Williamstown, MA – After sitting in second place after day one, the Ephs struggled on day two to a 312 team score, and finished in fourth place with a tournament total of 620.
The Trinity College Bantams followed up their stellar 293 first day performance with a solid 305 today to win the NESCAC Tournament and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA National Championship in two weeks.
This was their first NESCAC Championship win in school history. Trinity sophomore standout Alex Bermingham took home medalist honors after he followed up his fantastic 68 with a solid 77 for a 145 tournament total.
Beginning the day in second place 15 strokes back, the Ephs had
hoped to make a sizeable comeback to catch Trinity. However, after
a steady 308 performance yesterday, the Ephs continued their
struggle with the big numbers on the scorecard that prevented them
from going low.
Jack Killea ’11 posted the best number for the Ephs on day
two, with a 76. In an unfortunate event on the 12th
hole, Killea’s 3-iron snapped mid-swing, leading to a big
number from which he fought back hard to shoot a nice 76. Jake
Wagner ’11 supported with a 79 today, as Bob Camp ’11
also shot a 79. First year Wyatt Sparks ’13 improved upon his
day one score by 8 shots, shooting a 78 today, and Jack Ervasti
’13 struggled to an 82.
The Williams was the only team to have all eight rounds for the team score be in the 70’s, but it wasn’t enough, as the Ephs fell just short this year.
“We once again were plagued by too many large numbers on a few holes and dropped to 4th place overall with a 620 team total,” said Coach Pohle, “Looking at the tournament stats, we actually should have scored much better - we have more pars than any other team, played the par 3's better than any other team and were second in par 5 scoring - it was the untimely double, triple and quadruple bogeys that did us in.”
Williams returns to the links on Wednesday in quest of its 13th straight Little Three Championship at Amherst. The 36-hole Ryder Cup format of play begins at 8:00 am at Hickory Ridge G.C.
