September 16, 2008

SOVA TIES FOR 10TH AT DOWLING'S SEPTEMBER SHOOTOUT

Oakdale, N.Y. - Freshman Chris Sova (Oswego, N.Y./Oswego) finished in a tie for 10th place to lead the Le Moyne College men's golf team to a tie for fourth place at Dowling College's September Shootout at Long Island National Golf Course on Sept. 14 and 15. Adelphi won the team competition with a two-day score of 595, while Kent St. Charles of Pace and Brant Kummerfeld of Adelphi each shot a 146 for co-medalist honors.

Sova opened the shootout with a round of 72 on Sunday. In the final round, he carded an 80 to finish tied for 10th two-round score of 152. Freshman Anthony Viskovich (Massena, N.Y./Massena) recorded a 75 in the first round and a 79 in the second round to tie for 16th place, while classmate Kevin Jackson (Chittenango, N.Y./Chittenango) finished in a tie for 28th after firing a 157 on rounds of 80 and 77. Sophomore Andrew Lloyd (Oswego, N.Y./Oswego) registered rounds of 80 and 78 to finish tied for 34th with a score of 158 and junior Tim Martins (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland) recorded a 162 to finish in a tie for 48th place to round out Le Moyne's competitors.

Le Moyne returns to Long Island National on Sunday, Sept. 21 and Monday, Sept. 22 for the ECAC Championships.

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Team Results
1. Adelphi 291-304 - 595, 2. Post 307-304 - 611, 3. St. Thomas Aquinas 306-311 - 617, T4. Dominican 304-317 - 621, T4. Le Moyne 307-314 - 621, 6. Nassau CC 299-324 - 623, T7. Goldey-Beacom 318-313 - 631, T7. Wilmington 311-320 - 631, 9. Dowling 314-318 - 632, 10. Assumption 309-326 - 635, 11. UMass Lowell 314-325 - 639, T12. Bentley 313-327 - 640, T12. Nyack 318-322 - 640, 14. American Int'l 314-327 - 641, 15. Pace 314-328 - 642, 16. New Haven 330-341 - 671.

Top 10 Finishers
t1. Kent St. Charles (Pace) 71-75 - 146, t1. Brant Kummerfeld (Adelphi) 71-75 - 146, t3. Jamie Blake (Post) 72-75 - 147, t3. Matt Demeo (Adelphi) 68-79 - 147, t5. Stuart Pulkinen (Adelphi) 75-74 - 149, t5. Garrett Beyor (American Int'l) 70-79 - 149, t5. Luke Walters (Dowling) 75-74 - 149, t8. Andrew Lee (Dominican) 74-77 - 151, t8. Robert Younker (Assumption) 75-76 - 151, t10. Chris Fitzpatrick (St. Thomas Aquinas) 77-75 - 152, t10. Chris Sova (Le Moyne) 72-80 - 152, t10. Andrew Mesheau (American Int'l) 75-77 - 152.

Le Moyne Results
t10. Chris Sova 72-80 - 152, t16. Anthony Viskovich 75-79 - 154, t28. Kevin Jackson 80-77 - 157, t34. Andrew Lloyd 80-78 - 158, t48. Tim Martins 80-82 - 162.