Bates Golf Tournament Summaries

Terrier Invitational at Samoset Golf Course, Sept. 11 - The Bobcats finished fourth of eight teams, as sophomore Nick Brunero (West Warwick, R.I.) took third place.

Team Results                 Individual Results
UMaine-Farmington   316      Darren Goeke, Thomas  76     
Bowdoin             327      Jon Moody, UMF        77
Colby               333     Nick Brunero, Bates 78
Bates            334      Nate Davis, UMF       79
Thomas              337      Jay Lashar, UMF       79
Husson              341
Maine Maritime      345
Southern Maine      359

Duke Nelson Invitational at Middlebury, Sept. 13-14 - The Bobcats finished in the middle of the pack at one of the biggest tournaments of the season, the Duke Nelson Invitational at Middlebury, Vt. Their score of 658 was good for 15th place, just three strokes out of 11th place. Senior captain Tim Sargent (Morrisville, Vt.) was the top finisher, tying for 18th place with a score of 156, ten strokes behind the leader.


Team scores                    Bates Scores
1. Skidmore        598         T18. Tim Sargent     76   80   156
2. Bentley         611         T50. Nick Brunero    79   85   164
3. UMass-Lowell    612         T68. Pete  LaCasse   86   83   169
4. Williams        617         T68. Peter Coleman   85   84   169
T5. Vermont        634         T99. Matt Delehanty  87   92   179
T5. St. Anselm     634    Totals (Top 4 Finishers) 326  332   658
7. Amherst         637
T8. Babson         638
T8. Salem St.      638
10. Middlebury     639
15. Bates       658

Southern Maine Tournament at Gorham C.C., Sept. 18 - The golf team finished in a three-way tie for second, just three strokes behind St. Joseph's at the Southern Maine Invitational at Gorham Country Club. Senior Matt Delehanty (Larchmont, N.Y.) was the Bobcats' top scorer, placing second while shooting an 80. First-year golfer Percy Stith (Brighton, Mass.) had his first top-ten performance of the season, shooting an 85, tying him for eighth place.


Team Scores                    Individual Results
St. Joseph's     338           1.  David Luce, St. Joe's     75
Bates         341         2.  Matt Delehanty, Bates 80
UNew England     341          T3.  Cliff Rubin, UNE          81
Southern Maine   341          T3.  Josh Weed, USM            81
                               5.   Trevor Norton, UNE       82
                             T8. Percy Stith, Bates     85
	                T10. Pete Catanzaro, Bates  87
                        T13. Bryce Hubner, Bates    89
                         14. Jeff Snyder, Bates     90

Bowdoin Invitational at Brunswick G.C., Sept. 21-22 - The Bobcats had an outstanding opening day at the Brunswick Golf Club, firing a team score of 348, putting them just five strokes off the lead. Senior captain Tim Sargent (Morrisville, Vt.) led the way, shooting an 84, tying him for second place after one round. Sophomore Jeff Snyder (Glastonbury, Conn.) and junior Peter Coleman (St. Davids, Pa.), who shot 86 and 87 respectively on Sunday, joined Sargent as one of only three sets of teammates to shoot sub-90 rounds on the opening day. Unfortuantely, Monday's results were not as forgiving, and the Bobcats droped five places in the standings. Sargent's 176 overall score tied him for 11th place, while Coleman's 179 was good for 14th.

 TEAM RESULTS:                  Individual Results 
1. St. Anselm           698           Tim Sargent      84   92   176
2. Maine-Farmington	699	      Pete Coleman     87   92   179 
3. Tufts		713           Jeff Snyder      86   95   181
4. Thomas		714           Matt Delehanty   91   97   188
5. Bates		723       Percy Stith      100  96   196
6. Bowdoin (White)	725           TOTAL            348  375  723
7. Colby		729
8. Husson		734
9. Southern Maine	738
10. Brandeis		742
11. Maine Maritime	745
12. MIT			754
13. Bowdoin (Black)	764

Maine State Intercollegiate Championships at Portland, Sept. 26 - The Bobcats got an outstanding performance from first-year golfer Percy Stith (Brighton, Mass.), who shot his collegiate-low round of 80 to tie for fourth, six strokes back. Bates also got a nice performance from sophomore Jeff Snyder (Glastonbury, Conn.), who shot an 84. Coach Bob Flynn's team finished in ninth place with a composite score of 348.

