Hershey, Pa. (05/02/2008) – The Red Flash came together for a five-man score of 300 (+60) on Friday to set themselves just seven strokes off of Central Connecticut State's first place count of 293 following the Northeast Conference Championships' first round of play hosted by the folks at the Hershey Links Golf Club. At this time, Saint Francis sits in fifth place out of 11 squads.
Saint Francis looks to recapture the NEC crown from their 2006 expedition after Monmouth clipped the Flash by one stingy stroke in the 2007 end-of-the-season bonanza.
Mount St. Mary's Jeff Kingsbury set the standard on the 6,899-yard test, putting forth a three-deep 69 (34-35). Three other loopers, Central Connecticut's Matt McClure, Monmouth's Anthony Campanile and Long Island's Rocky Co lag one shot behind with -2, 70s.
Currently on SFU's behalf, senior crusher Matt Gowdy (London, Ontario/A.B. Lucas) (London, Ontario / A.B. Lucas) blasted the Flash's lowest round of an even-par 72 (36-36), tied for sixth with four other fellow NEC competitors.
First-year fireballer Joey Amelia (Chatham, Ontario/Chatham Kent Secondary) (Chatham, Ontario/Chatham-Kent Secondary) came into his own under the demands of the conference finale, firing his lowest round to date of a +2, 74 (35-39). Amelia is knotted in 12th with four other challengers. 2006 NEC Individual Champion, senior Steve Foisy (Repentigny, Quebec/Academie Les Estacades) (Repentigny, Quebec/Academie Les Estacades) is currently locked in a nine-way tie at 22nd with sophomore supporter Mike Magalski (Spring Grove, Pa. / Spring Grove). Each player inked a +5, 77 in the order of (37-40) and (40-37). Second-year swinger Aaron Osysko (Parma, OH/Padua Franciscan) (Parma, Ohio/Padua Franciscan) discharged a +11, 83 to find himself in a four-way bottleneck at 45th.
Gowdy is one of eight NEC golfers to have an even par average on Hershey Links' par 3s. The red-hot senior is also listed in sixth place for an average score of a -1, 3.90 on all par 4s as well as dropping 12 total pars which ranks T-4th best. Amelia's four birdies currently ranks fourth best thus far alongside six other competitors. Overall, the Red Flash sunk the third most birdies with 14.
Saturday's day two presentation should make for an interesting round with just seven shots separating the top five teams. The Northeast Conference Championship's final round will be played on Sunday to determine the 2008 Northeast Conference victor.
Team Standings (Day 2)
Fin. School Scores
1 Central Connecticut State 293 +5
2 Robert Morris 295 +7
3 Mount St. Mary's 296 +8
4 Sacred Heart 297 +9
5 Saint Francis (PA) 300 +12
6 Long Island 303 +15
7 Fairleigh Dickinson 304 +16
Monmouth 304 +16
9 Quinnipiac 311 +23
10 Wagner 326 +38
11 St. Francis (NY) 342 +54
2008 NEC Women's Golf Individual Results - Day One
Fin. Name School Scores
1 Jeff Kingsbury MSM 34- 35 69 -3
2 Matt McClure CCSU 35- 35 70 -2
Anthony Campanile QU 34- 36 70 -2
Rocky Co LIU 31- 39 70 -2
5 Patrick Fillian SHU 37- 34 71 -1
6 C.G. Mercatoris RMU 36- 36 72 E
Matt Gowdy (London, Ontario/A.B. Lucas) SFPA 36- 36 72 E
Robert Cerabone FDU 34- 38 72 E
Adam Petrasovic SHU 35- 37 72 E
Shane Brant RMU 34- 38 72 E
11 Kevin Farrell MSM 36- 37 73 +1
12 Chris Kowalczyk FDU 35- 39 74 +2
Jimmy Tomaseski RMU 37- 37 74 +2
Sam Pelletier CCSU 39- 35 74 +2
Joey Amelia (Chatham, Ontario/Chatham Kent Secondary) SFPA 35- 39 74 +2
Eric Hawerchak CCSU 38- 36 74 +2
17 Tim Buczak CCSU 39- 36 75 +3
Ryan Beck MU 35- 40 75 +3
Jacob Wetzel MSM 36- 39 75 +3
20 Brady Giroux QU 38- 38 76 +4
Greg Parzyck FDU 37- 39 76 +4
22 Steve Foisy (Repentigny, Quebec/Academie Les Estacades) SFPA 37- 40 77 +5
Christopher Fourman WC 37- 40 77 +5
Rob Gallagher LIU 37- 40 77 +5
Ian O'Connor QU 40- 37 77 +5
Joe Horvat RMU 38- 39 77 +5
Mike Magalski SFPA 40- 37 77 +5
Tommy Campbell SHU 38- 39 77 +5
Owen Rigg LIU 38- 39 77 +5
Kevin Lauretti SHU 40- 37 77 +5
31 Tom Ursa CCSU 37- 41 78 +6
Joe Kabana RMU 39- 39 78 +6
33 Greg Nicolson LIU 41- 38 79 +7
Matt Belizze SHU 41- 38 79 +7
Taylor Krug MU 40- 39 79 +7
Thomas Abramoski WC 40- 39 79 +7
Ryan Reynolds QU 39- 40 79 +7
Kyle Margentina LIU 39- 40 79 +7
Justin Sick MSM 41- 38 79 +7
Jason Loranger QU 41- 38 79 +7
41 Sage Smith MSM 41- 39 80 +8
Michael McComb MU 36- 44 80 +8
43 Alan Stuto SFNY 40- 42 82 +10
Tom Anthes FDU 46- 36 82 +10
45 Charles McMenamin SFNY 42- 41 83 +11
Jeffery Smolar WC 44- 39 83 +11
Pat Lawler FDU 41- 42 83 +11
Aaron Osysho SFPA 46- 37 83 +11
49 Andrew Hurley MU 42- 42 84 +12
50 Joseph Stuto SFNY 42- 44 86 +14
Charlie Niland QU 43- 43 86 +14
52 Connor Popp WC 42- 45 87 +15
53 Frank Argento SFNY 46- 45 91 +19
54 Brian Conlon WC 49- 47 96 +24
