Seton Hall University
Second & Third Rounds
MGolf Finishes Ninth at Rutgers
9/15/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Seton Hall men's golf team finished ninth at the 2012 Rutgers Invitational with a 47-over-par, 305-292-303-900, on Saturday in Piscataway.
The Pirates finished 26 strokes behind the team champion USC Upstate, which won for the event for a second consecutive year. Rutgers, Seton Hall's lone BIG EAST competition, finished second on their home course three strokes behind the champions.
Derrick Kim (New City, N.Y.) and Gary Dunne (Wicklow, Ireland) were tied for eighth place among 84 individual golfers following the tournament's first two rounds, but struggled in today's round three. The duo still finished as the low scorers for Seton Hall, but dropped in the standings to a 16th place tie following a pair of 7-over-par, 78's.
Kim finished the event with a 10-over-par, 73-72-78-223, while Dunne was 10-over-par with a 74-71-78-223.
Adam Goins of USC Upstate won the individual crown with a 3-under-par, 66-70-74-210.
Cory Wilson (Newton, N.J.) logged the third-best score on the Pirates' team and move up in the standings to a 35th place tie. He finished with a 16-over-par, 78-75-76-229.
Marc Kunesch (Newton, N.J.) recorded his best round of the tournament today with a 4-over-par, 75. He finished tied for 44th place with an 18-over-par, 80-76-75-231.
Freshman David Cha (Carrollton, Texas) rounded out the Pirates' scorecard, one stroke behind Kunesch, with a 19-over-par, 84-74-74-232. His third round 74 was the low score on Saturday for the Pirates.
Seton Hall will return to the links on Monday, September 24 when it travels to Bull's Bridge Golf Club in South Kent, Connecticut for the 2012 Hartford Hawks Invitational.
