SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Skidmore College golf team holds a tie for fourth at the end of one day of the Skidmore Fall Invitational at the Saratoga Spa State Park. Following two rounds of play, the Thoroughbreds (296-292—588) are tied with league rival NYU. Sophomore Patrick McLaughlin shot rounds of 70 and 71 to trail Williams' Nick Smith by one stroke.

• At 3-under, McLaughlin is one of eight players to sit under par at the two-thirds point of the tournament. He finished round one in a flurry, playing holes 8-15 at 6-under par. His 1-under round two featured three birdies and 13 pars.
• Jaden Cheng used a 1-under 71 in the second round to move into 13^th place.
• Derek Thomas birdied back-to-back holes (12-13) in the second round on the way to a 74 and tie for 49^th.
• Rudraksha Banerjee fired matching 76s to sit in a tie for 41^st. Campbell Jenkins, playing as an individual, did the same on day one.
• Eric Carter finished his second-round 75 with consecutive birdies on his final two holes (11-12). Thanks to another 75 on the first loop, Carter (an individual) is in 33^rd.
• Johnn Hwang (76-77) is tied for 49^th.

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The tournament concludes with the third and final round on Sunday morning with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.