SOUTH KENT, CT – Graduate men's golfer Austin Devereux (Brielle, NJ/Manasquan) played the final two rounds of the Hartford Hawks Invitational at Bull's Bridge Golf Club at one-over 73 and two-over 74 to finish the tournament in a tie for 20^th at one-over 217. As a team, the Rider University men's golf team finished tied for 13^th of 18 teams, shooting 301-304-302 (907, +43).

Following a six-over 78 in the opening round, Rick van der Nat (Noordwijk, The Netherlands/Visser 't Hooft) finished strong with consecutive two-over 74's to close out the tournament in a tie for 47^th at 226 (+10). Jack Urban (Upper St. Clair, PA/Upper St. Clair) was the Broncs' next-best finisher at 13-over 229, carding a 77 in the middle round and finishing with a 76.

The final score the Broncs' counted was Nick Hano's (Warrington, PA/Central Bucks West) 237, while Connor Bekefi (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) also competed, finishing at 241.  

QUOTES & NOTES
"We had stretches of good golf but a lot of it was totally terrible. When you have as many big numbers as we did it's going to be tough to post scores. The guys hung on and fought today but it needs to be much cleaner. Austin had a solid tournament and Rick played well in the last 2 rounds. We're looking forward to cleaning it up before we leave for UConn." - Rider Head Coach Jason Barry

- UCF won the team title, shooting 829 (-35). The next-closest team was Seton Hall with an even-par 864.
- Rider was one of five MAAC programs competing, finishing second among the group. Only Fairfield (897, +33) finished ahead of the Broncs (907, +43), who finished ahead of Canisius (924, +60), Manhattan (929, +65) and Saint Peter's (944, +80).
- UCF had the top three individual finishers – Johnny Travale (205, -11), Clement Charmasson (206, -10) and Teddy Tetak (208, -8).
- Devereux was the second-best MAAC finisher, a stroke behind Fairfield's Patrick Egan (216, E).  

UP NEXT
The Broncs return to action Oct. 3-5, when they compete in the UConn Invitational at GreatHorse.