Men's Golf

Saint Joseph's Clinches Southern Maine Cup

Posted: Sep 29, 2022

PORTLAND, Maine – Sophomores Drew Mathieu (Windham, Maine) and Devin Coonradt (Methuen, Mass.) combined to shoot a three-under par 69 (34-35) to lead Saint Joseph's College to a top finish with a 215 team score in the 2022 Southern Maine Cup held at the Riverside Golf Course on Thursday.

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 fifth overall and first since 2015 when St. Joe's edged runner-up University of New England by two-strokes. The Huskies, who finished second with a 220 card this afternoon, have won their annually hosted event in eight of the last 10 seasons, including all four since the Monks claimed the 2015 crown.

Saint Joseph's also won the scramble tournament in 2002, 2004, and 2006.

Senior Sean McDonough (Concord, N.H.) and freshman Dante Ceppetelli (Dover, N.H.) tied for second with a 72 card while senior Trevor Flanagan (Monmouth, Maine) and sophomore Alex Beecher (South Portland, Maine) recorded a 74 score and tied for sixth overall.

UMaine-Farmington placed third with a 242 (+26) card and Central Maine Community College was fourth with a 250 (+34) collective score.

Saint Joseph's will play in the University of New England Invitational at the Cape Arundel Golf Club tomorrow at 10:00 AM.

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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.