PROVIDENCE, RI - Saint Joseph's junior Ebb Walton (Blue Hill, ME) sits atop the 2010 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Golf Championship leaderboard after the first day of action with a 78 card. The Monks head into the second day in fifth place with a 346 team score.
Walton shot a 39 in both rounds at the par 72 Triggs Memorial Golf Course on Saturday and currently holds a one stroke lead over a trio of golfers who carded a 79 on the first day. UMass-Dartmouth's Matt Connolly, Johnson & Wales' Steve LeDonne and Rhode Island College's Kyle Harper sit in a tie for second and JWU's Joe Connor rounds out the top five golfers with an 80 card over the first 18 holes.
UMass-Dartmouth leads the field of seven GNAC institutions with a 332 on the 6522-yard course, while Johnson & Wales is just one stroke behind with a 333. Rhode Island College heads into the final day with a 339 team card.
The second and final round of the GNAC Championship will take place on Sunday, October 31st starting at 10:00 a.m. The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division III Championship.
Team Scores
1 Mass.-Dartmouth 332
T 2 Matt Connolly 79
6 George Gillmore 81
T 9 Nick Jagoe 85
T 15 Scott Woodacre 87
T 19 Brandon Oldham 88
2 Johnson & Wales 333
T 2 Steve LeDonne 79
5 Joe Connor 80
T 11 Mike Quill 86
T 19 Tim Wolak 88
32 Zach Stefanik 100
3 Rhode Island College 339
T 2 Kyle Harper 79
8 Kyle Garcia 84
T 19 Derek Jensen 88
T 19 Bryan Picinisco 88
25 Steve Zahn 91
4 Southern Maine 345
7 Chris Juntura 83
T 15 Cody Berkowitz 87
T 15 Chris Petrin 87
T 19 Rich Getchell 88
24 Aidan Boyce 89
5 St. Joseph's Co. Maine 346
1 Ebb Walton 78
T 9 Kevin Richardson 85
T 11 Michael Patrick 86
T 28 Colin Finn 97
DQ CJ Bergeron
6 Suffolk 371
T 11 John Pettoruto 86
T 11 Barrett Beinecke 86
27 Nick Pratt 96
33 Mario Massiaino 103
34 Patrick Hurley 108
7 Emmanuel 374
T 15 Nick Cyrus 87
26 Mike Delsignore 92
T 28 Ben Taylor 97
T 30 Dan Ferdenzi 98
T 30 Rob Cavaliere 98
THANKS IN PART TO JWU SPORTS INFORMATION
