Golf fifth after first day of NESCAC championships
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Bates golf team surged to fifth place the first day of the two-day New England Small College Athletic Conference championships on Oct. 1 with a team total of 319. “A great effort,” said head coach Peter Lasagna. “The total is one of the lowest first-day scores in Bates golf history.”
The Bobcats loomed just three strokes away from third place. Jake Cox ’08 was tied for 10th overall with a 78. Alex Jacobson ’08 sits at 16th with a 79. Captain Nate Purinton ’06 shot an 80 and Chris Foster ’07 rounded out the Bobcats’ solid Saturday with an 82 at the par-71, 6640-yard Taconic Golf Club.
Top five day-one team scores:
1 Williams College 307 +23
2 Hamilton College 308 +24
3 Trinity College 316 +32
4 Middlebury College 318 +34
2 Hamilton College 308 +24
3 Trinity College 316 +32
4 Middlebury College 318 +34
5 Bates College 319 +35
5 Tufts University 319 +35
7 Amherst College 321 +37
8 Bowdoin College 327 +43
9 Wesleyan University 338 +54
10 Connecticut College 354 +70
11 Colby College 365 +81
5 Tufts University 319 +35
7 Amherst College 321 +37
8 Bowdoin College 327 +43
9 Wesleyan University 338 +54
10 Connecticut College 354 +70
11 Colby College 365 +81