Ephs finish 3rd at NESCAC Qualifier

CLINTON, NY – The Willams men's golf team moved up one spot on the second day of play at the Skenandoa Club to finish third in the NESCAC Men's Golf Championship Qualifier.

The Ephs carded a 305 today and their two-day total of 614 was eight shots behind first place Trinity (606) and one behind second place Middlebury (613), while host Hamilton finished fourth (616) and secured the final spot in the NESCAC championship event to be played in April at Trinity's home course.

The winner of the spring NESCAC championship event will earn the NESCAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship slated for May.

Josh Grossman of Trinity had the day's top round with a one-over par 72 and also was the medalist of the weekend with a two-day total of 146.
 
For the second day in a row the Williams first year trio of Jake Wagner, Bob Camp and Jack Killea led the way with the three lowest rounds. At the turn the Ephs were in jeopardy of being overtaken by Tufts and knocked out of the NESCAC spring championship tournament. "As we made the turn,
only one player had a score under 40 (Jack Killea's 39) and the much more difficult back nine awaited," commented Eph head coach Rick Pohle. "We didn't have too much room for error
in scores since the teams we were paired with were playing well."

Today it was Jake Wagner scoring the best round for the purple with a three-over par 74, while Bob Camp fired a 75 and Jack Killea shot a 76. Wagner carded a 34 on the back nine, Camp shot a 75 and Killea came through with a 37. Senior Brendan Conley posted the Ephs' fourth scoring round of the day when he shot a 79 and junior Tyler Zara shot an 86.

Over the two days Wagner was the Ephs top performer with a total of 150, followed by Killea (151), Camp (154) Conley (159) and Zara (168). Wagner finished fourth overall, while Killea was 8th and Camp tied for 12th.

Jake Wagner earned First Team All-NESCAC honors and classmates Jack Killea and Robert Camp collected Second Team All-NESCAC honors. 

Next up for the Ephs the Skidmore Invitational on Wednesday in Saratoga Springs, NY, before they close the fall portion of their schedule with a two-day tournament at Seven Oaks Golf course in Hamilton, NY hosted by Hamilton College next weekend.

2007 NESCAC Championships Qualifier
Skenandoa Club (Clinton, N.Y.)
Sept. 29-30
Par - 72; Yards - 6,563

TEAM SCORES
**1. Trinity 301-305--606
**2. Middlebury 302-311--613
**3. Williams 309-305--614
**4. Hamilton 307-309--616
5. Tufts 317-306--623
6. Bowdoin 322-315--337
7. Amherst 320-320--640
8. Wesleyan 326-317--643
9. Bates 321-333--654
9. Colby 329-325--654

**Trinity, Middlebury, Williams and Hamilton advance to championship round in April 2008.

Medalist: Josh Grossman, Trinity, 146 (74-72).

TRINITY (301-305--606)
t15. James Driscoll 78-77--155
t4. Reid Longley 71-79--150
t24. Josh Biren 79-79--158
t15. David Anderson 78-77--155
1. Josh Grossman 74-72--146

MIDDLEBURY (302-311--613)
t15. George Baumann 72-83--155
t4. Harrison Bane 77-73--150
t30. Michael McCormick 79-81--160
t12. Brian Cady 79-75--154
22. Jeff Patterson 74-82--156

WILLIAMS (309-305--614)
t44. Tyler Zara 82-86--168
8. John Killea 75-76--151
t12. Robert Camp 79-75--154
29. Brendan Conley 79-80--159
t4. Jacob Wagner 76-74--150

HAMILTON (307-309--616)
23. Mike Hayes 79-78--157
2. Brad Roche 73-75--148
t24. Dave Christie 79-79--158
t9. Jeff Corbett 76-77--153
t34. Phil Preiss 80-81--161

TUFTS (317-306--623)
t9. David Hunt 74-79-153
t15. Pat Sullivan 79-76--155
t36. Luke Heffernan 88-76--164
t30. Mike O'Neil 85-75--160
t24. Phil Haslett 79-79--158

BOWDOIN (322-315--637)
t4. Ryan Blossom 74-76--150
t12. Jeff Cutter 79-75--154
t38. Turner Kufe 83-82--165
54. James Yoo 96-82--178
52. Kevin Smith 86-89--175

AMHERST (320-320--640)
t24. Chris Valentine 79-79--158
t9. Trip Wray 76-77--153
t40. Adam Shniderman 88-78--166
t44. Will Collins 82-86--168
t49. Judd Olanoff 83-88--171

WESLEYAN (326-317--643)
t30. David Velardo 80-80--160
t36. Dan De Rienzo 81-83--164
t34. Eli Wilson 83-78--161
t38. Max Schenkein 84-81--165
t30. Rob McCourt 82-78--160

BATES (321-333--654)
t15. Kurt Schuler 77-78--155
t42. Mike Kelen 83-84--167
t42. Jake Cox 81-86--167
48. Jeremy Rogalski 85-85--170
47. Tom Bowden 80-89--169

COLBY (329-325--654)
3. Gus Thompson 73-76--149
t40. Hans Noering 85-81--166
53. Sam Rouleau 90-86--176
t44. John Wagner 84-84--168
t49. Nick Spillane 87-84--171

Hamilton Individuals
t15. Kevin Osborne 80-75--155
t15. Dan Treichler 77-78--155
t24. Will Kresock 77-81--158
51. Riley Jorgensen 89-84--173