CRANSTON, RI - The Saint Joseph's College golf team sits in
fifth place with 335 team strokes after the opening round of the
2008 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship, hosted at
the Cranston Country Club. Andy
LeConte '09 (York, ME) shot a 76 for the day and
is tied for second with Zach Bennardo '09 (Norwich, CT) and two
strokes behind leader Robert Newcomb '09 (Quincy, MA), both of
Johnson & Wales University.
The Johnson & Wales University golf team is currently in first
place after the first round of the The Wildcats have a 13 shot lead
after carding a 307 over the par 71 course. Rhode Island College is
in second place with a 320 while UMass Dartmouth finished with a
321 on the day.
Matt Cotreau '10 (Lunenberg,
MA) is tied for 15th with 82 strokes and Steve
Sands '10 (Westbrook, ME) is in a tie for 22nd
with 87. Ranked 26th with 90 shots is Michael
Patrick '11 (Wells, ME) while
Chris Nanof '10 (Clinton, MA) is
28th after day one with 97 strokes.
Action for day two will begin at 11:15 AM on Saturday, October
25th. For the first time in conference history, an automatic bid to
the NCAA Division III Championship is on the line.
1. Johnson & Wales 307
1 Bobby Newcomb 74
T-2 Zach Bennardo 76
T-6 Dustin Bride 78
T-9 Steve LeDonne 79
T-11 Aaron Vargas 80
2. Rhode Island College 320
T-4 Derek Jensen 77
T-6 Bryan Picinisco 78
T-15 Chad Lareau 82
T-17 Mark Savastano 83
24 Barrett Kern 88
3. UMass.-Dartmouth 321
T-6 Joe Connor 78
T-9 Nick Jagoe 79
T-13 Rob Leaver 81
T-17 Scott Woodacre 83
20 John Ripp 85
4. Southern Maine 324
T-4 Cody Berkowitz 77
T-11 Ben Loss 80
T-13 Brent Profento 81
21 David Roberge 86
T-26 Matt Reid 90
5. St. Joseph's (Maine)335
T-2 Andy LeConte 76
T-15 Matthew Cotreau 82
T-22 Steve Sands 87
T-26 Michael Patrick 90
28 Chris Nanof 97
6. Suffolk University 375
19 Ryan Sheehan 84
25 Alex Toma 89
T-29 Pat Flaherty 101
T-29 Jon Doodian 101
31 Matt Coughlin 102
7. Emerson College 406
T-22 Alex Levere 87
32 Alan Guizdowski 103
33 John Cortizo 107
34 Nick Vennochi 109
35 Kyle Kesses 111
