HAMPDEN, MA – Jack Urban (Upper St. Clair, PA/Upper St. Clair) shot a one-over 73 Tuesday to lead the Rider University men's golf team in the final round at the UConn Invitational at GreatHorse. Urban was also the Broncs' top finisher at 224 (+8), as the Rider finished ninth of 14 teams at 916 (309-300-307, +52) for the three-day, three-round tournament.

Rick van der Nat (Noordwijk, The Netherlands/Visser 't Hooft) entered the day in the top 10, but fell to 27^th with a seven-over 79. Zander Gibson (Concord, OH/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) shot 78 for the day and 232 for the tournament, while Louie Giovacchini (Windermere, FL/Windermere) shot 80 for the day and 235 for the three rounds. Connor Bekefi (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) shot a tournament-best 77 on Tuesday and 238 for the tournament.

QUOTES & NOTES
"Jack played a very solid round. In general, pretty sloppy golf for us. Too many mistakes." – Rider Head Coach Jason Barry

- The Broncs (916, +52, 9^th) were one of three MAAC programs playing in the tournament, joining Siena (896, +32, 5^th) and Iona (941, +77, 11^th).
- St. John's (885, +21) won the team title, four strokes ahead of Seton Hall.   
- Rhode Island's Brandon Gillis led wire-to-wire for medalist honors. For the tournament, he shot eight-under 208, seven strokes ahead of the field.

UP NEXT
The Broncs return to action Sunday, when they begin play at the Bucknell Invitational at Bucknell Golf Course in Lewisburg, PA.