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The
2006-07 Moravian College golf team placed second of seven schools at the
2007 Commonwealth Conference Championships played at the Shawnee Country
Club. Moravian had a team score of 915 in the two-day, 54-hole tournament
while Susquehanna University won the team title with a score of 881 to
earn the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Division III National
Championships. The Greyhounds, under the direction of head coach John
Makuvek for the 39th season, won two tournaments throughout the
season and placed in the top five in eight of 15 tournaments.
Leading the Greyhounds was senior Brian Bergstol (Mt. Bethel,
PA/Bangor HS) who was named the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate
Athletic Corporation Scholar-Athlete for the sport of golf. At the Commonwealth
Conference Championships, Bergstol defended his individual
championship, placing first for the second straight year with a five-under
par total of 211. Bergstol also earned the Commonwealth
Conference Player of the Year award for the second consecutive season,
and earned a spot on the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team for finishing
in the top five. Bergstol ended the year with a school
record 71.9 average, and completed his career with a school best 75.4
career stroke average.
Junior Eric Whitman (Blairstown, NJ/Notre Dame East Stroudsburg
{PA} HS) earned a position on the Commonwealth All-Conference
Second Team with a two-day score of 228, which placed him ninth at the
Commonwealth Conference Championships. Whitman ended
out the season with an 80.5 stroke average including his lowest round
of 74 at the Moravian College Fall Invitational. Junior Matt Hegarty
(Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown HS) finished 15th in the Commonwealth
Conference Championships with a score of 235, and also had an 80.5 stroke
average on the year. Hegarty’s lowest score came
against DeSales University when he shot a 74.
Senior Thad Miller (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus HS) had a 243
at the Commonwealth Conference Championships which earned him a tie for
23rd place while shooting an 82.3 average on the year including a lowest
round of 80 at the Moravian College Fall Invitational. Freshmen Steve
Labiak (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) earned a tie for 29th place
in the Commonwealth Conference Championships by shooting a 247. Labiak
had an 83.5 average on the year including his lowest round of 79 coming
at the Moravian College Fall Invitational.
Bergstol, Miller, and senior John
Gilbert (Allentown, PA/Freedom HS) were named to the 2007 Middle
Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Spring Academic Honor
Roll
Coach Makuvek returns more than half of his team as
the team prepares to begin competition in the new Landmark Conference.
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