Team scores                  Individual Results
1. Maine-Farmington 321      1. Corey Poulin, Thomas 74
2. Thomas           322     T2. Darren Goeke, Thomas 77
3. Southern Maine   326     T2. Jon Moody, UMF       77
4. Maine Maritime   330     T4. John Murray, Husson  80
5. Husson           333    T4. Percy Stith, Bates 80
6. Colby            336     T4. Mike Flanagan, MMA   80
7. UNew England     343     T4. Nate Davis, UMF      80
8. St. Joseph's     347     T4. Ben Goodall, USM     80
9. Bates      348    T4. Jed Williamson, USM  80
10. Bowdoin         349  T19. Jeff Snyder, Bates  84
                            45. Chris LeBlanc, Bates 91
                            47. Bryce Hubner, Bates  93

NESCAC Invitational at Williams, Sept. 28 - In pleasant weather after the first day of the NESCAC chmapionships, the Bobcats were in a four-way tie for fifth place. When the weather turned nasty, however, Bates dropped five places, finishing in eighth place of ten teams. Sophomore Nick Brunero (West Warwick, R.I.) finished tied for 11th.

Team Scores             Bates Finishers
1. Amherst 621          T11. Nick Brunero  80  81  161
2. Williams 633         T17. Tim Sargent   79  86  165
3. Hamilton 639         T35. Peter LaCasse 94  84  178
4. Trinity 667           44. Pete Coleman  87  99  186
5. Colby 681
6. Middlebury 685
7. Tufts 685
8. Bates 690
9. Wesleyan 692
10. Bowdoin N/S

Southern Maine Invitational at Gorham G.C., Oct. 5 - Sophomore Nick Brunero (West Warwick, R.I.) had his first career win, shooting a one-under-par 70 to take medalist honors at the Southern Maine Invitational at Gorham Country Club. The Bobcats had their best team finish of the season as well, shooting a 307 and finishing one stroke behind Thomas College for the team title. Senior captain Tim Sargent (Morrisville, Vt.) tied for fifth place.


Team scores                   Individual scores
1. Thomas 306              1. Nick Brunero, Bates   70
2. Bates  307             2. Ben Goodall, USM      73
3. Univ. of New England 320  T3. Corey Poulin, Thomas  75
4. Colby 325                 T3. Cliff Rubin, UNE      75
5. UMass-Dartmouth 328       T5. Daren Goeke, Thomas   76
6. Bowdoin 333               T5. David Luce, St. Joe's 76
7. Husson 334             T5. Tim Sargent, Bates    76
8. Maine Maritime 336    T11. Pete LaCasse, Bates   80
9. Southern Maine 337    T16. Peter Coleman, Bates  81
10. St. Joseph's 344     T38. Matt Delehanty, Bates 89

CBB Championships at Waterville G.C., Oct. 8 - The Bobcats were unsuccessful in their defense of the CBB crown, finishing 10 strokes behind Bowdoin. Three Bates golfers finished in a tie for third at 84, including senior captain Tim Sargent (Morrisville, Vt.), senior Peter LaCasse (Augusta, Maine) and sophomore Jeff Snyder (Glastonbury, Conn.), seven strokes behind the winner and six behind second place.

Team Scores               Individual Results
1. Bowdoin 414             1. Gerg Lovely, Bowdoin  77
2. Bates   424             2. Ryan Ade, Bowdoin     78
3. Colby   440            T3. Tim Sargent, Bates    84
                          T3. Peter LaCasse, Bates  84
                          T3. Jeff Snyder, Bates    84
                          T6. Josh Iannetta, Colby  85
                          T6. Nick Brunero, Bates   85
                          T8. Craig Stasulis, Bowd  86
                          T8. Wes Breton, Bowdoin   86
                         T10. Jake Davie, Colby     87
                         T10. Peter Coleman, Bates  87
                         T10. Pascal Chaisson, Bow  87
                          13. Matt Delehanty, Bates 88
                          20. Percy Stith, Bates    95

New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championships at New Seabury, Mass., Oct. 20-21

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