Carnegie Mellon Captures UAA Championship -- Emory Claims Second

Carnegie Mellon withstood a second-round charge by Emory and came away with first place at the 2009 UAA Golf Championships. The 36-hole event was held at the 6,870-yard, par-71 Royal Lakes Golf and Country Club in Flowery Branch.

The Tartans shot a 305 on Tuesday to finish at 626. Emory, which started the day in fourth position, paced the field with a second-round 303 to close out at 629. Rochester (631), NYU (633) and Brandeis (666) rounded out the field.

Claiming medalist honors was CMU's Christopher Lee with a fine three-over 145 (72-73). David Wien of Rochester finished runner-up at 148 (73-75).

Emory junior John Ross rebounded from an opening-day score of 90 to shoot a 73, tying him with Lee for the low round of the afternoon and the second-low effort of the tourney.

Emory had two representatives on the All-UAA first team, freshman Ryan Dagerman, who finished third with a 153 (77-76), and sophomore Daniel Kmetz (81-75--156) who checked in with a fourth-place effort. Senior Patrick Cohn earned second-team recognition with an eighth-place finish of 159 (80-79). Jeremy Evans shot an 80 on Tuesday to finish at 168.