Milford, CT — The Jaspers dug deep and earned a first-place tie with Hofstra at +37 among the 8-team field at the SHU Fall Classic. Manhattan was led by Robert Leo Arnorsson who posted the second-best individual score at +1 and only two strokes behind Yale's Will Lodge.
-For the second straight tournament, Manhattan finished in the upper half of the standings. The T1 is the Jaspers' best team performance since earning second place at the Metropolitan Intercollegiate last fall.
-The freshman Arnorsson registered 3 birdies in a row to finish at +1 for the best finish of his young Jaspers' career. Arnorsson maintained par on the most holes (41) of any player.
-As a team, Manhattan recorded the most birdies after 36 holes with 34.
-Rounding out the Jaspers' individual performances were Luke O'Grady-Rodgers (T12) and Akshay Mandadapu (15).
Coaches' Reaction
Head coach Keith Prokop: "This team has a lot of potential. We have had a lot of great moments in events and we are seeing some of those results starting to translate on the leaderboard."
-"We are not a finished product though, not even close to be honest, but that comes with how young we are. We will keep putting in the work needed to achieve our lofty goals.
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