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Hershey, PA -- Sacred Heart captured its first ever NEC men’s golf championship after firing a record-setting 54-hole total of 870. The Pioneers’ second round 280 set the conference’s 18-hole record, while the team’s score of 577 through the first two days of competition broke the league’s 36-hole mark. First year head coach Ed Connolly earned 2008 NEC Coach of the Year honors for his efforts. Long Island (303-296-294) and Central Connecticut State (293-300-302) finished second and third, respectively, carding scores of 893 and 895, while Mount St. Mary’s (296-298-302-896) and 2007 champion Monmouth (304-289-304-897) rounded out the top five. Robert Morris (295-294-309) placed sixth, posting a three-round score of 898, while last season’s runner-up Saint Francis (PA) (300-307-295) finished seventh with a 902. Fairleigh Dickinson (304-299-302-905), Quinnipiac (311-300-301-912) and Wagner (326-331-326-983) finished eighth, ninth and tenth, respectively, while St. Francis (NY) (342-344-357) rounded out the field of eleven with a 1043.

Monmouth senior Anthony Campanile (Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional) finished his career in much the same way as he began it, capturing his second individual title. Campanile, who as a freshman earned first place honors at the 2005 championships, carded rounds of 70, 71 and 71 en route to a three-round, four-under par 212. Sacred Heart junior Patrick Fillian (Tinton Falls, NJ/St. Rose) finished second after posting a three-round, three-under par 213 (71-71-71), while Central Connecticut State senior Matt McClure (Orangeville, Ontario/Westside Secondary) (70-72-73) and Saint Francis (PA) senior Matt Gowdy (London, Ontario/A.B. Lucas) (72-72-71) tied for third with a one-under par 215.

Fairleigh Dickinson freshman Robert Cerabone (Commack, NY) (72-72-72) and Long Island freshman Rocky Co (Richmond Hill, Ontario/St. Robert) (70-70-76) tied for fifth with an even-par 216, while day two leader Adam Petrasovic (Tecumseh, Ontario/St. Annes), of Sacred Heart, placed seventh with a 217 (72-68-77). Mount St. Mary’s senior Kevin Farrell (LeMoyne, PA/Trinity) (73-72-75), CCSU junior Tim Buczak (Meriden, CT/Xavier) (75-71-74) and Sacred Heart senior Tommy Campbell (Wall, NJ/Wall) (77-70-73) rounded out the tournament’s top finishers, completing play tied for eighth with a three-day total of 220. The top-10 finishers at this season’s championships earned all-NEC honors.

Team Standings (Day 2)
Fin.          School                              Scores
1       Sacred Heart        297 280 293 870 +6
2       Long Island         303 296 294 893 +29
3       Central Conn. St.   293 300 302 895 +31
4       Mount St. Mary's    296 298 302 896 +32
5       Monmouth            304 289 304 897 +33
6       Robert Morris       295 294 309 898 +34
7       Saint Francis (PA)  300 307 295 902 +38
8       Fairleigh Dickinson 304 299 302 905 +41
9       Quinnipiac          311 300 301 912 +48
10      Wagner              326 331 326 983 +119
11      St. Francis (NY)    342 344 357 1043 +179

 
Individual Results
Fin.Player              School  Scores
1  Anthony Campanile 	MU 	70 71 71 212 -4
2  Patrick Fillian 	SHU 	71 71 71 213 -3
3  Matt McClure 	CCSU 	70 72 73 215 -1
   Matt Gowdy 		SFPA 	72 72 71 215 -1
5  Robert Cerabone 	FDU 	72 72 72 216 E
   Rocky Co 		LIU 	70 70 76 216 E
7  Adam Petrasovic 	SHU 	72 68 77 217 +1
8  Kevin Farrell 	MSM 	73 72 75 220 +4
   Tim Buczak 		CCSU 	75 71 74 220 +4
   Tommy Campbell 	SHU 	77 70 73 220 +4
11 Greg Nicolson 	LIU 	79 73 69 221 +5
   Chris Kowalczyk 	FDU 	74 72 75 221 +5
   Jeff Kingsbury 	MSM 	69 77 75 221 +5
14 C.G. Mercatoris 	RMU 	72 77 75 224 +8
   Ian O'Connor 	QU 	77 74 73 224 +8
   Greg Parzyck 	FDU 	76 74 74 224 +8
17 Brady Giroux 	QU 	76 73 76 225 +9
   Matt Belizze 	SHU 	79 71 75 225 +9
   Jimmy Tomaseski 	RMU 	74 74 77 225 +9
   Ryan Beck 		MU 	75 70 80 225 +9
21 Steve Foisy 		SFPA 	77 77 72 226 +10
   Justin Sick 		MSM 	79 71 76 226 +10
23 Joe Horvat 		RMU 	77 72 79 228 +12
   Sam Pelletier 	CCSU 	74 77 77 228 +12
   Kevin Lauretti 	SHU 	77 77 74 228 +12
   Shane Brant 		RMU 	72 75 81 228 +12
27 Rob Gallagher 	LIU 	77 79 73 229 +13
   Joe Kabana 		RMU 	78 73 78 229 +13
29 Taylor Krug 		MU 	79 73 78 230 +14
   Michael McComb 	MU 	80 75 75 230 +14
31 Jacob Wetzel 	MSM 	75 80 76 231 +15
   Mike Magalski 	SFPA 	77 81 73 231 +15
   Joey Amelia 		SFPA 	74 77 80 231 +15
   Owen Rigg 		LIU 	77 78 76 231 +15
35 Eric Hawerchak 	CCSU 	74 80 78 232 +16
36 Sage Smith 		MSM 	80 78 77 235 +19
   Ryan Reynolds 	QU 	79 77 79 235 +19
   Charlie Niland 	QU 	86 76 73 235 +19
   Jason Loranger 	QU 	79 77 79 235 +19
40 Kyle Margentina 	LIU 	79 75 85 239 +23
41 Christopher Fourman 	WC 	77 83 81 241 +25
42 Tom Ursa 		CCSU 	78 83 81 242 +26
43 Jeffery Smolar 	WC 	83 78 83 244 +28
   Thomas Abramoski 	WC 	79 85 80 244 +28
   Aaron Osysho 	SFPA 	83 82 79 244 +28
46 Pat Lawler 		FDU 	83 81 81 245 +29
47 Tom Anthes 		FDU 	82 85 83 250 +34
   Andrew Hurley 	MU 	84 83 83 250 +34
49 Connor Popp 		WC 	87 85 82 254 +38
50 Joseph Stuto 	SFNY 	86 82 90 258 +42
51 Charles McMenamin 	SFNY 	83 88 88 259 +43
52 Alan Stuto 		SFNY 	82 87 92 261 +45
53 Frank Argento 	SFNY 	91 87 87 265 +49
54 Brian Conlon 	WC 	96 86 89 271 +55