Emory Men's Golf Team Finishes Second At UAA Championships --- Dagerman Claims Medalist Honors
Results
The No. 14-ranked Emory University golf team posted a second-place
finish at the University Athletic Association Championships. The
36-hole event was held at the 6,615 yard, par-72 Locust Hill
Country Club in Pittsford, NY.
The Eagles of head coach Mike Phillips registered a
second-day score of 300 to finish at 615, just two strokes behind
New York University’s championship mark of 613.
Rochester held down the No. 3 spot (630) while Carnegie Mellon
(645) and Brandeis (666) rounded out the field.
Sophomore Ryan Dagerman highlighted the Emory effort, capturing
medalist honors by virtue of defeating NYU’s Mike Liebfried
on the third hole of a playoff. Dagerman shot a one-over par
73 on Monday to finish at 147. Dagerman was named the UAA
Player of the Year and is Emory’s first conference medalist
since 2005 when Mike Lebow accomplished the feat.
Freshman Thomas Mally recorded a seventh-place finish in the
25-player field with a 156 while Tae Cho rebounded from an opening
day 83 to post a second-round effort of 74 with his 147 placing him
in a tie for eighth place. Other competitors for the Eagles
included Shane Miller (158) and David Collura (165).
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