PROVIDENCE, RI - Saint Joseph's placed fourth with a 688 team card in the 2010 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Golf Championship, which was held at Triggs Memorial Golf Course over the weekend. Freshman Kevin Richardson (Coventry, CT) placed fourth individually with a 36-hole score of 162 and earned GNAC Rookie of the Year and All-Conference honors for his play.

Richardson shaved eight strokes off his Saturday score with a 77 card over the final 18 holes of the annual tournament. As the freshman with the best final score, Richardson earned top rookie accolades and collected All-GNAC honors - just the third SJC golfer to do so - as one of the top five finishers. Chris Deroche '07 and Francois Renaud '08 earned All-Conference honors in 2006 and 2007, respectively.

Ebb Walton '12 (Blue Hill, ME), the top golfer with a 78 after the first 18 holes, had a rough day with a 93 on day two and finished tied for 13th overall with a 171 score. Michael Patrick '11 (Wells, ME) placed 19th with a 174 (86-88).

GNAC Release:

Providence, R.I. – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth captured the 2010 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship, held at Triggs Memorial Golf Course this weekend.  The Corsairs took first place with a team score of 652 while Johnson & Wales shot a 668 to finish in second place.  Host Rhode Island College rounded out the top three, shooting a 674 over the par 72 course that measures 6,522 yards.
 
Johnson & Wales sophomore Joe Connor (Lakeville, Mass.) was named the GNAC Player of the Year after earning medalist honors, shooting a two-round total of 156 while UMass Dartmouth's Matt Connolly was in second place with a 157.  Other all-conference selections include Rhode Island College's Kyle Harper, St. Joseph's of Maine's Kevin Richardson and George Gillmore and Nick Jagoe from UMass Dartmouth.  Richardson was named the conference's top rookie.

UMass Dartmouth receives the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division III Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Team Scores
1 Mass.-Dartmouth       332-320=652
2 Matt Connolly  79-78=157
5 George Gillmore        81-83=164
6 Nick Jagoe             85-80=165
T 7 Brandon Oldham       88-79=167
T 16 Scott Woodacre      87-85=172

2 Johnson & Wales       333-335 668
1 Joe Connor             80-76=156
T 7 Steve LeDonne        79-88=167
T 13 Tim Wolak           88-83=171
T 21 Mike Quill  86-93=179
29 Zach Stefanik         100-88=188

3 Rhode Island College   339-335=674
3 Kyle Harper            79-80=159
T 9 Derek Jensen        88-81=169
12 Kyle Garcia           84-86=170
20 Bryan Picinisco       88-89=177
T 21 Steve Zahn  91-88=179

4 St. Joseph's (ME)      346-342=688
4 Kevin Richardson       85-77=162
T 13 Ebb Walton  78-93=171
19 Michael Patrick       86-88=174
30 Colin Finn            97-102=199
DQ CJ Bergeron           DQ-84

5 Southern Maine        345-350=695
T 9 Chris Petrin         87=82=169
T 16 Chris Juntura       83-89=172
18 Rich Getchell         88-85=173
24 Cody Berkowitz        87-94=181
DQ Aidan Boyce           89 DQ

6 Emmanuel               374-347=721
T 13 Nick Cyrus  87-84=171
T 21 Mike Delsignore     92-87=179
T 25 Dan Ferdenzi        98-87=185
28 Rob Cavaliere         98-89=187
32 Ben Taylor            97-107=204

7 Suffolk University     371-368=739
T 9 John Pettoruto       86-83=169
T 25 Barrett Beinecke    86-99=185
T 25 Nick Pratt  96-89=185
31 Mario Massiaino       103-97=200
33 Patrick Hurley        108-108=216