CAMBRIDGE, MD – Sophomore Kenneth Svanum shot a
final-round 76 to finish tied for 35th in the individual standings
and Francis Marion University placed 15th in the team standings at
the conclusion of the third-annual Maryland Intercollegiate Golf
Tournament on Sunday.
Penn State rallied for an eight-stroke victory over UNC
Wilmington in the team standings. Xavier University finished
third, followed by the University of Toledo and the host
Terrapins.
Svanum finished with a three-round score of 223. Junior
Kurt Slattery was Francis Marion's next-best finisher as he
tied for 62th place (78-75-77=230), while freshman Sean Morrison
was 75th (81-77-78=236), junior Andrew Weir tied for 76th
(80-80-77=237), and sophomore Sebastian Backlund was 79th
(80-79-83=242).
The 54-hole event was played on the par 71, 6,801-yard River
Marsh Golf Club course at the Hyatt Regency Resort in Cambridge,
Md.
Francis Marion will compete in the Wolfpack Intercollegiate,
Oct. 4-5, in Raleigh, N.C.