Golfers Set to Start Spring Season Thursday at Woodstone CC
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian College golf team is set to begin the spring portion of its scheduled on Thursday, March 28th when the Greyhounds host the Moravian Spring Invitational at Woodstone Country Club in Danielsville at 12:30 p.m.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian College golf team is set to begin the spring portion of its scheduled on Thursday, March 28th when the Greyhounds host the Moravian Spring Invitational at Woodstone Country Club in Danielsville at 12:30 p.m.
The Greyhounds are scheduled to play a total of 11 rounds this spring including the third and fourth rounds of the 2012-13 Empire 8 Conference Championships at the Hershey Country Club on April 20th and 21st. Moravian has a pair of tri-matches scheduled for the spring, and the squad will finish the year on Monday, April 29th at the inaugural John Makuvek Cup with DeSales University and Muhlenberg College.
Third-year Head Coach Kevin Edwards has seven golfers on the roster for the spring season.
Freshman Evan Dickinson led the Greyhounds in the fall with an average of 81.4 over five rounds including a low round of 77 at the Centenary Cyclone Invitational to finish the fall. Dickinson was tied for 33rd after the first two rounds of the Empire 8 Championships while senior Aaron Thieme was tied for 13th. Thieme averaged 83.0 stokes per round in the fall while playing in all five rounds.
Senior Tyler Thompson, who split time in the fall with the golf team and as the starting punter and place kicker for the Moravian football squad, averaged 85.7 per round in three tournaments while freshman Jim Maru averaged 88.5 per round while playing four rounds. Freshman James Lobb fired an 85 in his only round of the fall at the Greyhounds' Fall Invitational at Woodstone. Junior Eric Shultz played in all five rounds in the fall while sophomore Scott Nevenglosky rounds out the Moravian roster for the spring after playing three rounds last fall.
After Thursday's tournament, the Greyhounds will head to Brookside Country Club on April 3rd for a tri-match with DeSales and York College of Pennsylvania. Moravian will host a tri-match with DeSales and Cabrini College on the Weyhill Course at the Saucon Valley Country Club on Tuesday, April 23rd.
