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WESTMINSTER, Md. – The McDaniel College men’s golf team will travel to Chateau Elan Resort in Braselton, Ga., for the 2008 NCAA Division III men’s golf championship, beginning on Tuesday.

            McDaniel is making its fifth appearance in the NCAA championship event. The Green Terror earned a spot in the 35-team field after winning its fifth Centennial Conference (CC) championship on Apr. 25-27 at The Bridges Golf Club.

            McDaniel used a final-round 304 to overcome a four-shot deficit entering Sunday’s third round to win by 17 strokes. The Green Terror’s three-round total of 917 set a new conference record for lowest three-round total.

            Over the last five rounds of the season, the Green Terror has averaged 303.2 and has not had a round higher than 311. McDaniel has not counted a round higher than 80 and has had four rounds of 73 or lower during that stretch, winning both tournaments including having the daily low round four of the five days.

            The first and second rounds of the championships will be competed on Tuesday and Wednesday with each team playing a round at Chateau and a round at The Woodlands. After Wednesday’s second round, the field will be cut to the top 23 teams. Those squads will compete in the tournament’s third and fourth rounds on Thursday and Friday at Chateau.

            The Green Terror is making its first NCAA championship appearance since 1998. The program’s best finish came in 1978 when it finished 15^th overall.

            McDaniel enters the tournament with a stoke average of 312.4 and have been led by freshman Paul Kovalcheck (Fairless Hills, Pa./Truman), who enters the championships with an average of 77.3 strokes over his 20 rounds as a rookie.

            Seniors Zach LaVoie (Princeton, N.J./Pinedale) and Steve Meier (Wilmington, Del./Salesianum School) each have CC individual crowns to their credit. LaVoie took the title in 2007 while Meier became the fourth consecutive Green Terror golfer to win the championship and conference Player of the Year honor. Meier ranks second on the squad with a stroke average of 78.4 while LaVoie ranks third at 78.8.

            Senior captain Gerry Butler (Berlin, Md./Stephen Decatur) enters his final collegiate event with a stroke average of 78.9 for the season and 79.0 over his 74 collegiate rounds.

            Junior Taylor Massie (Southington, Conn./St. Paul Catholic) rounds out the five players heading to Braselton with an average of 79.3 strokes per round.

           

 

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