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22 0 0 0 0 9-10 9-10 MEN’SMEN’SMEN’S &&& WOMEN’SWOMEN’SWOMEN’S GOLFGOLFGOLF NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 399 Camus Drive, 1st Floor, Somerset, NJ 08873 Golf Contact: Lindsey Williams, Media Relations Intern Phone: 732-469-0440 / Fax: 732-469-0744 E-Mail: [email protected] Bryant (2012-13) • Central Connecticut State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • St. Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Men’s Golf NEC Women’s Golf (Week 4 • October 7, 2009) (Week 4 • October 7, 2009) NEC Golfer of the Week NEC Co-Golfers of the Week Dan Fanion, Central Connecticut State Gabriella Riber, Sacred Heart Fr., Westfield MA/Westfield Fr., Stockholm, Sweden/Danderyds Gymnasium Fanion earns NEC Men’s Golfer of the Week for leading CCSU with a one over par, 211 (68-72-71), to Riber earns NEC Co-Golfer of the Week for finishing fifth at the ECAC Division I Championships at place in a tie for sixth in the 75-player Macdonald Cup at The Course at Yale this weekend. He led the Kiskiack Golf Course in Williamsburg, VA last weekend. The freshman fired rounds of 78 and 75, Blue Devils, who shot five over par 285 in the final round of play, to a fifth place finish out of 15 teams finishing just two strokes out of the top spot in the medalist race out of 55 golfers. Riber's performance in the competition. This is the rookie’s first honor of his career and the first for any CCSU men’s golfer helped the Pioneers finish in fifth place in the 10-team field, besting four other Northeast Conference for the fall 2009 season. schools that participated. This is the rookie's first selection as well as SHU's first weekly honoree. Skylar Hay, Saint Francis (PA) League Notes So., Easton, PA/Freedom Led by a third-place individual finish from senior Jason Thresher (West Suffield, CT/West Suffield), Hay is the co-selection for this week’s NEC Women's Golfer of the Week, the first for her and SFPA. The Bryant came in tied for sixth overall in last weekend's MacDonald Cup hosted by Yale University Oct. 3-4. The sophomore continued her strong start to the 2009-10 season by finishing 13th at the ECAC Division Bulldogs finished tied for sixth with Harvard University in the 14-team field. Thresher started off the two-day I Championships, which was hosted by William & Mary at the Kiskiack Golf Club. Hay carded a two- tournament with his best round of the 2009-10 season shooting a 68 in the Cup's first round. He followed it up with round 79-82-161, with her first-round 79 and two-day total of 161 representing season lows. Hay's one under par and par performances, shooting a 69 for round two and a par-70 for round three, to finish the strong performance paced the Red Flash to a sixth-place showing in the 10-team event. weekend at three under (207) and in third overall. Classmate Scott Congdon (Foxboro, MA/Foxboro) wrapped up his weekend tied for 17th overall shooting the Bulldogs' best round with a 67 on the first 18 holes to enter the second round in second place. However, less-strong rounds to close the tournament, a round-two 75 and round-three 73, pushed the senior to a 215 (+5) on the weekend. A trio of juniors rounded out the Bulldog squad League Notes as Eric Tankanow (Worcester, MA/Bancroft) finished tied for 24th with a three-round score of 216 (+6 - Central Connecticut State will be off for its second week in a row before they compete in the Sacred Heart 72, 67, 77), while Kyle Hoffman (Pawtucket, RI/Bishop Feehan(MA)) came in tied at 63rd and Matt Fall Classic at the Milford, CT Great River Golf Club Oct. 18-19. Bernstein (Cape Elizabeth, ME/Cape Elizabeth) finished the weekend 75th. Yale took the top team and individual spot, winning their own tournament with a two-over 842. The Bulldogs return to the course Oct. 11-13 Fairleigh Dickinson will travel to the RU Golf Course in Piscataway, NJ to compete in the Rutgers Invitational when they travel to Storrs, CT to take part in the UConn Invitational. Oct. 8-10. Central Connecticut State shot five over par, 285, in the final round of play to place fifth out of 15 teams in Long Island next plays Oct. 9-10 in the Rutgers Invitational in Piscataway, NJ at the RU Golf Course after not competition at the Macdonald Cup at the Course at Yale this weekend. The Blue Devils finished with a score of 860 competing last week. in the three-round tournament, just 18 strokes back of the host