Elms Leads After Day One of NECC Golf Championships
Elms Leads After Day One of NECC Golf Championships
Leicester, Mass.- After the first round of play Elms College shot a 306, taking a nine stroke lead into tomorrow’s final round of the New England Collegiate Conference Golf Championships at Leicester Country Club.
Elms College was carried by Sophomore Phil Rurak (Wilbraham, Mass.) who shot a 72; which is two over par at Leicester Country Club. Springfield College and Babson College are separated by one stroke at 315 and 316 respectively. Springfield Senior Craig DiFranco (East Longmeadow, Mass.) shot a four over par 74, to help hold the Pride in second place. Babson golfers Joseph Young (Westwood, Mass.) and Matt Foley (East Longmeadow, Mass.) also shot 74’s to keep the Beavers in third place. Elms Freshmen Kyle Simard (Thorndike, Mass.) and Henry Fall (Harpswell, ME.) finished in the top five with scores of 76.
Becker College stands in fourth place, 28 shots behind third place Springfield College with a score of 344. John Bourque (Atkinson, NH.) led the Hawks with a team best 81 after the first round. Falling three shots behind Becker were the Eagles of Daniel Webster, who shot a 347. Emily Bouchard (Saco, ME.) finished the day in eighth place overall and carried the Eagles with a score of 79. Rounding out the bottom of the field was Mitchell College, who shot a 379 and Newbury College, who shot a 417.
The second and final round of the New England Collegiate Conference Golf Championship tees off tomorrow morning at 9am at Leicester Country Club. The tee time was pushed back one hour due to the threat of frost tonight.
Day One Overall Individual Results
2010 NECC Golf Championship Packet
2010 NECC Golf Championship Program
Information on Leicester Country Club: http://www.leicestercc.com/default.asp
Directions: http://www.leicestercc.com/directions.asp
Host NECC Institution: http://www.beckerhawks.com/sports/mgolf/index
Story Courtesy of Becker Sports Information
