BETHLEHEM, PA –
Rick van der Nat (Noordwijk, The Netherlands/Visser 't Hooft) shot one-under 71 Saturday to finish three-under for the tournament to finish third individually and lead the Rider University golf team to a third-place finish as a team at the Lehigh Invitational at Saucon Valley Country Club. The Broncs shot 299 (+11) Saturday to finish +11 (587) for the tournament, behind only champion St. John's (571, -5) and Lehigh (584, +8).
Jack Urban (Upper St. Clair, PA/Upper St. Clair) shot three over Saturday and four over for the tournament to finish tied for 13
th. Michael McCrone (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) shot seven over on Saturday to drop from a tie for second to 19
th for the tournament.
Zander Gibson (Concord, OH/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) shot 76 (+4) Saturday and +12 for the tournament to finish 44
th, while
Louie Giovacchini (Windermere, FL/Windermere) carded a 77 (+5) Saturday and +8 (30
th) for the tournament.
QUOTES & NOTES
"Rick played a great round and had a great tournament."
"The back nine was totally terrible today, but I have to give these guys a lot of credit for the amount of progress that we've made this Fall."
"Looking forward to a solid offseason and defending our conference championship in the Spring." –
Rider Head Coach Jason Barry
- The Broncs were coming off a win at the Bucknell Invitational.
- Lehigh's Yuxuan Song won medalist honors with a 139 (-5) for the tournament, a stroke ahead of St. John's Jack Simon (140, -4) and two strokes ahead of van der Nat (141, -3).
- The Broncs were one of four MAAC schools in competition, joining Siena (602, +26, T5
th), Fairfield (605, +29, T7
th) and Iona (619, +43, 11
th).
- The Broncs led the field with a eight-under performance on the Par 5's and 37 birdies on the tournament.
- This weekend's tournament concludes the Broncs' Fall season.