Franklin Pierce Breaks Records at ECAC Championship
Jasinski’s program-record low round of 71
helps Ravens post record 301 team score
on day two

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (September 24, 2007) – The Franklin Pierce University golf team saw a pair of program records fall while posting an 18^th-place finish at the ECAC Division II Championships, hosted by Le Moyne College, on the 6,213-yard, par-71, Drumlins Country Club East Course on Sunday and Monday.

            Franklin Pierce completed the two-day event with a program record low team score of 301, to finish the championship with a 622 score after completing Sunday’s round at 321. Today’s score broke the previous low score of 308 set on the very same course at the 2005 ECAC Championship. Senior captain Craig Jasinski (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) carded an even-par 71 this afternoon to break the program’s individual single-day record score of 72 set a handful of times, including former Raven Steve Balchunas who posted the score on day one of the 2005 ECAC Championship. Jasinski finished tied for 26^th overall with his two-day score of 149 (78-71) – one stroke shy of the best individual two-day score in program history.

            Host Le Moyne captured the team title with a two-day score of 585 (289-296), led by co-medalist Joe Tesori who posted a two day score of 143 (73-70) along with St. Thomas Aquinas’ Nick Zolotas.

            Four of Franklin Pierce’s five golfers broke 80 on Monday. Sophomore Peter Panopoulos (Rindge, N.H./Conant) placed 58^th overall with a two-day score of 155 (78-77), while senior Kevin Rossi (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston) finished with a total of 158 (82-76) for 68^th overall.

            Franklin Pierce returns to the links next weekend for the Northeast-10 Conference Championships, hosted by the University of Massachusetts Lowell, at Vesper Country Club in Tyngsboro, Mass., on Sunday and Monday.

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