First Round of NESCAC Qualifier to Resume Tomorrow Morning; Hamilton currently in the Lead

COMPLETE RESULTS for Rd. 1 updated 2:00 PM 10/4

Williamstown, MA – After an extended weather delay this morning, the first round of the NESCAC Championship got underway at the Waubeeka Golf Links. Under cloudy skies and sporadic rain, the top golfers in the NESCAC found their stride on the par 71, 6,229 yard track.

Due to the darkness, the final two groups of the final wave still have two holes remaining before the completion of their round. The four teams that have yet to complete their first rounds are Trinity, Williams, Tufts, and Wesleyan.

Their rounds will resume tomorrow at 9:30 A.M., weather permitting.

Of the teams that have completed their rounds, Hamilton is atop the leaderboard with a stellar team score of 291. Brach Roche and Phil Priess both fired even par rounds of 71 in the wet conditions. Supporting right behind was Hans Schulte with a solid 74, and Scott Blosser played well, shooting 75 to round out the scores.

Two of the Williams College golfers have yet to finish, but it looks as if the Ephs will be playing in the final wave tomorrow, along with Tufts, Middlebury and Hamilton. Williams so far has three scores, with sophomore Chris Valle leading Williams with a 73. First Year Wyatt Sparks and junior Jack Killea also shot round of 75 and 76, respectively. They are projected to come in with a team score of 296.

Tufts is also projected to finish with a strong score (300 projected) in their first round, as Mike McCarthy and Bret Hershman shot solid rounds of 75 and 79, respectively. They, like Williams, are awaiting the scores of Dan Moll and Luke Heffernan to complete their round one score.

All of Middlebury’s players finished their rounds today, as they posted a team score of 305. Jim Levins and Andrew Emerson were low for the Panthers, as they both shot a pair of very solid 73’s today. Billy Prince shot a 77, and Jesse Keenan rounded the scoring with an 82.

Trinity is close behind Middlebury for the fourth spot after day one, as they are projected to finish with a 307 team score. However, if Trinity’s final two players make a couple of birdies on the last two holes tomorrow morning, Trinity and may very well be switching places with Middlebury and be teeing off in the final wave. So far, Jack Palley and Dave Anderson have come in with scores of 77 and 78, respectively.

Low scores for the first round so far still belong to the Hamilton duo of Brad Roche and Phil Priess at even par 71.

Tomorrow’s final round will resume at 11:00 AM, after the completion of the first round. Hopefully, the skies will clear up and give the players some good weather to enjoy while trying to put birdies on their scorecard.

AMHERST (318)
Trip Wray            79
Nate Belkin          75
Adam Shniderman 83
Mike Belkin          84
Alex Butensky      81
 
BOWDOIN (318)
Ryan Blossom       79
Turner Kufe          84
Edson Bridges       78
Kevin Smith          81
Johnny Bohorquez 80
 
COLBY (317)
Tripp Huber           76
Harry Smith           74
Hans Noering         86
Sam Rouleau         89
Tom Lampert         81
 
BATES (314)
Lee Smith            82
Kurt Shuler          73
Mike Kelen           79
Jared Quenzel      80
 
MIDDLEBURY (305)
Jim Levins            73
Ben Kunofsky        82
Andrew Emerson    73
Billy Prince            77
Jesse Keenan        82
 
HAMILTON (291)
Brad Roche           71
Scott Blosser        75
Phil Preiss             71
William Kressock     79
Hans Schulte         74
 
WILLIAMS
Jake Wagner
Bob Camp
Jack Killea             76
Chris Valle             73
Wyatt Sparks           75
 
TUFTS
Luke Heffernan
Dan Moll
Brett Hershman       79
Caleb Shapiro          90
Mike McCarthy        75
 
TRINITY
Jay Driscoll
Reid Longley
Alex Bermingham      80
Dave Anderson        78
Jack Palley             77
 
WESLEYAN
Peter Taylor
Dan Dereinzo
AJ Ferraro               81
Eli Kendall               91
Tom Salah              86