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Pratkanis Leads Dukes At UD Spring Invit.

April 26, 2005

Finals Results | Final individual results | Course Summary | Day 1 Recap

Centerville, Ohio - Duquesne University's golf team finished eighth in the three-round Dayton Spring Invitational at the Golf Club at Yankee Trace which completed play on Tuesday.

Freshman Jon Pratkanis (Butler, PA / Butler) led the Dukes, finishing with the seventh best score of 227 at the 6,923 yard, par 72 course. Senior Tom Wears (Ogdensburg, NY / Ogdensburg Free Academy) moved up to 18th with a 3-cycle mark of 235.

The weather was a factor for all athletes; it was breezy and rainy with temperatures in the high 40s.

Eric Mabee led Wisconsin-Green Bay to the team title. The Phoenix total of 899 was 16 strokes in front of second place St. Bonaventure. Mabee shot a par 72 Tuesday to win the individual crown with three-round mark of even par 216.

The Dukes' next action is the three-day Atlantic 10 Championships beginning on Friday, May 6th at the Newport National Golf Club in Middletown, R.I.

Duquesne Scores

         8   Duquesne University      318  321  324    963      T  7    Jon Pratkanis            76   73   78    227      T 18    Tom Wears                81   75   79    235      T 48    Michael Edwards          82   88   83    253        50    Mike Namey               79   91   84    254        52    Brandon Lawatsch         86   85   87    258

Team Scores

       Fin.          Teams                    Scores
         1   Wisconsin-Green Bay      306  292  301    899         2   St. Bonaventure U.       308  300  307    915         3   Cleveland State U.       304  314  304    922         4   Longwood University      316  306  301    923         5   Dayton, Univ. of         307  316  312    935             Butler University        307  325  303    935         7   IPFW                     316  317  323    956         8   Duquesne University      318  321  324    963         9   Youngstown State U.      325  321  321    967        10   Loyola U.- Chicago       316  341  318    975       DNF   Dayton B                 333  323  DNF

Note: The final results included only 10 teams. Dayton's B-squad didn't have the requisite four golfers today as Sam Morton, who led all UD golfers Monday, was forced to withdraw from the tournament because of an exam.

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