Reading Country Club.
Noonan--starting on the par 3 2nd--opened his round with three straight pars then had some trouble with the par 4 5th making a triple bogey. He bounced back with 13 straight pars, including all nine holes on the back, then bogied the 1st to finish at 76. He was tied for fifth overall, the second top five of his career.
Fernandes shot 7-over with nine bogies and a pair of birdies. He rolled in birdies on the par 4 6th and the par 4 16th. Van Natta was 5-over with three to play having also birdied the 6th. He snap-hooked a tee shot out of play on the short par 4 16th, made bogey on the difficult par 4 17th, and finished well with a birdie on the par 5 18th.
Crafford had one birdie in his round of 90 rolling in a putt on the par 3 10th.
Alvernia returns to action Monday at Lebanon Country Club.
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