Bulldogs who won the event. Freshman Dan Fanion led CCSU with a one over par, 211 (68-72-71), to place in a tie for sixth in the 75-player tournament. Monmouth finished 16th at the Nittany Lion Women's Invitational this past weekend at University Park, PA. A trio Sophomores Kevin Josephson (Berlin, CT/Berlin) and Greg Beloin (Farmington, CT/Farmington) of freshman led the Hawks squad on the chilly, windy weekend as the team improved its card each round of play tied for 17th in the tournament, each carding a five over par 215 in the three rounds. Josephson shot 70, 73 and 72 (371-360-356=1087). On the par 72, 6,300 yard course, freshman Autumn Yun (Dayton, NJ/South while Beloin played rounds of 74 and 72 before finishing the best round by a Blue Devil on the weekend with a one Brunswick) led the Blue and White with a team-low third round card of 83 (95-85-83=263) to finish in an 84th under par 69 in round three. Junior Eric Hawerchuk (Orangeville, Ontario/Robert F. Hall Catholic) place tie overall. Finishing behind Yun was classmate Kelsi Kavanagh (Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant finished the three rounds in 219 to place in a tie for 34th. CCSU will next compete at UConn on Oct. 12 and 13. Boro) who fired rounds of 86, 91 and 89 (266) to finish in an 86th place tie while newcomer Rachel Werner (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown West) ended her weekend three strokes after Kavanagh (94087-88=269) to Fairleigh Dickinson plays next at the ECAC Championships in Atlantic City, NJ on Oct. 8-10. end in 87th place. The Blue and White return to the links next weekend when they travel to New Brunswick, NJ for the Rutgers Invitational with tee time slated for 8:00 a.m. Long Island was off for the second week in a row and will return to the course in Ellington, CT for the UConn Connecticut Cup Oct. 12-13. Mount St. Mary’s senior Christina Koerper (Huntingdon Valley, PA/Mount St. Joseph Academy) finished 23rd to lead the Mount St. Mary's women's golf team to an eighth-place standing at the ECAC Champion- Monmouth penciled a team card of 642 (326-316) en route to an eighth place finish on Sunday and Monday ships on Sunday. Koerper posted an 83 in the first round, and then registered an 81 on Sunday in the final round to at the Scotty Duncan Memorial Golf Tournament in Stanton, Del. Led by senior Michael McComb (Egg Harbor post a two-round score of 164, 13 strokes behind the medalist. Freshman Sarah Roe (Floral Park, NY/Floral NEC Golfer of the Week NEC Golfer of the Week FALL FALL Sept. 16 Kyle Hoffman, BU Sept. 16 Lisa Warrilow, FDU Sept. 23 Max Cahn, RMU Sept. 23 Michele Holzwarth, FDU Sept. 30 Ian Thimble, MU Sept. 30 Michele Holzwarth, FDU Oct. 7 Dan Fanion, CCSU Oct. 7 Gabriella Riber, SHU; Skylar Hay, SFPA NEC Men’s Golf Championship NEC Women’s Golf Championship April 30-May 2 April 23-25 Course: ChampionsGate Golf Club in ChampionsGate, FL Course: ChampionsGate Golf Club, ChampionsGate, FL 2009 Team Champions: Sacred Heart 2009 Team Champions: Fairleigh Dickinson 2009 Individual Champion: Eric Hawerchuk (CCSU) 2009 Individual Champion: Michele Holzwarth (FDU) www.northeastconference.org NEC Men’s Golf Notes NEC Women’s Golf Notes (cont.) (cont.) Township, NJ/Egg Harbor Township) with his 10th place tie finish, the Hawks improved their team card by Park Memorial) (29th place, 170), senior Autumn Serruta (Avon, Conn./Avon) (31st place, 171), 10 strokes on day two to finish in the middle of the pack at the 15-team tournament. On the par 72, 6,861 yard tough sophomore Christina Hall (Wall, NJ/Wall) (40th place, 181) and freshman Abbey Fry (Lebanon, PA/ golf course, team captain McComb (79-76=155) fired the second best round of any Hawk (76) to earn his first Cedar Crest) (48th place, 196) also competed in the event for the Mount. MSM posted a 352 in the first round top-ten finish of the fall season. Finishing just four strokes behind was junior Greg Etimos (East Islip, NY/East and a 334 in the final round for a score of 686. Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Friday at the Rutgers Invitational. Islip) whose rounds of 86 and 73 (159) put him into a 21st place tie overall. Reigning NEC Player of the Week, Ian Thimble (Hyde Park, MA/Boston College), finished third on the squad with a final card of 166 (77-89) Robert Morris finished 13th at the Second Annual Zippy Invitational hosted by the University of Akron at Rosemont for a 53rd place tie.