Bates golf posts best-ever NESCAC tournament finish
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Sophomore Jake Cox led the Bates golf team to a seventh-place finish at the 2005 NESCAC championships, the best Bobcat performance ever at the conference championship.
Cox shot a two-day total of 152 (78-74), five strokes off tournament medalist George Boudria of Trinity College. Junior Chris Foster shot 160 (82-78), sophomore Alex Jacobson shot 163 (79-84) and senior captain Nate Purinton shot 171 (80-91) to round out Bates’ top four scores. Complete individual results are here.
The Williams team won the event by seven strokes with a total of 611. Hamilton was second and Trinity third. The Bobcats (646) finished ahead of CBB rivals Bowdoin (659) and Colby (720) as well as Wesleyan (662) and Connecticut College (703). Team standings:
1. Williams 307 304 611 +43
2. Hamilton 308 310 618 +50
3. Trinity 316 304 620 +52
4. Middlebury 318 304 622 +54
5. Tufts 319 316 635 +67
6. Amherst 321 319 640 +72
7. Bates 319 327 646 +78
8. Bowdoin 327 332 659 +91
9. Wesleyan 338 324 662 +94
10. Connecticut 354 349 703 +135
11. Colby 365 355 720 +152
Bates returns to action at the USM Scramble, at Sable Oaks in South Portland, on Oct. 7 and concludes the season at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Championships at the Captains Courses in Brewster, Mass., Oct. 17- 18.