HAWORTH, N.J. – In a field featuring six of the top-11 teams in the region, the USciences golf team was in fifth place following the first round of the Battle at the Beech, hosted at White Beeches Golf & Country Club, on Monday.  

Entering the second and final round on Tuesday, the Devils were ahead of the likes of regionally-ranked Assumption, Dominican and Saint Anselm.

University of the Sciences would finish the two-day tournament 10th amongst 12 teams, more than 30 strokes ahead of Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) foes Felician and Jefferson. The Devils were just one shot behind ninth-place Adelphi.

USciences recorded a team total of 322 on Monday, now tied for the ninth-lowest team round in recorded program history (since Fall 2009).The Devils have now carded seven of the 10-lowest team rounds in recorded program history this season.

University of the Sciences' top-four golfers – Thomas Larkin, Matthew McCaffrey, Adam Chen and Joseph Kepic - were all in the top-half of the field following the conclusion of play on Monday.

Larkin would lead the Devils in the tournament, tying for a 25th in the field of 66 with a two-day total of 163 that included a team-best 79 on Monday that placed him in a tie for 13th.

McCaffrey was also in the top-20 after a collegiate-best round of 80 on Monday, and he would secure a spot in the top-half of the field with an 84 today.

Chen and Kepic both carded two-day totals of 168, including shooting respective rounds of 81 and 82 yesterday.

Tyler Blake rounded out University of the Sciences' results with a 182.

The Devils take a week off before returning to the course for the first round of another tournament, West Chester's Dr. Edwin Cottrell Invitational, on Monday, April 4.

USciences Results (Field of 66)

T25. Thomas Larkin – 79-84-163

T28. Matthew McCaffrey – 80-84-164

T42. Adam Chen – 81-87-168

T42. Joseph Kepic – 82-86-168

60. Tyler Blake – 90-92-182