Men’s Golf Finishes Fourth In Opening Round Of NECC Championships

First round results

GROTON, CT – Elms College junior golfer Andrew Sullivan (West Springfield, MA) finished with a 76 to lead the Blazers to a fourth place overall finish in the opening round of the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) men’s golf championships on Saturday, hosted by Mitchell College.

Babson leads the field of seven schools with a combined score of 294 in the opening round, led by day one top-performer, Bryan Eger (Marion, MA), who shot an impressive round of 70 (37 and 33). 

Sullivan shot a 36 on the front nine and 40 on the back nine en route to a fifth place overall finish in Saturday's opening round.

Freshman Dave Pianki (West Suffield, CT) carded an opening round score of 79 and is tied for seventh place, while classmate Dan Costello (Brookfield, CT) shot an 86 on Saturday to highlight the Blazers team score of 341.

The Blazers return to the course for Sunday’s second round beginning at 12:00 p.m.