NE-10 Championship to be held on Oct. 4-5

RINDGE, N.H. (September 24, 2009) – The Franklin Pierce University men’s golf team was picked to finish 12th in the Northeast-10 Conference, according to the league’s preseason poll which was announced on Thursday. The poll was voted on by the league’s 12 head coaches prior to the start of the fall season. The 2009 Northeast-10 Conference Men’s Golf Championship will be held on Oct. 4-5, at the Crumpin-Fox Golf Club in Bernardston, Mass.

Le Moyne was picked to repeat as league champions as it came in first place with 134 points and five first-place votes. UMass-Lowell (112 points, 2 first-place votes) and American International (104 points) rounded out the top three in second and third place, respectively.

Franklin Pierce has already competed in three tournaments this season, with its highest finish being a second-place effort at the Blazers Invitational on Sept. 15 at Chicopee Country Club in Chicopee, Mass. Sophomore Brian Fleckles (Sandwich, Mass.) led the Ravens that day as he tied for second in the individual competition with a round of 76.

Franklin Pierce will have one final tune-up before the conference championship, when it takes part in the Blazers II Invitational next Wednesday in Chicopee.
For more information on the Franklin Pierce men’s golf team, please visit the team’s page at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.)