Golf Wins Titan Invitational

Mar. 31 – (NEW CASTLE, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon men's golf team defended their team championship at the 2007 Titan Invitational hosted by Westminster College at the New Castle Country Club Monday afternoon, March 31. The Tartans fired a team score of 300, finishing six strokes ahead of second place Saint Vincent.

A year ago senior Howard Smith (Las Vegas, Nev./The Meadows School) and sophomore Chris Lee (Los Angeles, Calf./Windward) tied for third place, this season the two improved ending the round tied for second. Smith and Lee each shot an even par round of 72.

Last year’s individual champion, junior Alex Timmons (Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Chagrin Falls), fired a five-over 77 for the Cardinal and Gray. Junior Josh Chen (Woodridge, Conn./Amity) carded a 79 and sophomore Brett Cannaday (Elyria, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy) rounded out the Tartans scoring with an 84.

There was one individual that entered the invitational for the Tartans, as sophomore Adam Klein (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) carded an 84.

Final Results:

1. Carnegie Mellon - 300
2. Saint Vincent - 306
3. Westminster - 321
4. Slippery Rock - 327
5. Grove City - 328
6. Waynesburg - 332
7. Penn State Behrend - 342
8. Edinboro - 352
9. Bethany - 355
10. Thiel - 356
11. Pitt-Greensburg - 373