Golf Sits in 21st Place Out of 37 Teams After First Day of NEIGA Championship
Ravens ahead of Division I-school Providence College in team standings following first day
CAPE COD, Mass. (October 18, 2010) -- The Franklin
Pierce University golf team sits in 21st place out of 37 teams
following the first day of the 2010 New England Intercollegiate
Golf Association (NEIGA) Championship at The Captains Golf Course
in Cape Cod, Mass. The Ravens shot a first-round 38-over-par, 326,
on Monday. Franklin Pierce is ahead of 16 other teams in the field,
including Division I school and Big East member Providence
College.
A trio of Ravens finished the first round tied for 77th out of 182
golfers, as junior co-captain B.J. Powers (Southbury,
Conn.), sophomore Ian Landry (Loudon,
N.H.) and junior Matt Lennon (Bow, N.H.)
each shot nine-over-par, 81s.
Powers is looking to turn in one final strong performance during a
fall season which has seen him earn numerous top-10 finishes,
including an individual title at the SNHU Penmen Invitational last
week.
Junior co-captain Brian Fleckles (Sandwich, Mass.)
sits in a tie for 104th after he carded an 11-over-par, 83, during
the first round. Senior Justin Haapala (Danielson,
Conn.) was the fifth Ravens' golfer to compete on the
afternoon and he shot a 12-over-par, 84, to finish in a tie for
113th place.
The University of Rhode Island, a Division I-member in the
Atlantic-10 Conference, stands in first place following the first
round after shooting a nine-over-par, 297, while Central
Connecticut State and the University of Connecticut are tied for
second with identical 12-over-par, 300s.
The final round of the NEIGA Championship will begin Tuesday
morning at 8 a.m. at The Captains. It will mark the final round of
the fall season for the Ravens during the 2010-11 season.
For more information on Franklin Pierce golf, please visit the
team's page at 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/FranklinPierceAthletics).