Men's Golf

Monks Cap Season at NCAA DIII National Championship

Posted: May 17, 2023

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. – Saint Joseph's College closed out the 2023 NCAA DIII Men's Golf Championship in 43rd place with a two-day 674 (343-331) score at the Keene Trace Golf Club on Wednesday.

SJC senior Trevor Flanagan (Monmouth, Maine) paced the Monks with a 158 (80-78) card while sophomore Drew Mathieu (Windham, Maine) posted a 162 (81-81), senior Sean McDonough (Concord, N.H.) shot a 170 (90-80), freshman Dante Ceppetelli (Dover, N.H.) recorded a 186 (94-92), and sophomore Alex Beecher (South Portland, Maine) notched a 193 (92-101) on the challenging course.

For the Monks, Wednesday's performance concludes the team's 2023 NCAA DIII Championship – and the 2022-23 season - as only the top 18 teams advance to the final two rounds. Out of the six New England Region programs competing on the Kentucky course, none advanced to the final rounds.

Among New England institutions, Endicott College was 26th (606), Middlebury tied for 28th (608), Husson University 31st (612), followed by Eastern Connecticut (614), Salem State University 40th (643) and Saint Joseph's 43rd (674).

The top 18 teams and the first six players not hailing from a qualifying team advance to play the final two rounds Friday and Saturday. Tied for 25th with a one-over 145 score, Eastern Connecticut's Ashton Lewis and Sean McGarrity of Middlebury College are the lone qualifiers from New England institutions.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.