Matt Davis thought that his team had potential. But being undefeated halfway through the season?

That’s even better than he had hoped for, and that’s where Bow golf stands after Tuesday’s victory on their home course at Beaver Meadow.

Led by sophomore Jake Gancarz’s round of 37, the Falcons carded a team score of 197, easily topping Timberlane (218) and Pembroke Academy (222) to improve to 13-0.

Gancarz earned medalist honors, and teammates Owen Webber (38), Andre Contreras (38) and Aidan O’Keeffe (40) all posted better scores than their opponents. Sean Walton (44) was Bow’s fifth scorer.

Zac Bemis (41), Cam Carter (42), Evan Purtnell (43), Danny Bonisteel (48) and Mason Watts (48) were the scoring golfers for Pembroke (2-12). Breckin O’Connor (41) was the top scorer for Timberlane (6-7).

“It’s hard to tell early on what the scores are going to be, what your strengths and weaknesses are,” said Davis, the Bow head coach. “I thought we would win a bunch of matches, but I didn’t think we’d make it halfway through the season with a loss yet. They keep getting stronger and stronger.”

Tuesday wasn’t the cleanest performance by the first-place Falcons (Bow won a four-school match at Beaver Meadow on Sept. 10 with a 190), but the victory did speak to something that Davis has been impressed with thus far.

“Golf is a uniquely challenging sport where if you’re having a bad day, there’s no one to help you but you. You have to figure out how to move through the round and straighten things out, unlike a team sport where you might be deferring to a player to pick up the slack,” Davis said.

“This was not our best play today, a 197; we all felt that we let a couple of shots go that could’ve been there, but it could’ve easily been a 207, and they buckled down in spots. They had a couple of rough holes but bounced back to make par. In a championship where you have 18 holes, it’s an important aspect of the game.”

Davis also spoke to the depth of his roster. The top four spots in the lineup card have remained consistent, but a whole slew of Falcons can fill out the bottom of the ladder and have breakout days.

“Jake wholeheartedly has been determined to take that No. 1 role over,” Davis said. “As a sophomore that’s a really challenging thing, but he’s stepped up. His average round is 3 under through the first five matches. Owen is very consistent; he’s done that for four years.”

Contreras, a senior, was ranked sixth out of the eight spots in Bow’s varsity lineup but tied Webber for second, just one stroke behind medalist Gancarz.

Senior Mikey Madgiasz (48) has been a regular in Bow’s top three, as has sophomore O’Keeffe.

Such is the depth of the Falcons’ roster that sophomore Brady Anderson, who “has played really well” and scored in a varsity match, wasn’t in the lineup on Tuesday, with senior Trevor Carter (48) and junior Connor Eno (49) filling out the remaining spots.

While Bow is undefeated so far, the Falcons aren’t overlooking anyone and have yet to face second-place Souhegan (9-1) or fourth-place Winnacunnet (8-2). Bow is responsible for Portsmouth’s only loss (the Clippers are 9-1) in the first match of the season, but Davis expects them to be stronger by the time of the Division II team championship on Oct. 15 at Windham Country Club.

The Falcons next play on Thursday at Kingswood Golf Club against host Kingswood, Portsmouth and Timberlane.