Franklin Pierce Closes Out Fall Season at NEIGA Championship

Jasinski finishes 39th overall with two-day score of 156

BREWSTER, Mass. (October 23, 2007) – The Franklin Pierce University golf team closed out its fall season with a 33rd-place finish at the 73rd Annual New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) Championship on the par-72 layouts at Port Captains and Starboard Courses.

Franklin Pierce was led by senior captain Craig Jasinski (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) who posted the best two-day score at this event in program history, completing the two rounds with a score of 156 to finish in a tie for 39th overall in the field of 211 and 14th among Division II golfers at the event. His day two round of 77 is the best single round for a Franklin Pierce golfer at the NEIGA Championships all-time.

Franklin Pierce posted a two-day team score of 668 to place 33rd overall, moving up four spots in the standings on Tuesday with a day two score of 329. The University of Rhode Island captured the overall team title at the event, which includes teams from Divisions I, II & III, with a team score of 600. Bryant University captured the Division II title with a score of 614 to place third overall. Salem State’s Brian Cawley earned medalist honors with a two-day score of 144 (two over par).

Franklin Pierce sophomore Peter Panopoulos (Rindge, N.H./Conant) finished with a two-day score of 165, including a round of 81 today, to finish in a tie for 110th overall.

At the Championship banquet on Sunday night, Head Coach Owen Houghton received a gift in recognition of his 20-plus years as a head coach in the region.