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Men's Golf Dan Griffin

Renz and Mihalo Tie for Team Lead at Manor Collegiate

Farmville, VA-Austin Renz (Danville, Pa./Danville) and Brandon Mihalo (Windsor, Ontario, Canada/Holy Names Catholic) each shot a final round 73 to tie for the team lead and lead the Red Flash to a 10th place finish at the Manor Intercollegiate hosted by Longwood University. 
 
Box Score 

FINAL ROUND RECAP
Austin Renz (Danville, Pa./Danville) and Brandon Mihalo (Windsor, Ontario, Canada/Holy Names Catholic) each shot a final round 73 and tied for 22nd overall to lead the Red Flash. The juniors had traded low rounds on Saturday with Renz shooting par on the first 18 on Saturday and Mihalo shooting 75 to lead the way on the second 18 on Saturday. Mihalo matched his low round today, matching his 73 to open the Collegiate. Dominic Stevens finished in a tie for 66th as he closed the Manor Intercollegiate with his second best round of the 54 hole event with a closing 79. Freshman Jacob Wilson (Sharon PA/Kennedy Catholic) and grad student Kurtis Straw (Johnstown, Pa./Bishop McCort) each shot closing 82s to round out the scoring for SFU. The Red Flash were very consistent through the three rounds, finishing the tournament with a team score 307 on Sunday to go along with a pair of 306s on Saturday. Their three round total of 919 had them placed in 10th place overall and tops amongst the four Northeast Conference teams. The Red Flash are back in action next Monday on April 10th as they make the short trip to Pittsburgh to take part in the Colonial Golf Classic hosted by Robert Morris. 

ROUND ONE RECAP
 
Austin Renz (Danville, Pa./Danville) is in a tie for 14th overall after an even-par 72 after the first of three rounds at the Manor Intercollegiate hosted by Longwood University. Renz is in a three-way tie amongst golfers who shot even in the first round, four shots in back of the overall lead. Teammate Brandon Mihalo (Windsor, Ontario, Canada/Holy Names Catholic) is just a shot in back of Renz, firing a one-over 73 and is in a tie for 17th overall. Freshman Jacob Wilson (Sharon PA/Kennedy Catholic) checked in with the Red Flash's third-best score in Saturday's opening 18, shooting an eight-over 80. Wilson led a trio of golfers for the Red Flash who are in a logjam as Dominic Stevens (81) and Kurtis Straw (Johnstown, Pa./Bishop McCort) (82) also scored for Saint Francis. As a team, SFU is in 10th place overall, tops amongst the four Northeast Conference teams who are also competing. The team score of 306 has them in chase of Fairfield who is ninth and ahead of LIU Brooklyn, Fairleigh Dickinson, and Central Connecticut.
 
ROUND TWO RECAP

 
The Red Flash were a mark of consistency in the second round on Saturday, shooting 306 as a team once again. Brandon Mihalo (Windsor, Ontario, Canada/Holy Names Catholic) led the Red Flash in the second round as the junior shot a three-over 75 to finish his 36 holes at four-over par and in a tie for 24th. Joining him at four-over is Austin Renz (Danville, Pa./Danville) as the junior followed-up his even par opening round with a 76 in the second round. Making the biggest leap from the first to second round was sophomore Dominic Stevens. The Ebensburg native knocked five strokes off his opening round score to match Renz with a 76. Freshman Jacob Wilson (Sharon PA/Kennedy Catholic) knocked a stroke off his first 18 with a closing 79 on Saturday while grad student Kurtis Straw (Johnstown, Pa./Bishop McCort) closed with an 84.
 
The pair of 306s have the Red Flash in 10th place overall as they trail LIU Brooklyn by four shots for ninth place overall. The host school Longwood leads after 36 of the 54 holes as the Lancers enjoy a seven-shot lead on Dartmouth heading into Sunday. The teams will close the Manor Collegiate with a final 18 holes starting on Sunday morning.
 
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Players Mentioned

Brandon Mihalo

Brandon Mihalo

Junior
Austin Renz

Austin Renz

Junior
Kurtis Straw

Kurtis Straw

Graduate Student
Jacob Wilson

Jacob Wilson

6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Brandon Mihalo

Brandon Mihalo

Junior
Austin Renz

Austin Renz

Junior
Kurtis Straw

Kurtis Straw

Graduate Student
Jacob Wilson

Jacob Wilson

6' 2"
Freshman