Howe Leading Penn State Nittany Lion Golf Team at Hartford Hawks Invitational in Collegiate DebutHowe Leading Penn State Nittany Lion Golf Team at Hartford Hawks Invitational in Collegiate Debut

Howe Leading Penn State Nittany Lion Golf Team at Hartford Hawks Invitational in Collegiate Debut

Sept. 14, 2007

Boston, Mass. - Redshirt freshman T.J. Howe (Osceola, Pa.) currently sits in a tie for seventh place at the Hartford Hawks Inviational after shooting rounds of 76 and 70. Howe, the 2005 PennsylvaniaHigh School state champion, finished the day at two-over par (146) in his collegiate debut.

Penn State is in second place at nine-over par (585). The Nittany Lions fired rounds of 292 and 293, trailing first-place Old Dominion by seven strokes. The 13-team field battled windy conditions on an otherwise perfect day for golf, with 67 players competing in the 54-hole event at the International Golf Club in Boston, Mass. The tournament is being played on the 6,944-yard, par-72 Oaks Course.

Senior Harvin Groft (State College, Pa.) is tied for ninth place at three-over par. Groft shot rounds of 71 and 76 for a two-round total of 147. Senior Robert Rohanna (Waynesburg, Pa.) and sophomore Jim Markovitz (Bridgeville, Pa.) are in an eight-way tie for 11th place at four-over par. Rohanna, a 2007 All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection, fired rounds of 71 and 77 while Markovitz shot a 74 in both rounds. Sophomore Kevin Foley (Somerville, N.J.), last year's Big Ten Freshman of the Year, rounded out the group at seven-over par, posting a 36-hole total of 151 (78-73).

The final round begins with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning. For more information on the PennState men's golf team, visit www.GoPSUSports.com.

Team R1 R2 Total To Par

1) Old Dominion 288 290 578 +2

2) Penn State 292 293 585 +9

3) Florida Gulf Coast 291 297 588 +12

4) St. John's 291 299 590 +14

5) Texas-San Antonio 298 296 594 +18

6) West Florida 306 289 595 +19

7) Hartford 301 303 604 +28

8) Connecticut 313 298 611 +35

9) Columbia 313 301 614 +38

10) San Francisco 306 309 615 +39

11) Binghamton 308 310 618 +42

T12) Brown 310 317 627 +51

T12) Sacred Heart 324 303 627 +51

Penn State Players R1 R2 Total To Par

T7) T.J. Howe 76 70 146 +2

T9) Harvin Groft 71 76 147 +3

T11) Robert Rohanna 71 77 148 +4

T11) Jim Markovitz 74 74 148 +4

T24) Kevin Foley 78 73 151 +7