Men's Golf Welcomes Large Field at Bucknell Invitational

Sunday, October 8

Lewisburg, Pa. (Bucknell GC)

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Bucknell University

Bucknell Invitational

Men's Golf Welcomes Large Field at Bucknell Invitational

10/5/2023 1:41:00 PM | Men's Golf

Setting The Scene
What: 2023 Bucknell Invitational
When: Sunday-Tuesday, Oct. 8-10 (9 a.m. starts each day off holes 1 & 10)
Where: Par-70, 6,253-yard Bucknell Golf Club, Lewisburg, Pa.
The Field: 19 teams (Bucknell, Canisius, Colgate, Cornell, Holy Cross, LIU, Merrimack, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary's, Ottawa, Rider, Robert Morris, Saint Francis, Saint Joseph's, Saint Peter's, Towson, Villanova, Wagner, Youngstown State)

Live Scoring: GolfStat.com

About the Bison

Bucknell has played three fall events so far and will now host two tournaments during the month of October. The annual three-day Bucknell Invitational gets started on Sunday at the Bucknell Golf Club, and then on Oct. 30-31 the Bison will host the Veterans Intercollegiate at Sebonack GC on Long Island.
Bucknell's last appearance came two weeks ago at Yale's Macdonald Cup. The Bison finished in seventh place with rounds of 295-303-292. Freshman Alex Creamean led the way with a T-3rd finish after posting 72-73-69. His 1-under 69 was his second under-par round of the season.
Creamean (73.5) and James Robbins (73.6) are in a tight race for the team scoring average lead. James Key (74.4) and Hayden Quinn (74.8) are only about a stroke behind, and all eight Bison are at 76.0 or better.
This week's lineup features Creamean, Key, Andres Barraza, Robbins, and Quinn. That is a young squad with two freshmen bookending three sophomores.
Michael Rudnick, Jake Maddaloni, and Lyman Brackett will play as individuals.
Bucknell finished in fourth place in its first two events of the campaign. Robbins (75-70-74) was the low Bison in 12th place at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial, hosted by Colgate. Quinn led the way at the Cornell Invitational with a T-3rd finish (68-71). His 68 is the team's low round of the year to date.
Bucknell's average team score is 293.0 through eight rounds, with a low of 1-under 287 in round two at Colgate.

The Bison at the Bucknell Invitational

Bucknell has been very successful in its home tournament in recent years, winning six of the last 19 titles, while finishing as the runner-up on six other occasions in that span.
The Bison have won their home tournament seven times, including four straight titles from 2007-10, Bucknell also won this event in 1981, 2003, and 2004.
Bison winning individual titles include Rob Wagner in 1981, Kyle Moran in 2004, Stuart Lindgren in 2007, Jeff Pike in 2008, Andrew Cohen in 2009, and Dan Bernard in 2012.
Bucknell finished T-9th in a 19-team field last season with a 54-hole total of 881 (291-296-294). Blake Wisdom was the low Bison, finishing T-3rd with rounds of 67-73-71. Michael Rudnick also finished in the top 10, placing T-8th with rounds of 74-71-70.
Josh Nagy of Robert Morris was last year's medalist, finishing with a 2-under-par total of 208 (71-71-66).
Rider is the defending team champion. The Broncs shot 858 (287-290-281) to beat runner-up Robert Morris by eight shots.