Golf Sits in 14th Place out of 38 Teams Following Day One of NEIGA Championship
Posted: Oct 27, 2013

Golf Sits in 14th Place out of 38 Teams Following Day One of NEIGA Championship

Brad Auclair sits in 37th place after an opening round 77 on Sunday

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
TEAM RESULTS

BREWSTER, Mass. (October 27, 2013) – The Franklin Pierce University men’s golf team turned in a solid opening-round, 315 (+27), on Sunday at the 2013 New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) Championship at The Captains Course – Starboard in Brewster, Mass. The Ravens are tied for 14th out of 38 teams in the standings.

The Ravens sit just three strokes out of the top-10 in the team standings heading into Monday’s final round. Franklin Pierce is in third place out of the Division II schools in the tournament, trailing only Bentley (T7th, 308, +20) and Saint Rose (13th, 314, +26).

Division I school Central Connecticut State leads the field after carding an even-par, 288, on Sunday. Franklin Pierce is tied with Division I member Holy Cross in 14th, while also ahead of another Division I member, Dartmouth, which sits in 29th place after day one.

Franklin Pierce was led in the opening round by sophomore Brad Auclair (Cumberland, R.I.), who shot a solid five-over-par, 77, to sit in a tie for 37th place out of 189 competitors. He is seven strokes back of the leader, Central Connecticut’s Monte Mullen, who fired a 70 (-2) during the opening 18 holes.

Playing in his final NEIGA championship, senior Adam Spencer (Jericho, Vt.) sits in a tie for 48th place heading into the final round after shooting a solid 78 (+6) on Sunday.

Junior Stew Wise (Angiers, N.C.) finished day one a stroke back of Spencer with a seven-over, 79, as he is tied for 65th heading to Monday’s last 18 holes.

The other two Ravens to compete in the tournament, included sophomore Sean Shepard (Griswold, Conn.), who shot an 81 (+9) on Sunday (T86th), and classmate Nick Adjutant (Rochester, N.H.), who carded an 83 (+11) to tie for 110th.

Monday’s final round will begin at 8 a.m.

For more information on Franklin Pierce men’s golf, please visit the team’s page at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu. To follow the program even further, please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on YouTube (www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports), Twitter (www.twitter.com/FPUathletics) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens). Fans wishing to purchase Franklin Pierce golf apparel can do so on the athletic department’s online store at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store(.)