Nichols Wins Blazer Invitational
NICHOLS WINS BLAZER INVITATIONAL
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CHICOPEE, MA, Oct. 1, 2008 - Nichols College junior Pat Pio (Somers, CT) fired a sensational 2-under par 69 and the Bison had all four players score under 80 en route to earning team championship honors in the Blazers Invitational men's golf tournament hosted by Elms College at Chicopee Country Club on Wednesday afternoon.
Pio posted four birdies in his round, including three in the back nine as the lone golfer in the 63-player field to break 70. He fired an even-par 36 in the front and followed with a 2-under 33 in the back.
Senior Cole Ruwe (39-35-74), senior Chris Brock (Pomfret Center, CT) (38-38-76) and senior Chris Healy (Charlton, MA) (39-40-79) all broke 80 for the Bison, who scored 298 to earn top honors in the 13-team field. As a team, Nichols played the par-5's in 2-over par and the par 3's in 4-over.
WNEC (310), Springfield (312), Rhode Island College (316), MCLA (318), Becker (326), Westfield State (330), Brandeis (333), Mitchell (337), Elms College (347), Anna Maria (366), Daniel Webster (367) and Newbury (384) rounded out field.
Wednesday's tournament proved highly competitive, as just two strokes separated second from 11th places.
Springfield senior Greg Levings (Averill Park, NY), Westfield State freshman Dan Korpita (Southampton, MA), Brandeis freshman Aaron Cusato (San Diego, CA), MCLA freshman Shane Ortega (Pittsfield, MA) and Ruwe all tied for second with rounds of 3-over par 74.
Becker senior John Dinardi (East Haddam, CT), Mitchell freshman Matt Burke (Northborough, MA), WNEC senior Steve Rourke (Nashua, NH) and WNEC junior Steve Adamshick (Milton, NY) tied for seventh at 4-over 75.