Oct 4, 2005
LIVERPOOL, N.Y. – Adam Goinsalvos shot an even-par 70 in the final round to help Southern New Hampshire hold off St. Thomas Aquinas for the team title at the ECAC Division II Golf Championship at the Liverpool Golf & Public Country Club. Bryant’s Jim O’Connell won individual medalist honors by two strokes.
The four Southern New Hampshire scorers shot 78 or better on the final day to hold off St. Thomas Aquinas. In recording their winning total, the Penmen (295-298-593) were the only team to shoot under 300 for each round. Runner-up St. Thomas Aquinas (304-293-597) carded the top second round score with a 293, but could not overcome the Penmen. Paced by O’Connell, Northeast-10 Conference champion Bryant finished third. Goldey-Beacom was fourth, followed by Pace, West Chester and Post.
O’Connell fired an even-par round of 70 to follow up his opening 71 to card a +1 score of 141 to win by two strokes. Patrick Cibirka of St. Thomas Aquinas and Goldey-Beacom’s Michael Tobiason tied with matching three-over rounds (71-72-143), but Cibirka was declared the runner-up based on a better score over the final nine holes. Goinsalvos and Post’s Calum Malcom and Lloyd Notley tied for fourth at five-over. Pace’s Michael Dominici was the only golfer to shoot a round under par. He shot a one-under 69 on the second day to total 146 (+6).
Host Le Moyne rebounded for a 297 on the second and final day of competition to finish in a tie for eighth. Freshman Brian Muench topped Le Moyne’s quintet with an eighth-place finish. He shot a two-day, seven-over par 147 (73-74).
The Dolphins tied with Dominican and New Haven in eighth. Saint Michael’s was 11th, followed by Dowling, Saint Anselm, Saint Rose, Bentley, Franklin Pierce and UMass Lowell tied for 16th, Assumption and Wilmington tied for the 18th spot and Adelphi rounded out the 20-team championship.
