MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Brandon Powers (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) finished 19th to lead the Mount St. Mary's men's golf team to a 10th-place standing after the first round at the Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport Colonial Golf Classic on Tuesday.

Powers carded a 77 on the first day and a 78 in the final round for a two-round total of 155 to place 19th, 10 strokes behind the medalist

Jeff Kingsbury (North Beach, Md./Northern) (41st place, 162), Ray Hyre (Bowie, Md./Bowie) (41st place, 162), Steve Crain (Wellsville, Pa./Northern York) (46th place, 165) and Danny Michalek (Mount Airy, Md./Mount St. Joseph) (46th place, 165) rounded out the Mount's competitors.

Clarion won the invitational in 12-team field with a score of 601, three strokes ahead of IUPUI (604) while Robert Morris (610), Fairfield (619) and Saint Francis (Pa.) (620) round out the Top-5 teams. The Mount carded a 319 in the first round and a 322 in the final round to finish in 10th place with a total of 641. The invitational was played at the Montour Heights Country Club, which was voted as one of the 50 toughest courses in the United States by Golf Digest in 2007.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action in the last event of the fall when the squad hosts the Mount St. Mary's Fall Invitational on Oct. 27-28 at the Quail Valley Golf Course in Littlestown, Pa.