PENN YAN, NY - Utica University's men's and women's golf teams traveled to Lakeside Country Club in Penn Yan, NY, to participate in the Keuka College Fall Invitational. The course's par was set at 72 for both the men and women, with yardage totalling either 6,513 or 5,687 for the teams.
Freshman
Claire Draper (Watertown, NY/Watertown) built upon her impressive debut, finishing second overall among the women.
Adam Degregory (Saratoga Springs, NY/Schuylerville) led the individual scoring for the Utica men, finishing 5th overall with a +5 scorecard. After placing 2nd to Nazareth by one stroke at the SUNY Poly Invitational, Utica responded by winning the Keuka Invitational by one stroke over the Golden Flyers. Nazareth's women took the women's team scoring by a 20-stroke margin before Utica placed 2nd, another 32 strokes ahead of 3rd-place William Smith.
The Pioneer men placed 1st as a team on the back of four top-15 rounds. Degregory and
Aydin Parekh (Nobleton, Ontario/Blyth Academy) led Utica, turning in scorecards of +5 and +6. Louis Roman and
Koltin Pickell (Ellenville, NY/Ellenvlle) rounded out the team scoring, finishing just a handful of strokes back with rounds of +10 and +11, respectively.
The Utica women turned in remarkably similar results to their last tournament. For the second consecutive event, Draper led the team with a +13 round, followed by the next two highest placing Pioneers finishing +21. Though the scores were the same, the golfers responsible changed from the last event, as
Alaina Weaver (Sauquoit, NY/Sauquoit Valley Central) and
Paige Graves (Syracuse, NY/Fayetteville-Manlius) tied for the 8th overall finish in Penn Yan.
Jordan Dorrity (Constableville, NY/South Lewis Central) rounded out the team scoring, placing 15th overall with a +31 round.
The men's team will have to wait only a few days before competing in the Oswego Invitational, a two-day event covering this Saturday and Sunday, September 27th and 28th. The women will get a chance to relax and prepare, as their next scheduled event is the two-day Empire 8 Fall Invitational, hosted at nearby Teugega Country Club.
