Oct. 26, 2004

Absecon, New Jersey - Freshman Jon Pratkanis led Duquesne University's golf team at Temple's John MacDonald Classic at Galloway National Golf Course. The two-day event concluded Tuesday. The Dukes improved seven strokes on the second day to move up to a tie for eighth place in the 10-school event.

Pratkanis, who shot a 78 on Monday, improved his score to a one-over par 72 to move from 18th to fourth place with a total mark of 150. Senior Mike Namey's 161 was good for 28th place.

Loyola College of Baltimore won the team competition (604) and Connecticut's Jason Parajeckas and Iona's Paul Selvaggio tied for the top score, two-over par 144. Parajeckas won the playoff for the 2004 MacDonald Classic Title.

This was the final event on first year coach Tom Farrell's fall schedule.

John MacDonald Classic
Galloway National Golf Course
Par 71, 6,374 yards

Duquesne Results

T8 Duquesne University 325 318 643
 T4 Jon Pratkanis       78 72 150T28 Mike Namey          80 81 161T30 Andrew Kwiatkowski  83 79 162T43 Michael Edwards     84 86 170 51 Tom Hungerford      89 91 180

Team Scores

 1. Loyola             295-309-604 2. Iona               307-303-610 3. Seton Hall         311-311-622 4. Temple             307-319-626    Connecticut        317-309-626 6. Fordham            312-318-630 7. Hofstra            321-314-635 8. Duquesne           325-318-643    Delaware           323-320-64310. La Salle           332-339-671