University of Connecticut Athletics
Huskies finish fifth at New England Championship
4/14/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
PROVIDENCE, RI (April 14) - The University of Connecticut men’s golf team slipped a place on the final day at the New England Division I Championship on Sunday to finish in fifth with a two-day score of 617 at the Triggs Memorial Golf Club. Rhode Island won the tournament with a combined score of 603, ahead of Central Connecticut (608), Army (610) and Yale (611).
Central Connecticut’s Michael Welch took individual medalist honors and was the only player to shoot under par for the tournament with a 142 (-2). Rhode Island’s David Spitz placed second with a 148 (+4), and three players–including UConn’s Sean Vigue (Lebanon, CT)–tied for third a shot back at 149 (+5).
Vigue bettered his Saturday round of 75 by a stroke, carding a 74 in the final round to pace the Huskies. He has been Connecticut’s top finisher in every tournament this spring.
Senior Kevin O’Connor (East Lyme, CT) and freshman Justin Ciombor (Plainville, MA) each shot a 158 (+14) for the tournament to tie for 35th overall with three others. Both slipped in the final round, with O’Connor posting an 83 after shooting 75 the previous day and Ciombor following Saturday’s round of 78 with an 80.
Senior Kevin Coghlan (Northridge, CA) finished tied for 47th place with a score of 160 (+16) over the weekend. He shaved 12 strokes from his Saturday effort to card a 74 in the final round. Freshman Mike Murphy (Woburn, MA) rounded out UConn’s scoring with a 161 (+17) to finish tied for 49th overall. His final-round 78 was five strokes better than his first-round score.
Connecticut will find out on Monday, April 15, if it qualified for the BIG EAST Championship. This year’s championship will be held in South Bend, IN, from April 19-21.
Team Leaderboard
Team Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Total Finish Rhode Island 302 301 603 1 Central Conn. 309 299 608 2 Army 306 304 610 3 Yale 315 296 611 4 Connecticut 311 306 617 5Individual Leaderboard
Player Rd. 1 Rd. 2Total Finish Michael Welch (CCSU) 75 74
149 1 David Spitz (Rhode Island) 75 73 148 2 Sean Vigue (UConn) 75 74 149 T3 Dean Carrigan (Hartford) 74 75 149 T3 Keith Hendrickson (Binghamton) 78 71 149 T3
UConn Scores
Player Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Total Finish Sean Vigue 75 74 149 (+5) T3 Kevin O'Connor 75 83 158 (+14) T35 Justin Ciombor 78 80 158 (+14) T35 Kevin Coghlan 86 74 160 (+16) T47 Mike Murphy 83 78 161 (+17) T49Players Mentioned
