BREWSTER, Mass. (Oct. 21) – The Nichols College golf team finished 15th overall and fifth among Division III teams at the 75th Annual New England Intercollegiate Golf Championship held at the Captains Golf Course Monday and Tuesday. Senior Pat Pio (Somers, Conn.) finished tied for 10th overall on the individual leaderboard with a two-day 146.
Pio fired a one-over-par 73 on both days of the tournament to finish tied for 10th among the 200-player field. Junior Joshua Paulhus (Sutton, Mass.) dropped to a tie for 45th to complete the 36-hole tournament with a two-day 156 (76, 80), while first year Nick Deni (Enfield, Conn.) took one stroke off his first round score, but dropped a place from T-85th to T-86th after the final round with a two-day 161 (81, 80). Shawn Santos (Agawam, Mass.) finished in a tie for 124th with a 167 (83, 84) and Bruce Carter, Jr. (Worcester, Mass.) rounded out the Nichols squad in with a 177 (84, 93).
Salem State led the Division III teams with a total of 609 followed by Trinity College (Conn.) at 610. Husson placed third with a 627, and Babson finished fourth one stroke behind at 628. Nichols stood in fifth with a two-day 630 (313-317).
The New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) has been in existence since 1934 and includes 45 member colleges and universities in New England making this the oldest and largest college golf tournament in the country. It is unique in that Divisions I, II and III compete together. This year, 39 teams across all three Divisions participated in the 36-hole tournament.
Jason Thresher of Bryant University was medalist with a score of 141. Division I University of Connecticut won the tournament with a two-day score of 582. The Div. I runner-up was Central Connecticut with a score of 588. American International College was the Division II leaders with a score of 606 followed by Post University at 619.
Nichols closes out the fall season on Thursday at the The Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship hosted by Endicott at Essex Country Club in Manchester, Mass.
15 Nichols College 313-317 630
T 10 Pasquale Pio 73-73 146
T 45 Joshua Paulhus 76-80 156
T 86 Nicholas Deni 81-80 161
T124 Shawn Santos 83-84 167
T167 Bruce Carter Jr. 84-93 177