Men's Golf

Monks win Southern Maine Cup

Posted: Sep 09, 2023

PORTLAND, Maine – Freshmen Caleb Campos (Port Charlotte, Fla.) and Braden Camire (Saco, Maine) combined to shoot a seven-under par 65 to earn Medalist honors and lift the Monks to a top finish with a 209 (-7) team score in the 2023 Southern Maine Cup, which was hosted at Riverside Golf Course on Saturday.

For the Monks, the 209 card is tied for the lowest recorded by an SJC team in the annual scramble event. The 2018 club also shot a 209 and placed second that year.

A unique event, the Southern Maine cup features a Ryder Cup format with pairs of golfers playing six holes of best ball, six holes of scramble format and finally six holes of alternate shot golf.

For the Monks, the USM Cup victory is the program's sixth overall and marks the team's second-consecutive title. Saint Joseph's also won the scramble tournament in 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2022.

Juniors Drew Mathieu (Windham, Maine) and Alex Beecher (South Portland, Maine) combined to post a 71 (-1) and tied for fourth while sophomores Nick DeLeo (Saco, Maine) and Dante Ceppetelli (Dover, N.H.) tied for seventh with a 73 (+1).

Matthew Burnham (Berwick, Maine) and Bob Gerossie (Fremont, N.H.) played as a non-scoring pairing and shot an 83 (+11).

University of Southern Maine finished as the runner-up with a 213 (-3), University of New England placed third (218 (+2)), and UMaine-Farmington was fourth (227 (+11)).

Saint Joseph's will next play in the UMF Invitational at the Waterville Country Club next Saturday.

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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.