April 7, 2008

Lutes Place Third at Whitman-Whitworth Invitational

Results

YAKIMA – Pacific Lutheran placed third among five teams at the Whitman-Whitworth Invitational men’s golf tournament held Sunday at Apple Tree Golf Course.

Whitworth led the way with a 310, beating Puget Sound by one strike and Pacific Lutheran by five strokes. Pacific finished fourth with a 327 and Whitman was fifth at 352.

The 18-hole event, played at the site of the Northwest Conference tournament scheduled for April 19-20, was played in cold, rainy and windy conditions.

Whitworth’s Patrick Dorsing fired an even-par 72 to take medalist honors, nipping PLU’s Jason Casey by one stroke for that honor. Rounding out the Pacific Lutheran scores were Adam Story 78, Chris Packard 79, Barrett Stamps 85, Kyle Spitzer 88 and Brian Erickson 102.

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