Cranston, R.I. -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth golf team took first place at the Johnson & Wales University Invitational at The Cranston Club on Friday afternoon. UMD finished with a team score of 307 while host Johnson & Wales set a school record with a 308 en route to a second place finish. Endicott recorded a 309 while Rhode Island College notched a fourth place finish with a score of 310. Medalist honors went to Chris Healy of Nichols College after shooting a par 71 at the 6,493 yard course.
Johnson & Wales freshman Steve LeDonne (Rehoboth, Mass.) paced the Wildcats with a fourth place finish after shooting a 75 while fellow rookie Ryan Myers (Foxboro, Mass.) notched an eighth place finish for the Wildcats with a 76. Senior Brandon Allen (Brooksville, Maine) finished tied for twelfth with a 78 on the afternoon while senior Dustin Bride (Manchester, Conn.) rounded out the JWU scorers, placing 15th with a 79.
The Wildcats will return to action on Saturday and Sunday, October 6th and 7th when they travel to the ECAC Championship.
Team Finishes
1 Mass.-Dartmouth 307
2 Johnson & Wales 308
3 Endicott College 309
4 Rhode Island College 310
5 Nichols College 320
6 Worcester State 337
7 Suffolk University 349
Mass.-Dartmouth
T-4 Tyler Kett 75
T-4 Joe Accardi 75
T-10 Mark Francis 77
T-16 Andrew Jacobs 80
T-16 A.J. Paul 80
Johnson & Wales
T-4 Steve LeDonne 75
T-8 Ryan Myers 76
T-12 Brandon Allen 78
15 Dustin Bride 79
T-20 Bobby Newcomb 82
Endicott College
2 Dan Ryan 73
T-8 Andrew LaRoque 76
T-12 Nick Turczak 78
T-20 Pete Weatherby 82
T-23 Drew Sullivan 83
Rhode Island College
3 Derek Jensen 74
T-4 Barrett Kern 75
T-16 R.J. Tassoni 80
19 Derek Audette 81
T-20 Kevin Smith 82
Nichols College
1 Chris Healy 71
T-12 Pasquale Pio 78
28 Jason Evans 85
T-29 Shawn Santos 86
31 Bruce Carter Jr. 87
Worcester State
T 10 Cam Herzog 77
T 25 Chris Brunelle 84
T 29 Mike Leveroni 86
32 Mike Horan 90
T 33 Matt McCusker 91
Suffolk University
T 23 Chris Gray 83
T 25 Jori Karstikko 84
T 25 Patrick O'Connor 84
35 Kyle Wolfe 98
36 Mike Settle 110
Emerson College
T 33 Alan Gwidzowski 91
37 Mike Sullivan 112
38 Jessie Kalikow 134
