Fall Sports

Winter Sports

Spring Sports

Information

CACC TEAMS COMPETE AT ECAC DIVISION II GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

October 2, 2005

LIVERPOOL, NY - Three Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference men's golf teams are currently in the top-10 after day one of the ECAC Division II Golf Championships at the Liverpool Golf and Public Country Club in Liverpool, NY.

Southern New Hampshire teamed for a 15-over 295 to take a four-stroke lead after the opening round. Four golfers are tied atop the individual leaderboard with one-over par scores at the par 70, 6,607-yard course.

Ed Natti fired a two-over 72 to top the Southern New Hampshire golfers. The Penmen lead the only other squad to shoot under 300, Goldey-Beacom by four strokes.

Twenty-nine individual golfers are within four strokes of the leaders. Patrick Cibirka of St. Thomas Aquinas, Chris Giolitto of Pace, Bryant?s Jim O?Connell and Michael Tobiason of Goldey-Beacom each carded a one-over 71 to share the opening round lead.

Host Le Moyne?s top finisher, freshman Brian Muench sits two strokes off the pace in a tie for ninth-place.

Just six strokes separate team slots three through ten. Bryant and Post are eight strokes off the pace in third, followed by St. Thomas Aquinas, West Chester and New Haven. Franklin Pierce and Saint Michael?s are tied for the eighth spot, while Bentley Dominican and Pace teamed for 309 and a tie for 10th place. Le Moyne is 13th with a 311, Saint Anselm is 14th, followed by Saint Rose, Dowling, Massachusetts Lowell and Wilmington are tied for 17th, Assumption is 19th and Adelphi rounds out the 20-team tournament.

Golfers tee off for the second and final round tomorrow morning in Liverpool.