2008 GNAC Golf Championship Day One Results

Courtesy: JWU Athletic Communication

Cranston, R.I. – The Johnson & Wales University golf team is currently in first place after the first round of the 2008 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship, hosted at the Cranston Country Club.  The Wildcats have a 13 shot lead after carding a 307 over the par 71 course.  Rhode Island College is in second place with a 320 while UMass Dartmouth finished with a 321 on the day.

Johnson & Wales senior Robert Newcomb (Quincy, Mass.) is in first-place with a 74 while senior Zach Bennardo (Norwich, Conn.) and St. Joseph’s of Maine’s Andy LeConte are tied for second-place with a 76.

Action for day two will take begin at 11:15 a.m., on Saturday, October 25th.  For the first time in conference history, an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship is on the line.

1.  Johnson & Wales     307
1  Bobby Newcomb        74
T-2 Zach Bennardo       76
T-6 Dustin Bride        78
T-9 Steve LeDonne       79
T-11 Aaron Vargas       80

2.  Rhode Island College320
T-4 Derek Jensen        77
T-6 Bryan Picinisco     78
T-15 Chad Lareau        82
T-17 Mark Savastano     83
24 Barrett Kern         88

3.  UMass.-Dartmouth    321
T-6 Joe Connor          78
T-9 Nick Jagoe          79
T-13 Rob Leaver         81
T-17 Scott Woodacre     83
20 John Ripp            85

4.  Southern Maine      324
T-4 Cody Berkowitz      77
T-11 Ben Loss           80
T-13 Brent Profento     81
21 David Roberge        86
T-26 Matt Reid          90

5.  St. Joseph's (Maine)335
T-2 Andy LeConte        76
T-15 Matthew Cotreau    82
T-22 Steve Sands        87
T-26 Michael Patrick    90
28 Chris Nanof          97

6.  Suffolk University  375
19 Ryan Sheehan         84
25 Alex Toma            89
T-29 Pat Flaherty       101
T-29 Jon Doodian        101
31 Matt Coughlin        102

7.  Emerson College     406
T-22 Alex Levere        87
32 Alan Guizdowski      103
33 John Cortizo         107
34 Nick Vennochi        109
35 Kyle Kesses          111