Men's Golf Finishes Third at Battle at Rum Pointe

Devereux shoots one-under Sunday to lead Rider with sixth-place finish

BERLIN, MD – Austin Devereux (Brielle, NJ/Manasquan) shot one-under 71 to finish the Battle at Rum Pointe at even par and tied for sixth as the Rider University men's golf team shot 299 (+11) Sunday and 593 (+17) for the tournament to finish third. The Broncs tied with Fairfield and Bucknell for third, behind Rhode Island (575, -1) and Harvard (589, +13).

Devereux's round featured five birdies and four bogeys. Connor Bekefi (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) shot one-over 73 Sunday, while Rick van der Nat (Noordwijk, The Netherlands/Visser' t Hooft) was next at four-over 76. Louie Giovacchini (Windermere, FL/Windermere) and Jack Urban (Upper St. Clair, PA/Upper St. Clair) rounded out the Broncs' competitors at +7 and +9 on the day, respectively.

Bekefi finished the tournament at four-over, good for 17^th out of 120 golfers. Giovacchini and van der Nat each finished at eight-over, good for a tie for 43^rd, while Urban was tied for 64^th at 10-over.

QUOTES & NOTES
"We finished horribly today but, in general, are playing very solid. We need to clean a few things up, but I'm very happy with where we are at."

"Austin and Connor both played great rounds."

"Looking forward to cleaning things up for Princeton. This team is playing so good right now." – Rider Head Coach Jason Barry

- Rhode Island's Jordan Brajcich and Cornell's Samuel King tied atop the individual leaderboard at =4 (140) for the tournament.
- Devereux was the top finisher among MAAC competitors, a stroke better than Fairfield's Jason Salameno (145, +1).
- Seven of nine MAAC men's golf teams competed, with the Broncs and Stags atop the field at 593 (+17). Monmouth (603, +27), Iona (A) (609, +33), Saint Peter's (613, +37), Siena (614, +38), Iona B (628, +52) and Manhattan (641, +65) rounded out the MAAC field.

UP NEXT
The Broncs return to action April 9-10 at the Princeton Invitational at Springdale Golf Club.

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