Ephs finish in 4th after Day 1 of NESCAC Tourney

MIDDLEBURY, VT — The men’s golf team shot well enough for a 4th place finish today in the first round of the NESCAC Tournament today, posting a score of 304. They fell just twelve strokes behind host school and leader Middlebury College (292), with Trinity (294) and Hamilton (300) rounding out the top three. The top four team scores after tomorrow’s round will earn a berth into the NESCAC Championship in this spring, so as it stands, Williams has a six-shot cushion between themselves and fifth place finisher Wesleyan going into tomorrow’s round.

"This is just what I kind of expected based on what has been happening this fall season,” commented head Coach Rick Pohle. “We are happy to be in the final grouping, but can not rest on those laurels.”

Leading the scoring for the Ephs was sophomore Jack Killea (71, par), who has been shooting consistently during this fall season. Jack Wagner ’11 also had a nice round with a 76, and senior co-captains Tyler Zara (78) and Matt Felser (79) contributed to the 4th-place result.

“We played pretty well and several players hung in there to produce their final score,” added Pohle. “Unfortunately, we did leave a number of shots out there and will look to play a few holes a bit better tomorrow. Wesleyan posted a fine 310 and Bowdoin a 313 and based on what happened at Bowdoin a couple a years ago, we know that anyone can get hot and move up."
 

Team scores are as follows:

1. Middlebury 292
2. Trinity 294
3. Hamilton 300
4. Williams 304
5. Wesleyan 310
6. Bowdoin 313
7. Amherst 318
8. Tufts 319
9. Bates 312
10. Colby 345

Players in the final wave will tee off tomorrow at 11:20 (weather permitting).