By Cristian Reyna <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Men\u2019s golf team placed second at the LVC Spring Invitational at Lebanon Country Club on March 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tanner Leonard and Will Kujawa both shot a 72. Kujawa had a one-stroke lead heading into the 17th hole but ended up matching Leonard and tying overall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They each lead the way throughout the tournament for the rest of the team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The preparation for this meet was simple despite it being a group who had not played together before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe played five different players at McDaniel [on March 23 and 24], and we played five more at this second one for their first tournament of the spring,\u201d head coach Thomas Chatfield said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the head coach of both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams, Chatfield was confident in this selection of players to compete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe did a lot of talking about the golf course and where were good places to miss and where you need to be cautious,\u201d Chatfield said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chatfield wanted to create a solid plan that the players could use to handle the adversity that they\u2019d face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe biggest hole throughout the back nine was eleven and it was a pretty difficult hole, but both of them were able to hit really good 3-woods, and laid up on the green,\u201d Chatfield said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout the tournament there wasn\u2019t any live scoring, so the Blazers weren\u2019t able to see where they were in terms of strokes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite this, they were still able to put up good numbers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy mindset going in was just to stay consistent with my process and go about things the right way,\u201d Leonard said. \u201cI tried not to force anything, and I think I did that really well in the front nine, and I bounced back on the back nine to make even par.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The graduate student used his experience to help pace him throughout the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for Kujawa, he used this tournament as a baseline to measure where he was to start the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI had no expectations going into it and wanted to see how my swing was feeling,\u201d Kujawa said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confident in his ability, he was playing decently until holes ten and eleven. Stumbling over a tough hole, Kujawa was able to gain back control of his round and settled with a three-putt that kept him even. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe story of my back nine was I was trying to make stuff happen instead of letting it happen,\u201d Kujawa said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Content with his baseline, Kujawa will use this as motivation to potentially surpass this score in his next tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Blazers are looking forward to attending the MAC Preview Tournament in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania on April 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"