Golf in 9th After Day One at GNAC Championship

Cranston, R.I. – The Johnson & Wales University team hosted the 2013 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship at the Cranston Country Club on Saturday.  After an exciting first day of action, just seven shots separate the top four places.  Southern Maine sits in first place with a 303 while Rhode Island College is in second at 305.  Host JWU is in third place with a 306 while UMass Dartmouth rounds out the top four with a 310.

Southern Maine's Aidan Boyce and Tim Leigh of Rhode Island College are tied for the individual lead with an even par 71.  Brad Myers from Southern Maine sits in third place with a 73 while JWU junior Juan Fernandez is in fourth place with a 74.  Suffolk's Luke Ferrari caps off the top-five, carding a 75 over the par 71 course that measures 6,493.

Tee times for the second round of the championship will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 20th.  The winner of the tournament earns the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Championship at The Grandover Resort in Greensboro, N.C.

1. Southern Maine          303

T 1 Aidan Boyce                71

3 Brad Myers                     73

T 14 Tom Murray              78

T 23 Zach DeBlois              81

T 30 A.J. Simokaitis          86

2. Rhode Island College                 305

T 1 Tim Leigh                      71

T 8 Patrick Ford                 77

T 8 Jonathan Cooper       77

T 21 Ryan Butler                80

T 21 Corey Patalano        80

3. Johnson & Wales         306

4 Juan Fernandez             74

T 6 Brandon Kwok            76

T 8 Sam Parella                  77

T 17 Patrick Paulson        79

T 17 Mike Bubolo             79

4. UMass. Dartmouth     310

T 6 Brendan Kelleher      76

T 8 Sean Griffith                77

T 14 Pete Danko               78

T 17 Brandon Oldham 79

T 30 Colin Campbell         86

5. Suffolk                             315

5 Luke Ferrari                     75

T 8 Diego Schiffino           77

T 23 Chris Taggert             81

25 Joe Surace                     82

T 37 Matt Rosenberg      90

6. Emmanuel College      326

T 14 Michael Rague         78

T 17 Brett Burmann         79

T 26 Michael Burgess      83

T 30 Matteo Pocobene 86

36 Cameron Dillon           88

7. St. Joseph's (ME)         332

T 8 Kevin Richardson       77

T 26 Michael Caron          83

T 30 Ryan Berard              86

T 30 Colin Finn                   86

T 30 Jake Brown                86

8. Worcester State          355

T 28 David Rixham            85

T 28 Anthony Bement85

T 37 Patrick Sharron        90

41 Bryan Dunham            95

WD Jackson Davis

9. Anna Maria                    392

T 37 Chris Gosselin           90

40 Mitchell Rogers           93

42 Tom Randell                 100

43 Cody Mulverhill           109