Carpenter shot a career-low 73 to tie for third and lead the Mules to a fourth-place finish at the Blue Jay Classic.

They’re movin’ back on up, just as they hoped they would.

After winning the Centennial Conference championship in 2004, the Muhlenberg men’s golf team slipped to seventh place the following year but has increased its finish at the final meet in each of the last two seasons.

With no seniors competing, the Mules finished in fourth place in 2007 and were closer to first (20 strokes) than to fifth (26 strokes). Sophomore Geoffrey Kelleman tied for the best round of the tournament with an even-par 72 on the middle 18 holes and finished eighth with a three-day total of 233.

Kelleman's teammates were not far behind him. Sophomore Bill Snow shot a 236, including team-bests in the first (74) and third (76) rounds, and freshman Chris Trapp contributed a 238. Rounding out the Mules’ top five were freshman Biff Slocum and junior Garrett Carpenter.

For the year, Slocum led the team with a 78.4 stroke average, shooting in the 70s in 11 of 15 rounds. He posted the highest individual finish of the year when he tied for second by shooting a 76 at the Muhlenberg Invitational. The Mules also earned their highest finish of the year – second place – at that meet.

Snow finished with an 81.1 average, followed closely by Carpenter (81.4), Kelleman (81.5) and Trapp (81.9).