Led By Peters and Glaser, Scots Take 14th at Allegheny’s Event

The College of Wooster’s young golf team gained experienced with a second fall tournament, played Sunday and Monday, as the Fighting Scots finished in 14th-place at Allegheny College’s highly-competitive Guy W. Kuhn Invitational. All 36 holes took place at the par-72, 6,614-yard Country Club of Meadville in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Wooster turned in similar scores each day of 314 and 317 for a 631 total, while NCAA Div. II school Indiana University of Pennsylvania won the event with a 575, edging Allegheny and Ohio Wesleyan University, which were ranked ninth and 24th, respectively, in the NCAA Div. III preseason coaches’ poll. They tied for second-place at 586.

Three in the Scots’ lineup – freshman Michael Peters, senior Sean Glaser, and sophomore Kevin Truitt – shot in the 70s on Sunday, with Peters and Glaser both into the clubhouse with a 76 and Truitt a 79. Peters and Glaser also came in under 80 during Monday’s 18, as they wound up tied for 28th (76-75) and tied for 36th (76-77), respectively.

Freshman Blake Sword was next on the team and tied for 71st overall after firing an 83 and an 80. Truitt’s second round counted as well and he came in tied for 74th (79-85), while junior David Boardman was not far behind with an 83 and an 86 to tie for 84th.

In addition to winning the team championship, I.U.P. was home to the individual medalist in Gavin Smith, who fired a four-under for the tourney (71-69).

Wooster will be back in action this weekend at the Oberlin Fall Invitational. It will be the second of the four-event North Coast Athletic Conference Golf Championship Series.