Men’s Golf Competes At ECAC Championship Day 2

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FARMINGTON, CT – Elms College freshman golfer Dan Costello (Brookfield, CT) led the Blazers in round two action with a 76, lifting the squad to a 332 team score for the day in Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship play at Tunxis Country Club.

Endicott College won the ECAC Championship after finishing with a score of 609 in the two-day tournament. Pat Pio (Somers, CT) of Nichols College shot two over par to win the individual trophy.

The University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth earned the runner-up trophy by finishing with a total team score of 615. Bobby Newcomb (Quincy, MA) of Johnson & Wales earned the individual runner-up trophy after recording a birdie on the playoff hole against Nichols' Nick Deni (Enfield, CT) and Endicott's Andrew LaRocque (Averill Park, NY).

Elms finished 12th out of 14 teams with a final score of 680 for the two rounds.

Freshman Dave Pianki (West Suffield, MA) carded an 81 in the second round and finished the championship with a combined score of 158, good enough for a share of 18th place overall.

Junior Andrew Sullivan’s (West Springfield, MA) 82 and 78 gave him a 160 for the two-day event and placed him in a four-way tie for 26th overall. Costello ended both rounds with a 162 overall (86 and 76 respectively) and finished in a tie for 33rd place.

Final Team Results
1. Endicott College - 609
2. University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth - 615
3. Castleton State College - 619
Johnson & Wales University - 619
5. Nichols College - 627
6. Worcester State College - 635
7. Springfield College - 642
8. Brandeis University - 643
9. Westfield State College - 649
10. Wentworth Institute of Technology - 655
11. Becker College - 655
12. Elms College - 680
13. Suffolk University - 688
14. Mitchell College - 710

Final Individual Leader Board
1. Pat Pio, Nichols - 146
2. Nick Deni, Nichols - 148
Andrew LaRocque, Endicott - 148
Bobby Newcomb, Johnson & Wales - 148
6. Craig DiFranco, Springfield - 149
Cam Wood, Castleton - 149
7. Bobby Bruso, Worcester State - 151
Matt Munden, UMass-Dartmouth - 151
9. Eric Slosek, Castleton - 152
10. Charles Sacks, Brandeis - 153
Jackson Wyman, Endicott - 153