Sept. 15, 2006

Results

Lewisburg, Pa. - Duquesne University's men's golf team cut 21 points from their first round score to gain a tie for ninth place after the first two rounds of the Bucknell Invitational Friday at the college's par 70, 6,276 yard golf course.

All five Dukes lowered their scores in the day's closing round, led by senior Drew Ellis (7). Senior Derek Evans and sophomore Brendan Madden each cut five strokes for identical 72s, and are tied for 18th place in the 84-player event.

Rider leads the 15-team tournament with a two-round total of 571, 11 strokes in front of the Bucknell Blue quintet. The Broncs' Tyler Brewington holds the individual lead with a 139, one stroke in front of Lehigh's Matt Denison and Mike Magalski from St. Francis (PA).

The third and final round of the Bucknell Invitational begins with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Saturday morning.

Duquesne Results

  T 18 Derek Evans           77 72 149  T 18 Brendan Madden        77 72 149  T 37 Drew Ellis            80 73 153  T 47 Brian Sidone          79 77 156  T 69 Mike Hartman          87 75 162

Team Scores

  1 Rider                289 282 571 +11  2 Bucknell Blue        289 293 582 +22  3 St. Francis (PA)     292 297 589 +29  4 Bucknell             298 292 590 +30  5 Lehigh               294 303 597 +37  6 La Salle             304 295 599 +39  7 Robert Morris Coll   293 309 602 +42  8 Lafayette            296 307 603 +43  9 Duquesne             313 292 605 +45    Colgate              305 300 605 +45 11 Mount St. Mary's     305 305 610 +50 12 Susquehanna          303 317 620 +60 13 Fordham              317 310 627 +67    St. Peter's          310 317 627 +67 15 Messiah              335 310 645 +85