WILMINGTON, DE – Sebastian Pell (Center Rutland, VT/Rutland) and Ryan Jones (Canton, NY/Canton Central) each shot one-over 73 in the third and final round at the Blue Hen Intercollegiate as the Rider University men's golf team shot 298 (+10) Tuesday at White Clay Creek Country Club to climb three spots and finish fifth of 12 teams (314-309-298-921 (+57). Individually, Pell led the Broncs with a 14th-place finish (74-78-73-225, +9).
Riley Richards (East Montpelier, VT/U-32 [Franklin Pierce]) shot 78 (+6) Tuesday to finish the tournament at 232 (+16, T-34th), while Jones finished a stroke back at 233 (+17, T-38th). The Broncs also counted Luke Canino's (Washington Township, NJ/Washington Township) two-over 74 Tuesday, while Andrew Bilson (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) shot 78 (+6). Bilson finished the tournament at 235 (+19, T-44th), while Canino carded a 244 (+28, T-57th).
QUOTES & NOTES
"I am really pleased with how the team handled themselves to open up the year. Since this was our first competition and most of the guys had no prior experience on this course, I think we came out a little tight the first day and that led to some unforced errors, but I was thrilled with how we shook that off and bounced back today. I was particularly impressed with the contributions made by our two freshman,
Sebastian Pell and
Luke Canino. Sebastian showed incredible poise for a freshman on his way to a team-best 14 place overall finish and Luke used a tough first day to grown as player and turn things around to ultimately play a major role in our jump up the leaderboard today. Overall, there were a lot of encouraging signs that we are heading in the right direction." -
Rider Head Coach Jesse Neider
- Host Delaware (
284-288-289-861, -3) easily won the team title, finishing 29 strokes ahead of second-placed Binghamton (890, +26).
- The Blue Hens' Arsit Areephun took medalist honors as the top individual finisher at
68-69-72-209 (-7), three strokes ahead of Binghamton's Brandon Conner (
72-69-71-212, -4).
- The Broncs were the only MAAC school in competition at the tournament.
UP NEXT
The Broncs return to action Monday, when they begin play at the Temple Invitational at the 1912 Club in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
