WHEELING, W.V. - The Albertus Magnus College men's golf team capped the 2021 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship in 37th place with a two-round score of 698 (350-348) at the Oglebay Resort & Conference Center in Wheeling, W.V. The Falcons shaved two strokes off their first-round score with a 348 card at the Palmer Course.
SITE NOTES
Speidel Jones Course - 2021 DIII Jones - Par 71 - 6857 Yards
Palmer Course at Oglebay - 2021 DIII Palmer - Par 70 - 6621 Yards
TOP-18 TEAM SCORES
1. Illinois Wesleyan
2. Methodist University
3. Guilford College
4. Denison University
5. Carnegie Mellon University
6. Huntingdon College
7. St. Thomas, Univ. of MN
T8. Christopher Newport
T8. Emory
10. Westminster College - PA
11. St. John's (MN)
12. Nebraska Wesleyan
13. Willamette University
14. Webster
15. Piedmont College
T16. Trinity University
T16. Rensselaer Polytechnic
18. Mary Hardin-Baylor
SCORECARD
| Place | Name | R1 | R2 | Total |
| (T107) | Ryan Sember | 79 | 77 | 156 (+15) |
| (181) | Devin Hines | 93 | 85 | 178 (+37) |
| (T184) | David Aquavia | 88 | 94 | 182 (+41) |
| (188) | Robert Eichelberger | 112 | 92 | 204 (+63) |
| (190) | Brandon Fowler | 90 | 0 | N/A |
INSIDE THE SCORECARD
Senior Ryan Sember (Branford, Conn.) led the blue and white with a score of 77 on Wednesday and - with a total score of 156 (+15) - completed the national tournament as the Falcons' highest scorer. The Branford, Conn. native finished tied for 107th and concluded the afternoon plus-six behind eight pars and three birdies. Sember also managed to shave two strokes off his round-one score.
Finishing next for the Falcons was Devin Hines (West Haven, Conn.), who ended the event with a two-day score of 178 (+37), good for 181st place. The junior shaved eight strokes off of his round-one score in round two with a 15-over 85. He tallied a pair of birdies on the afternoon, carding a two at the 13th hole and a three at the 18th.
In third place for Albertus was David Aquavia (Oakville, Conn.) in a tie for 184th, as he recorded a combined score of 182 (+41) over two days at the event. He finished the round with seven pars, four on the front nine and three on the back nine.
Sophomore Robert Eichelberger (Odessa, Fla.) made the Falcons' most significant improvement from round one to round two, shaving 20 strokes off his score on the second day. He finished the tournament with a final score of 204 (+63). Eichelberger carded five pars in the second round, four more than round one.
Senior Brandon Fowler (Lexington, S.C.) rounded out Albertus' competitors at the event. The Lexington, S.C., native posted a 90 in round one but did not finish his day in round two.
NOTEWORTHY
For the Falcons, today's effort concludes the 2021 NCAA DIII Championship - and the 2021 spring season - as only the top 18 teams advance to the final two rounds, which will take place on Thursday and Friday in Wheeling, W.V.
The 2021 campaign goes down as the most successful season in Albertus golf history, as the Falcons won a pair of dual matches against Mitchell College and captured the program's first-ever Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship title. With the GNAC crown, the Falcons earned an automatic qualifier into the NCAA DIII Championship Tournament for the first time in team history.
