Teams: Co-Ed Golf: Schedule & Results

GOLFERS MISS QUALIFYING FOR NESCAC CHAMPIONSHIP BY ONE SPOT

COLLEGE GOLF RESULTS
NESCAC Fall Qualifier
At Williamstown, MA (Waubeeka Golf Links)
Saturday-Sunday, October 3-4, 2009

Team Results

Individual Results

WILLIAMSTOWN -- The Tufts University golf team placed fifth at the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Fall Qualifying Tournament, from which the top four teams will move on to play in the the conference championship next spring. The final Jumbo tally of 625 strokes was a distance behind fourth-place Middlebury's 608 score. Williams (595) and Hamilton (597) were the top two teams. Trinity also qualified with a score of 603.

The tournament was held at Waubeeka Golf Links, where par is 71. Day one play on Saturday had been delayed by rain and then suspended due to darkness. Tufts was one of four teams that was unable to complete its round. They resumed the first round on Sunday at 9:30 am on the 17th hole.

The Jumbos were third after the first round with a score of 300. Junior Luke Heffernan (Arlington, MA) shot one-over 72 for Tufts, while junior Dan Moll (Newton, MA) hit a 74. Freshman Mike McCarthy (Winchester, MA) was a stroke back at 75 and senior Brett Hershman (Worcester, MA) shot 80. They were nine strokes behind first-round leader Hamilton's 291.

Tufts dropped out of a qualifying spot with a combined 625 on Sunday. Heffernan's 79 was the only sub-80 round. His 151 overall (+9) tied for 12th individually. Moll was the second-best Tufts finisher overall at 74-80-154 (+12) to tie for 20th.

Hamilton's Phil Preiss shot an even-par 142 to top the field of 49 golfers this weekend.

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