ERIE, Pa. --- The Golden Eagles men's golf team wrapped up the 2024-25 season on Tuesday by climbing up the leaderboard at the NCAA Atlantic/East Region Preview, finishing in 20^th place at Whispering Woods Golf Course in Erie.
 
Clarion shot a team score of 319 on Tuesday, representing a seven-stroke improvement from the first round. The Golden Eagles finished with a two-day score of 645.
 
Devon Lauer climbed 33 spots on the leaderboard to take 66^th in the field, recording a team-best score of 76 on Tuesday that represented a six-stroke improvement on his Monday performance of 82. Lauer started and ended his day with a birdie, carding threes on his first hole, the 17^th, and on his last hole, the 16^th. In the middle Lauer made birdie two other times, on the par three second hole and the par four fifth hole.
 
Brady Houser made a big leap of his own on the leaderboard, improving by 13 spots with the second-best round score for the Golden Eagles, He shot a 79 on Tuesday, making birdies on the par four fifth and eighth holes. That put him in 92^nd in the field with a two-round score of 163 (84-79).
 
Brennan Karalfa ended up second on the team for the tournament and third for the day, once again shooting 80 for a two-round score of 160 (80-80). He logged one birdie on the day, making a three on the par four 10^th hole.
 
Rounding out the scoring for Clarion on Tuesday was Chase Smith, who shot an 84 for a two-day score of 169 (85-54). Hayden Siegel was fifth on the team on Tuesday with a score of 88, including a birdie on his first hole the 17^th. Teagan Gray shot an 80 while competing independently.