MEN'S GOLF TIE FOR FIFTH PLACE AT CACC CHAMPIONSHIPS

April 22, 2015

MEN'S GOLF TIE FOR FIFTH PLACE AT CACC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Lafayette Hill, Pa. (4/22/15) The Dominican college golf team tied for fifth place at the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championships held yesterday and today at the ACE Club. The team title went to Wilmington University and Wildcat Freddy Braun birded a sudden death playoff hole to win the individual championship.

Lafayette Hill, Pa. (4/22/15) The Dominican college golf team tied for fifth place at the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championships held yesterday and today at the ACE Club. The team title went to Wilmington University and Wildcat Freddy Braun birded a sudden death playoff hole to win the individual championship.

Wilmington won the team title with a team score of 591, followed by Concordia College 613, Nyack College 622 and Goldey-Beacom College with a 629.

Dominican College, Chestnut Hill College and Post University all tied for fifth place with a two-day score of 650. Felician College took eighth place with a 657, while Philadelphia University finished in ninth place with a 660 and University of the Sciences finished in tenth place with a 686 team score.

Sophomore Jacob DeMoura (Westerly, R.I.) was the top finisher with the Chargers as he tied for seventh place with rounds of 73 and 79 for a 152 combined score.

Kenneth Platt (Chestnut Ridge, N.Y.) tied for 31st place with a 166 score (80, 86), while Brian McGuigan (Hawthorne, N.J.) tied for 33rd place with a 167 total score (87,80).

Colin Costigan (Point Pleasant, N.J.) shot rounds of 87 and 82 for a two-day total of 169. Senior Michael Morton (Hawthorne, N.J.) took 39th place with scores of 83 and 87 for a total score of 170.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.