Press Release

                     SMC GOLF 11TH AT NORTHEAST-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      FOR MORE INFORMATION
September 26, 2004                                                                   Contact: Seth Cole
Courtesy Le Moyne Sports Information                                        Phone: (802) 654-2537

MARCELLUS, N.Y. - Four Bryant University golfers finished among the top five places to lead the Bulldogs to their 19th Northeast-10 Conference Men's Golf Championship. The Bulldogs combined for a two-day total of 597 strokes to win the title by 20 strokes over host Le Moyne College.

Assumption College junior Jeff Furtado (Warwick, R.I.) shot a one-over par 145 (72-73) to edge Bryant's Dan Falcucci (Northboro, Mass.) by two strokes (71-76*147) for the individual medallist honors at the par 72, 6,700 yard course at Links at Sunset Ridge in Marcellus, N.Y. Falcucci has been the runner-up at the conference championship three times. Le Moyne's Mike Lesch (Auburn, N.Y.) and Tom LeMond (Dracut, Mass.) of UMass Lowell shot 149 to tie for third overall. Bryant's Dan Falcucci (Northboro, Mass.), Jim O'Connell (Troy, N.Y.) and Brandon Smith (North Attleboro, Mass.) finished in a tie for fifth with 151 scores.

Furtado is the first Assumption College golfer to earn the Gordon McCullough Memorial Award as the medalist. Pace's Mike Dominici (Norwalk, Conn.) carded the top score among all freshmen. His 155 (79-76), 12th place finish, earned him Freshman of the Year. Bryant head coach Archie Boulet was named Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year for the 18th time. The top seven finishers were named first-team all-Northeast-10 Conference and the next nine earned second-team all-conference recognition.

TOP INDIVIDUALS:
Golfer                         School                Day One   Day Two   Total
1 Jeff Furtado              Assumption         72            73            145
2 Dan Falcucci            Bryant                 71            76            147
3 Mike Lesch              Le Moyne            72            77            149
   Tom LeMond            UMass Lowell      73            76            149
5 Dave Falcucci           Bryant                 75            76            151
   Jim O'Connell           Bryant                 77             74            151
   Brandon Smith         Bryant                 75             76             151
8 Dan McCarthy          Le Moyne            77             76            153
9 Kyle Richards          Bentley               74              80            154
   Jeremy Hall             Bryant                 74             80             154
   Mitchell Edwards     Southern N.H.      81             73             154
12 Chris Cowell           Assumption         76             79             155
   Alex McEneny          Le Moyne           79             76             155
   Mike Dominici          Pace                  79             76              155
   Mike Czopor            Saint Anselm      76             79              155
   Adam Goinsalvos     Southern N.H.     75             80              155

TEAM TOTALS 2004 NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP:
Team              Day One   Day Two   Total
1 Bryant            295            302         597
2 Le Moyne       309            308         617
3 Assumption    305            313         618
4 Pace              318            310         628
5 Southern N.H. 313            316         629
6 Saint Anselm  315            322         637
7 Saint Rose     319             324         643
8 Bentley           326           332          658
9 UMass Lowell  325           337          662
10 Franklin Pierce 317         351          668
11 Saint Michael's 335         334         669
12 American Intl. 345           345         690
NC Stonehill        352           351         703

Saint Michael's Individuals:
T-24. Mike Duffy Saint Michael's 77 82 159
33 Cam Velott Saint Michael's 78 86 164
T-48.Jeff Vickers Saint Michael's 90 83 173
51 Tom Heffernan Saint Michael's 92 83 175
55 Andrew DeLoria Saint Michael's 90 92 182

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