MCLA wraps up play in ECAC New England Championships
Bernardston, MA- The MCLA Men's Golf Team wrapped up the 36 hole ECAC New England Championships held at Crumpin Fox Golf Club in Bernardston, MA. The Trailblazers finished 22nd at the event. The Trailblazers were led by Nick Young and Mitch Mullett.
Taking a nine-stroke lead into the final round, Trinity College captured the 2014 ECAC Division III New England Men's Golf Championship Sunday afternoon at the Crumpin-Fox Golf Club. Finishing with a combined score of 622, the Bantams defeated 21 other teams to claim their second-ever ECAC crown.
Led by senior co-captain Greg Palmer (Cheshire, Conn.), Trinity finished 13 strokes ahead of runner-up, Williams College. Palmer carded a second-round 77 to finish with a combined score of 152 and claim second-place overall. The Bantams also received top-ten finishes from freshman Nate Choukas (Hanover, N.H.) and junior Jeff Durkin (Scituate, Mass.). Choukas claimed sixth place with a combined 156, while Durkin, the Bantams' low-scorer from Saturday, finish tied for seventh with a 157. Seniors Nick Buenaventura (Weston, Mass.) and William Burchill (East Walpole, Mass.) rounded out the Trinity attack, finishing 11th and 25th respectively.
Williams' Grant Raffel (Palo Alto, Calif.) earned individual medalist honors after scoring a two-day low of 151. Raffel tied for the lowest score of the day on Sunday, posting a three-over 75. Sophomore Ross Hoffman (Great Neck, N.Y.), the leader after day one, tied for fourth place, following a second-day 83. Senior Jake Goldenring (Florham Park, N.J.) tied for the second lowest score of the day, finishing a stroke behind Raffel on Sunday and tied for 22nd overall (163).
Behind the consistent play of freshman Tyler Hemingway (Fairhaven, Mass.), UMass-Dartmouth earned third place with a combined score of 648. Hemingway followed up a first-round 80 with a final-round 79 to finish tied for 12th overall.
Middlebury College, the 2013 ECAC Champion, took home fourth place after posting a combined score of 651. Sophomore Eduardo Ramos (Sao Paulo, Brazil) carded a two-day 159 to lead the Panthers.
Salem State College and Endicott College rounded out the top five, each recording a combined score of 657.