Oct. 13, 2007

•2007 Big 5 Classic - Rd 1

FLOURTOWN, Pa. - Junior David Miller (Chillicothe, Ohio) shot a 4-over par 75 to pace Navy in the opening round of the Big 5 Golf Classic on Saturday afternoon at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Flourtown, Pa. The Mids shot a combined 29-over par 313 and are tied for 12th out of 15 teams. Seton Hall is leading after the opening round with an 8-over par 292, five strokes ahead of the host Penn Quakers.

Though Navy had a tough go of it on the links on the opening day, the Mids are well within striking distance. Navy is just three strokes out of 10th place and just seven strokes behind Georgetown who is in seventh with a 22-over par 306.

While Miller sits in 15th, eight strokes behind Seton Hall's John Zur in the lead, his nearest opponent is senior Erich Schoen (Sylvania, Ohio) who is tied for 39th with a 7-over par 78. Junior Ryan Wielgus (Bethesda, Md.) is just a stroke behind Schoen in 49th with a 79, while senior captain Chris Renninger (Darnestown, Md.) is tied for 63rd with a 10-over par 81. Senior Ryan Sload (Lancaster, Pa.) rounds out the five-man Navy squad with a 2-over par 71.

The Midshipmen will conclude play at the Big 5 Classic on Sunday with the final 18 holes.