Men's Golf

Saint Joseph's Sits Atop GNAC Tournament Field After 18 Holes

Saint Joseph's Sits Atop GNAC Tournament Field After 18 Holes
Posted: Oct 10, 2022

SACO, Maine - The Saint Joseph's College (ME) men's golf team (324) owns an 11-stroke lead over Elms (335) after the first round of the 2022-23 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men's Golf Championship, hosted by the Monks on Monday afternoon at the Biddeford-Saco Country Club.

Coming in a tie for third place after the first 18 holes with a score of 344 were Albertus Magnus College and Norwich University. Dean College and Emmanuel (Mass.) College rounded out the competitors in fifth and sixth place with scores of 357 and 358, respectively.

COURSE NOTES:

  • Front Nine: Par 35 - 3,192 yards
  • Back Nine: Par 36 - 3,166 yards
  • Total: Par 71 - 6,358 yards

This marks the second time in GNAC history the conference has played the Championship at Biddeford-Saco CC with the first tournament taking place in 2019 when Southern Maine took the event with a two-day score of 596 (297-299). Tristan Dundas (USM) took home medalist honors that year shooting a 145 (72-73).

PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS:

SJC senior Trevor Flanagan (Monmouth, Maine) and Elms sophomore Mike Keefe (Milford, Mass.) were the pace-setters for Round 1, each shooting a 75 (+4) on the day. Flanagan had nine straight pars from holes three through 11 while Keefe played the back-nine at +1 (37) with a pair of birdies.

Elms first year Miguel Pierce (Guilford, Conn.) was the only other golfer in the field to break 80, carding a 79 (+8) which also included a 37 (+1) on the back side of the course.

Defending GNAC medalist and 2021 Rookie of the Year Drew Mathieu (Windham, Maine) finished the day with an 80 (+9) while Norwich first-year Matt Printup (Northfield, Vt.) and Emmanuel sophomore Ian Reynolds (East Haven, Conn.) rounded out the top-five with scores of 81 (+10) during the rain-filled round.

MONKS SCORECARD:

SCORECARDS

The lowest five scores will automatically be named to the GNAC All-Conference Team following round-two play on Tuesday, while the individual medalist will be named the Player of the Year and the rookie with the lowest total will be named Rookie of the Year.

  • T1) Trevor Flanagan, SJC - 75
  • T1) Mike Keefe, Elms - 75
  • 3) Miguel Pierce, Elms - 79
  • 4) Drew Mathieu, SJC - 80
  • T5) Matt Printup, NU – 81
  • T5) Ian Reynolds, EMM – 81

UP NEXT:

Day Two of the 2022-23 GNAC Men's Golf Championship is set for Tuesday, October 11, with the first group of golfers slated to go off at 9:27 AM. The champion will receive the league's automatic qualifier to the 2023 NCAA Division III Tournament, which will be played at the Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky starting on May 16th.

 

THANKS IN LARGE PART TO GNAC GOLF CHAIR DAN CAMPAGNA

 

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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.

 

 

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