Results

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Sophomore Kevin Wheeler (Agawam, Mass.) finished the second day of the Rhode Island College Invitational at +11 (83) to leas the Nichols College golf team to a 10th place finish Saturday at Triggs Memorial Golf Course. The Bison finished with a team score of 697.

Wheeler's two-day total of 165 (+19) placed him in a tie for 12thplace overall. Freshman Colin Whitney (Longmeadow, Mass.) shaved seven strokes off Friday's score and finished the afternoon at +14, bringing his two-day total to 177, which place him in a tie for 46th place.

Classmate Bobby Lucy (Fitchburg, Mass.) was next for the Bison as he shot a 93 (+21; 178), followed by senior captain Matthew Quigley (Sturbridge, Mass.) in a tie for 49th place at +21 (93; 180). Freshman Benjamin Ilg (Bristol, R.I.) rounded out the Nichols squad with a four-stroke improvement from yesterday's round at +18 (90; 184).

Junior Rob Donahoe (Canton, Mass.) fired a two-day score of 151 (76, 75; +7) and earned medalist honors to lead Middlebury College to a first-place finish. At the end of Saturday's events, Donahoe stood in a tie with senior teammate William Prince (New Canaan, Conn.), who led the field after the first day of competition. Donahoe edged out his teammate Prince (75, 76; 151) in the tiebreaker to take home medalist honors.

Elms College junior Henry Fall (Harpswell, Maine) stormed from behind and posted a 73 on the second day of competition to lead all golfers on Saturday. Fall totaled a 152 (79, 73; +8) and finished third overall, while Middlebury junior Max Alley (Albany, N.Y.) registered a 157 (77, 80; +13) to place fourth. Endicott College senior Jackson Wyman (South Freeport, Maine) fired a 159 (78, 81; +15) to finish fifth.

TEAM SCORES: Middlebury (620 (308, 312; +44); Endicott – 653 (325, 328; +77); Husson – 658 (329, 329; +82); Elms – 660 (328, 332; +84); Rhode Island College (Gold) – 664 (322, 342; +88); UMass Dartmouth – 670 (324, 346; +94); Johnson & Wales – 677 (334, 343; +101); Wentworth – 678 (333, 345; +102); Suffolk – 693 (341, 352; +117); Nichols – 697 (346, 351; +121); Worcester State – 701 (348, 353; +125); Babson – 732 (365, 367; +156); Rhode Island College (Black) – 736 (369, 367; +160); Emmanuel – 773 (373, 400; +197).

The Bison return to action on April 12-13 when they compete at the UMass Invitational at Allendale Country Club in Dartmouth, Mass.

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