BREWSTER, MA - St. Joe's placed 41st with 709 strokes in the two-day NEIGA Championships. Matt Cotreau '10 (Lunenberg, MA) posted the low score for the Monks with 163 strokes and Andy LeConte '09 (York, ME) salvaged a respectable 171 score after shooting a 78 in the final round.

NEW ENGLAND INTERCOLLEGIATE GOLF ASSOCIATION
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74TH ANNUAL N.E.I.G.A. CHAMPIONSHIP HELD OCTOBER 19-21

Brewster, Mass -- Teams from 44 colleges and universities across New England gathered Sunday through Tuesday, October 19-21, 2008 for the 74th annual New England Intercollegiate Golf Championship. The event attracted 215 golfers to The Captains Golf Course and its 36-hole layout on Cape Cod. NEIGA was pleased to have Cleveland Golf Company return as the ‘Presenting Sponsor".

The New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) has been in existence since 1934 and includes 46 member colleges and universities in New England and is considered to be the oldest and largest college golf tournament. It is unique in that Divisions I, II and III compete together.

Four individuals tied for the overall lead with a two-day total of 147. A birdie by Sacred Heart University senior Matt Belizze on the first playoff hole garnered him the medalist title. The others who tied at 147 were Sacred Heart teammate Patrick Fillian who was tied for the lead after Day 1, senior Anthony Gallardo from UMass Lowell and sophomore Alex Daley of Bryant University.
Division I Bryant University, under the leadership of Coach Archie Boulet, won the tournament with a two-day score of 604. Post University led all Division II schools with a total of 632 and Nichols College led the Division III teams with a total of 617.

At banquet held on Sunday evening at The Irish Village Restaurant in West Yarmouth, MA, the following awards were presented. The 2007 Guy Tedesco (player) Award went to Harrison Bane of the Middlebury College and The Gordon McCullough (coach) Award was presented to BruceMacGregor, coach at Husson University for the past 18 years. Coach Bob Sheldon of Tufts University was presented with a past president's plaque and Joel Shaw of Captains Golf Course and the Brewster Golf Commission was presented a special award for his recruitment of volunteers to assist the NEIGA Championship.

Special events, all sponsored by Cleveland Golf, were held on Monday afternoon at the finish of the first round. Alex Podell of Brandeis University won the long-drive contest with a distance of 363 yards. Ralph Harary of Brandeis won the putting contest and the bunker contest winner was Mark Mitchell of St. Michael's College.

COURTESY OF NEW ENGLAND INTERCOLLEGIATE GOLF ASSOCIATION


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