Men’s Golf in First After Day One of AMCC Championships
INDIANA, Pa. – By the conclusion of the first round of the two-day Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championships, held at Indiana Country Club on Monday, the Penn State Altoona men's golf team held the top spot on the team leaderboard.
The Lions shot 300 as a team to rank atop the pack after a cool and breezy day of play. Pitt-Greensburg was in second place with 318, and Mount Aloysius College and Penn State Behrend were tied for third with 330.
Penn State Altoona's Trey Heffelfinger (Mount Union, PA/Mount Union) had the overall low score for the day, shooting an even-par 71 to finish the round in first place out of 44 individuals. Peter Nusbaum (Pittsboro, NC/Thales Academy) held second place individually, firing 3-over par, 74.
Jack Ankeny (Davidsville, PA/Conemaugh Township) carded a season-best score, shooting 77 to rank in fifth place by the end of the round. Jack DiTrani (Hinsdale, IL/Benet Academy) shot 78 to finish the day in sixth, and Andrew Bruce (Moon Township, PA/Moon) scored an 87 to come into a tie for 26th.
The second and final day of the AMCC Championships is tomorrow, Tuesday, October 10, with tee times scheduled to start at 10 a.m. The Lions will be looking to wrap up their third consecutive conference title, as well as the program's eighth overall.
