By Joseph D’Andrea and Abdullah Ahmed
The Brown and Gold’s men’s golf team has spent the fall taking part in national-level games and tournaments, with freshman Mitchell Archer continuing to be a standout for the team.
Archer won his first collegiate tournament at the Franklin Pierce Fall Invitational in Townsend, Massachusetts, on Sept. 10, racking up an even 140 across 36 holes and finishing ahead of over 60 golfers. At the Granite State Opener in Concord, New Hampshire, he finished in fourth, leveraging his two-under in round two to finish within the top five.
The freshman said he has yet to decide on a major and is keeping an open mind about his academic interest. Hailing from Syracuse, New York, growing up, Archer played a variety of different sports including basketball, lacrosse, soccer and golf.
“I have played golf practically my whole life,” Archer said. “I started when I was about six and started taking it seriously and playing tournament golf when I was about 13 years old… I was always big into sports.”
The Northeast-10 (NE-10) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, with participating institutions located in the northeastern U.S.: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. Adelphi finished in second place at the NE-10 Championships held at Concord Country Club in New Hampshire on Oct. 7 and Oct. 8. The weekend saw the Panthers power through on their second day, shooting the best team score on the course.
Archer was crowned individual champion after leveraging a round two score of two-under 68 to force a three-hole playoff with Southern New Hampshire senior Jack Pepin, winning the playoff to be given official first-place status. The Panthers finished with a team score of 40-over 880, with the second round’s combined score of two-under 278 securing them runner-up honors.
At the Panther Invitational at Meadow Brook Club in Jericho, New York, the gold team took third place in its third tournament the university hosted within the last calendar year. Division I Hofstra took the first place spot, with the Panthers falling just six strokes behind second-place Division II St. Thomas Aquinas College of Sparkill, New York.
Although the Panthers didn’t take the top crown at the Post Eagles Fall invitational in Watertown, Connecticut, as a part of the Post Invitational Division II tournament, on Oct. 14 and Oct. 15, Archer stood out, bouncing back with a one-over 73 in round two to secure the team’s seventh place finish.
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