Mike Heller Wins Conference Golf Championship

Hershey, PA - Albright senior Mike Heller shot a final round of 79 to win the Commonwealth Conference championship by three shots at the Hershey Country Club East Course Sunday afternoon.  Heller held a one-shot lead over Hunter Gross of Elizabethtown after Saturday's first round.  He was the only golfer in the tournament to break 80 on both Saturday and Sunday.  Just five players scored under 80 in Sunday's final round.  Heller's championship comes after a pair of near misses, as he finished second in 2006 and fourth last spring as a junior.

Albright finished the team competition in second place, 18 shots behind Elizabethtown.  The Lions started Sunday's round in third place behind Etown and Messiah, but made up the six-shot deficit to pass the Falcons and take second place.  Aaron Van Deursen matched Heller with a 79 on Sunday, one of just five rounds under 8o on the day, to finish in a tie for ninth place.  Brett Cybulski turned in a round of 82 to finish with a two day total of 170, tying for 15th place, while Erik Carl carded an 85 on the final day to finish tied for 12th with a 167 total.

 Rank   Player                   Team                             Scores  Total Par
 1      Mike Heller             Albright College              74  79  153   +11
 t2     Hunter Gross           Elizabethtown College     75  81  156   +14
 t2     Mike Wagner          Elizabethtown College     76  80  156   +14
 4      Geoff Quinque         Elizabethtown College     80  79  159   +17
 5      Corey Wenger        Messiah College              84  77  161   +19
 6      Kurt Amen              Elizabethtown College     85  77  162   +20
 7      Mike Krajnik          Lebanon Valley College   81  82  163   +21
 8      Ben Horst               Messiah College              76  88  164   +22
 t9     Nick Horst              Messiah College              78  87  165   +23
 t9     Aaron Van Deursen Albright College              86  79  165   +23

Albright College         326 325    651    +83   2nd
Mike Heller                74  79      153    +11   1st
Aaron Van Deursen    86  79      165    +23   t-9th
Erik Carl                    82  85      167    +25   t-12th
Brett Cybulski            88  82      170    +28   t-15th
Matt Osorio               84  wd     84

Rank   Team                            Scores       Total    Par
 1        Elizabethtown College   316  317    633    +65
 2        Albright College            326  325    651    +83
 3        Messiah College            320  336   656    +88
 4        Lebanon Valley College 338  341   679    +111
 5        Widener University        353  347   700    +132
 6        Lycoming College          356  375   731    +163