Panopoulos leads Ravens with score of 161 over two-day event

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (September 17, 2007) – The Franklin Pierce University golf team opened the 2007 fall season with a 15th-place showing at the Dowling College September Shootout on the par-71 Long Island National Golf Club.

Franklin Pierce completed the two-day event today with a score of 676 (336-340), while Northeast-10 Conference rivals Assumption College took the team title with a score of 605 (303-302). Bentley College’s Bobby Leopold earned medalist honors with a two-day score of 146 (74-72) to narrowly edge out two golfers by a single stroke.

Sophomore Peter Panopoulos (Rindge, N.H./Conant) led Franklin Pierce with a combined score of 161 (78-83) to finish tied for 37th overall. Senior Craig Jasinski (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) posted a score of 163 (78-85) for a 45th-place finish.

Franklin Pierce returns to the links next weekend for the ECAC Division II Championship, hosted by Le Moyne College, at Drumlins Country Club on Sunday and Monday.