CARLISLE, Pa. – Penn State Harrisburg's men's golf team opened the 2021-22 season at the Dickinson Invitational at the Carlisle Barracks Golf Course in Carlisle, Pa. on Saturday morning, Sept. 18. Led by Joshua Africa's record-breaking seventh-place individual finish, the Lions secured a sixth-place finish out of 13 competing teams.

Africa shot a -2, 70 to match the program's all-time low score, originally set by Keith Miller in 2016, and earn a share of seventh-place of out 71 total competitors. Tiger Xu and Matthew Redman posted identical +2, 74 scores to each clinch a share of 23rd place. Ian Martin's +6, 78 completed Penn State Harrisburg's scoring contingency and was good enough to earn a share of 45th place. Sean Cudahy was the team's fifth golfer in action, shooting a +9, 81 and capturing a share of 56th place.

As a group, the Blue & White shot a +8, 296 to come sixth out of 13 schools. The impressive score matches the second-best team effort in program history. McDaniel's Ryan McGarry won the individual title, carding a score of -8, 64. The Green Terror also won the team championship thanks to a combined effort of -12, 276.

The Lions will look to build on their strong start when they return to action at Arcadia's two-day Golden Oaks Shootout in Glenside, Pa. beginning on Friday afternoon, Sept. 24.

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