Newburgh, NY – The Sage Colleges' men's golf team travelled to the Knights' Invitational hosted by Mt. St. Mary College at the Powelton Club, a par 70, 6193 yard course. Farmingdale State took home the championship title with a score of 292 for the day and had the medalist as well in Adam Larkin's round of 71 after winning the title on the second hole of a playoff.
Sage finished in third place with a 312 for the day in a six-team field. Sage had five players finish in the Top 25 on Friday afternoon paced by the play of Sage's senior captain Richie Christman (Johnstown, NY/Johnstown) and senior Zach Sullivan (Ballston Spa, NY/Burnt Hill-Ballston Lake) as the pair tied for seventh place with a score of 75 on the day, just five over par.
Team Standings
Rank Team Total Par
1 Farmingdale State 292 +12
2 St. Joseph's College 309 +29
3 The Sage Colleges 312 +32
4 Purchase College 316 +36
5 Mt. St. Mary College 323 +43
6 Old Westbury 363 +83
Player Standings
Rank Player Team Total Par
1 *Adam Larkin Farmingdale State 71 +1
t2 Scott Sessions Farmingdale State 71 +1
t2 Tony Siguil Purchase College 71 +1
4 Christian Bleck St. Joseph's College 72 +2
5 Owen Heath Mount Saint Mary College 73 +3
6 Rich Kelly Farmingdale State 74 +4
t7 Richie Christman The Sage Colleges 75 +5
t7 Zachary Sullivan The Sage Colleges 75 +5
t9 Chris Brosi Farmingdale State 76 +6
t9 Matt Pollock Farmingdale State 76 +6
t11 Mike Allar Purchase College 77 +7
t11 Robbie Bray St. Joseph's College 77 +7
13 James Sullivan Old Westbury 78 +8
t14 Zac Campanelli St. Joseph's College 79 +9
t14 Steven Etherton Mount Saint Mary College 79 +9
16 Kevin Johnston The Sage Colleges 80 +10
17 John Melandro St. Joseph's College 81 +11
t18 DJ Ioele The Sage Colleges 82 +12
t18 Jeff Stopera The Sage Colleges 82 +12
t18 Keith Zorn St. Joseph's College 82 +12
t21 Stephen McGrory Mount Saint Mary College 83 +13
t21 Mike Wyckoff Purchase College 83 +13
23 Camden Fix Purchase College 85 +15
24 Anthony Bolella Mount Saint Mary College 88 +18
t25 Kyle Bitsco Mount Saint Mary College 89 +19
t25 Brian Jordan Old Westbury 89 +19
Rounding out the Gators competing on the day, rookie Kevin Johnston (Gloversville, NY/Gloversville) finished with a round of 80 to take 16th, while sophomore D.J. Ioele (Johnstown, NY/Johnstown) and senior Jeff Stopera (Scotia, NY/Scotia Glenville) tied for 18th place with an 82.
The Gators return to action on October 11 and 12 at the Saint Rose Fall Shootout at the Pinehaven Country Club (Guilderland, NY).
