Heated competition – and the heat – made play difficult for Georgetown at the super-tough Adams Cup which finished Wednesday.

Georgetown tied for 10th place this week at its second event of the season, the Adams Cup in Newport, R.I. Over its 13-year history as a NCAA event, the Adams Cup has attracted some of the best college teams in the United States.

This year, the 15 teams, including Wichita State, a competitor in last year’s NCAA Division I championship played at the Newport National Golf Club, a course designed by the famous course architect Arthur Hills, renovator of Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa., where this year’s U.S. Open was played.

“The Adams Cup is one of the major events of our season,” Head Coach Tom Hunter said. “It has a top of the line field of teams, some of the nation’s best. We were honored to just be there to compete.”

In Tuesday’s first round, the Hoyas carded a 21-over 309 in the morning round. “Newport National is a very difficult test of golf,” Hunter said. “It’s a links-style course, it’s always windy, and it plays long, firm and fast. It’s a strong challenge.”

Despite the elements and a trying course layout, Georgetown came back in the afternoon, posting an improved team score of 19-over 307, giving them a total team score of 616 for the first two rounds. The Hoyas ended the day in eleventh place, 25 strokes behind the tournament’s leader, Wichita State.

Junior Garrett Logan, a transfer from Santa Clara University, led the Georgetown men in both of Tuesday’s rounds. In his first event as a Georgetown golfer, Logan posted an even-par 72 in the morning’s round, followed by a three-over score of 75 in the afternoon. Logan finished the day with an individual score of 147, putting him in third place in the individual standings.

“I was very, very pleased with Garrett’s performance,” Hunter said. “He came in and made a statement of how important he’s going to be to the overall team lineup.” Logan’s classmate, Tim Hager, finished the day four strokes behind Logan at seven-over par 151.

Hager struggled in the morning round, posting a seven-over 79, but fired a round of even-par 72 in the afternoon, putting him in 21st place for the day. Freshman Brandon Ellis came in with a 12-over 156 on Tuesday, followed by sophomores Trevor Matese and Don Thomas, who posted two-round scores of 18-over 162 and a 22-over 166, respectively.

In Wednesday’s final round, the Hoyas compiled their best team score of the tournament, a 16-over par 304, giving them a total tournament score of 56-over 920. The Hoyas’ final round score was enough to move them up in the team standings to 10th place, behind winner Wichita State at 26-over 890 and runner-up South Mississippi at 37-over 901.

Georgetown finished ahead of both of the tournament’s Ivies, Yale and Brown, which placed 14th and 15th place, respectively, the very back of the pack.

Hager came in with the team’s low round for the day, a two-over 74, leaving him with a three-round total of nine-over 225 and a 15th -place individual finish. Logan posted a final round score of four-over 76 and a tournament total of seven-over 223, making him the team’s top individual finisher and seventh place in the individual standings, four strokes behind the tournament’s individual winner, Chris Gold from Maryland.

Ellis shot a seven-over 79 in the final round, putting him in a tie for 44th place at 19-over.

Thomas, who went into the final round in a tie for 71st place, withdrew from the final round prior to tee-off on Wednesday due to dehydration.

The Hoya’s 10th place finish was somewhat of a disappointment for the team, as they had hoped to place in seventh place or above. “I am not displeased nor pleased with the team’s play this week,” Hunter said. “There were some glimmers of good play but on the whole we had a mediocre showing. We need to regroup a little bit.”

The Hoyas have a few days to practice and recuperate before they travel to South Bend, Ind., this weekend to compete in the Gridiron Classic. The tournament, hosted by Notre Dame, is set to be one of their stiffest tests of the season.

“It’s early in the year,” Hunter said. “We have a young team, we’ve had a few bumps in the road, but we have a positive outlook and we’re excited about competing at Notre Dame.”