Sports
Men’s golf to compete in NESCAC Championship
By Max Newman ’16
April 24, 2015
The Hamilton men’s golf team continues to gain momentum as the 2015 NESCAC Men’s Golf Championship approaches. Most recently, the team finished in third place out of six teams at the University of Rochester’s 2015 Fred Kravetz Men’s Golf Invitational.
Joe Tigani ’18 and Matthew Yung ’16 tied for third place out of 36 golfers. Tigani scored a 75 on both days of the tournament, while Yung scored a 74 on day one and carded a 76 in the final round. This was Yung’s best 36-hole score of his career, and his elevated play is coming just at the right time.
“We really want to make nationals this year,” Yung said. “If we keep improving like we have over the past few weeks, we will have a great shot to win the NESCAC.”
In addition to Yung’s and Tigani’s performances, Bayard Geslin ’16 delivered a notable performance at the Manhattanville College/New York University Spring Invitational on April 11-12. Even in tough weather conditions, Geslin earned individual medal honors with a two-day total of 145.
The NESCAC Championship will take place this weekend, April 25-26, on Ralph Myhre Golf Course at Middlebury College. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Division III Championship, which takes place from May 12-15 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Though the national championship is during finals week, the Continentals are willing to face adversity. The team’s major challenge is defeating host team Middlebury, who edged Hamilton out in the 2014 NESCAC Championship.