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Freshman Justin
Haapala led the Ravens to the team title with a round of 79
for third overall in his collegiate debut. |
Franklin Pierce Captures
Saint Anselm Fall Classic
Haapala finishes third overall in collegiate debut to lead Ravens to
team title
CANDIA, N.H. (October 11,
2007) – The
Franklin Pierce University golf team captured the team title at the
Saint Anselm College Fall Classic on the 6,550-yard par-71 layout at
Candia Woods Country Club this afternoon.
Franklin Pierce
posted a 327 team score at the five-team event, defeating second-place
and host Saint Anselm (331) by four strokes. Northeast-10 Conference
champions Bentley College placed third (335), the University of
Massachusetts Lowell was fourth (336) and Assumption College fifth
(342). The victory is the second for the Ravens at this event, having
captured the team title in 2002 to go with a second place finish in
2005.
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Sophomore Peter
Panopoulos placed sixth overall for the Ravens. |
Freshman
Justin Haapala (Danielson,
Conn./Killingly)
shined in his collegiate debut, carding a 79 to lead Franklin Pierce and
place third overall, just one stroke off the pace. Saint Anselm
sophomore Mike
Daly (Plymouth, Mass./Sacred Heart)
and Assumption freshman
Rick Bylund (Auburn,
Mass./Auburn)
both finished with 78’s, with Daly earning medalist honors on card
comparison.
Sophomore
Peter Panopoulos
(Rindge, N.H./Conant)
posted a score of 82 for Franklin Pierce to place seventh overall.
Senior Craig
Jasinski (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford)
and junior Corey
Dunn (Port Jefferson, N.Y./Comsewogue)
each carded an 83 for 11th-place, while senior
Kevin Rossi (Kingston,
N.Y./Kingston)
finished 13th overall with a round of 84.
Franklin Pierce is back in action next
Tuesday, October
16, when it hosts the Franklin Pierce Autumn Invitational at The
Shattuck, in Jaffrey, at noon.
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