Garcia misses course record by two strokes; Push Poets past Chapman

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ORANGE, Calif. – The Whittier College golf team won their first head to head matchup of the season against the Panthers of Chapman University Thursday afternoon winning 299-306. 

Junior Greg Garcia again led the Poets as he shot a 67 two off of the course record.  After playing eleven holes Garcia was -6 on track to break the course record but on holes twelve and thirteen he shot a bogey on each that slimmed his chances down. 

Two other Poets shot under 80 including seniors Andrew Moreno-Hunt and Doug Kennedy who each shot 75 and 76, each respectively.

Rounding out the Poet six included Matt Liotta-Butterworth who shot an 81, Ryan Kitabayashi who shot a 90, and Mark Alvarez who finished with a 92.

Whittier looks to use this win to begin preparing for another SCIAC event hosted by Pomona-Pitzer at Via Verde on March 26 beginning at 12pm.