Golf Tied for Fourth at Princeton Invitational

Saturday, April 6

Princeton, NJ

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Temple University

Princeton Invitational

Photo by: Artie Walker

Golf Tied for Fourth at Princeton Invitational

4.6.19 | Men's Golf

Results

PRINCETON, N.J. - Senior Gary McCabe turned in his best day as a Temple golfer, shooting a three-under 139 to lead the Owls to fourth-place tie after the first day at the Princeton Invitational. As a team, Temple shot an even-par 568 for the first two rounds at the par-71, 6,424 Springdale Golf Club Saturday.

Recapping the Day

McCabe, who is tied for 8^th overall, shot an even-par during the morning round, mixing in two birdies and two bogeys for a 71. He then ran off six birdies, including five on his front nine, while again making just two bogeys for a 68 in the afternoon. It was his first collegiate round in the 60s.
Senior Trey Wren shot a 68 in the morning round, making four birdies to just one bogey. He was one-over for his afternoon round (3 birdies, 4 bogeys) for a 72. He is one shot back of McCabe and tied for 13^th.
Redshirt senior John Barone went without a birdie in his opening round while carding a four-over 75. He made up for that with six in the afternoon, but a bogey and double-bogey, had him finish with a two-under 69. He stands tied for 33^rd with a two-over 144.
Freshman Conor McGrath shot a four-over 146 (t49th) for the day, making five birdies on the day. His one-over 72 in the afternoon is his best round of the season.
Redshirt junior Erik Reisner started strong, shooting a one-under over his first nine courtesy of three birdies. He would only add one more birdie on the day in shooting a nine-over 151 (t68th).
Playing as an individual, senior Sam Soeth recovered from a 77 to card a 68 in the afternoon round. He had a team-best nine birdies on the day and is tied for 37^th with a three-over 145.

The Field

Yale owns a seven stroke lead on the 13-team field with a 19-under 549. Penn is in striking distance at 12-under (542) and the Quakers are followed by Loyola-Md. (566), with Columbia and Temple two strokes back at 568.
Yale's Teddy Zinser and Paul Stankey are tied for the lead with Princeton's Jake Mayer with eight-under 134s.

Quotable (Temple coach Brian Quinn)

"I am really proud of Gary (McCabe). He played great. It has been a long time coming for him and hopefully will be a good confidence boost going forward."
"I am also proud of Conor McGrath). He birdied the last hole for the first time all year a good way to finish."
"Trey played fantastic. He could have shot 63, 64 if not for some unforced errors."
"I am happy the way John responded in the afternoon after a not so good first round for him."
"I was disappointed, however the way Trey and John at one point. Those two guys played a three-hole stretch of six-over. They are our guys and that hurt."
"It will be really tough catching Yale now (the way we finished). We just have to go out post a good round tomorrow."