IUP Wins 2007 PSAC Championship
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The IUP men's golf team captured the 2007 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Golf Team Championship, edging out the California women by eight strokes in the 36-hole tournament. The Crimson Hawks totaled 606, shooting a 13-over par 301 for the first day and 17-over par 305 in the final round.
California's women started the final round of the tournament in third place with a 313, but used a second-day total of 301 to overcome Clarion and claim runners-up with a final score of 614.
Millersville claimed third place with a 621, shooting 323 the first day and 298 in the final round. Clarion finished fourth (622) while West Chester men finished fifth (636). California's men (641), Kutztown (663) and the West Chester women (787) rounded out the eight team field.
IUP's Gavin Smith won the individual title, registering a two-day total of 141 (68-73) and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Smith's 68 was also the lowest round of the tournament.
The top 10 finishers at the PSAC Championship are deemed as "all-conference." Joining Smith in that category were teammates Nicolas Milito (T7 - 153) and Leo Aklin (T9 - 155), along with California women Simone DDeSouza (2 - 146), Sophie Hufnagl (T7) and Jessica Punia (T9), Millersville's Corey Gast (4 - 150) and Bob Bee (6 - 152), Clarion's Jared Schmader (T9) and Preston Mullens (T9), West Chester's Derek Glaser (T9), and California men Matt Gribschaw (3 - 148) and Jon Lodovico (5 - 151).
The 2007 championship was held at the Wren Dale Golf Club in Hummelstown, Pa. Wren Dale's par 72 course played at 7009 yards for the men, while the women tee off at approximately 81 percent of the men's tees.
The PSAC Golf Championship is unique in that it is the only conference championship in which men's and women's teams compete for the same title. The league consists of men's teams from California (Pa.), Clarion, Indiana (Pa.), Millersville and West Chester, and women's teams from California, Kutztown and West Chester.