BERLIN, Md. – First-years Jayden Freedman and Alex Hill tied for second, leading five Raiders in the top 20, as Colgate finished second in the Battle at Rum Pointe on Saturday afternoon. 

Colgate took second out of 15 teams competing in the 36-hole tournament at Rum Pointe Seaside. The Raiders finished 1-under for the tournament with a two-day score of 288-287=575, trailing first-place Fairfield's 9-under team score of 288-279=567.

COACH KIRCHER'S COMMENTS

"It was an awesome battle today. Fairfield just outplayed us down the stretch. Super impressed by Jayden Freedman digging deep on the back nine and coming home with a 31. Our fifth team score today was a 74, so that shows how consistent we played. Some really good stuff out there, but a couple sloppy bogeys at the wrong time kept us out of the win. Definitely a good week for momentum and confidence."

HOW IT HAPPENED
 

• Freedman eagled No. 13 in a stretch of four straight shots under par, where he shot 5-under on the back nine to finish tied for second on the leaderboard. Freedman turned in a two-day score of 141 (-3), two shots off the leader. 
• Hill fired a team-best 69 (-3) on Saturday to tie for second. His final round featured seven birdies, including 4-of-5 on the back nine, to climb the leaderboard. 
• Leo Li continued his strong spring with an 11th place finish, shooting 71-73=144 (E). Robbie Herzig and Justin Fedele tied for 19th place with 146 (+2) scorecards. 

COLGATE SCORECARD

• T2. Jayden Freedman – 71-70=141 (-3)
• T2. Alex Hill – 72-69=141 (-3)
• T11. Leo Li - 71-73=144 (E)
• T19. Robbie Herzig – 74-72=146 (+2)
• T19. Justin Fedele – 72-74=146 (+2)
• T36. Chad Ruggiero – 77-72=149 (+5)
• T73. Wyatt Petersen – 79-77=156 (+12)

UP NEXT
Colgate is back in action next Saturday, April 5, for the two-day Testudo Cup in Ijamsville, Md.