The men’s golf team grabbed its first tournament victory of the season Sunday, outlasting host school Yale by five strokes at the MacDonald Cup in New Haven, Conn.The Frogs won the event with an aggregate score of 13-over, gaining four strokes on Yale in the final day of the 26-team field.

Head coach Bill Montigel said it was great for his kids to play the course and a team like Yale.

“It was a great tournament,” Montigel said. “There’s a lot of history at that golf course, and it was neat to play a course at a school that has won the most national titles in history.”

The Frogs posted their season-best finish Sunday after placing 14th at the Carpet Capital Collegiate on Sept. 16 at The Farm Golf Club in Rocky Face, Ga.

Sophomore Travis Woolf and freshman Tom Hoge tied for second overall with a 3-over two-round score. Hoge, seeing first collegiate action, led the Frogs on Sunday with a final-round 1-under score of 69. Woolf shot a 73 in his final round to post his third top-20 finish of the season.

Montigel said the team had been looking for somebody to step up on the last day of a tournament.

“The guys have a lot of confidence in Tom and I know he’s going to continue to play well,” he said. “I think he’s going to have a bright future here.”

Senior Franklin Corpening tied for fourth at 4-over and junior Robby Ormand finished tied for sixth at 5-over. Junior James Sachek finished ninth at 6-over. All five golfers placed in the top 20 for the second consecutive day and in the top 10 overall after two days of competition.

Montigel said he was pleased all five men contributed to the win.

“It was the first time that I’ve had a team where we had all five guys finish in the top 10,” Montigel said. “That showed them that they can do it if they go out there and just play.