Men's Golf In Fourth Place After Day One Of ECAC Championships

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STOW, Mass. - Elms College freshman Henry Fall (Harpswell, Maine) carded a round of 77 and finished in a tie for fifth place to help the Blazers to a team score of 314 and a fourth place finish in opening round action at the two-day Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships at Stow Acres Country Club in Stow, Mass.

Nichols College leads play after day one with a team score of 309, followed by Endicott College (312) and Husson University (313) in third. The Blazers finished just one stroke behind the Eagles with a 314.

All four of Elms' scoring golfers finished round one within one stroke of each other as sophomore Phil Rurak (Wilbraham, Mass.) finished with a 78, sophomore Anthony Roberts (Ludlow, Mass.) carded a 79 and senior Andrew Sullivan (West Springfield, Mass.) finished the first 18 holes with an 80. Freshman Kyle Simard (Thorndike, Mass.) rounded out the squad with a score of 82.

The Blazers will tee off at 10:40 a.m. on Sunday for the final round of play at the 2010 ECAC Championship.

The 11-team field includes the following schools:
Elms College
Nichols College
Endicott College
Husson University
Castleton State College
Suffolk University
Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT)
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA)
Becker College
Springfield College
Westfield State College