Bulldogs Finish Third at St. Thomas Aquinas

SPARKILL, NY - (9/13/05) The Bryant University men's golf team opened the 2005 fall season with a third-place finish at the St. Thomas Aquinas Invitational over the past weekend.  Brenden Smith (right) was the top finisher for the Bulldogs with a two-day total of 153 to finish tied for third overall. The Bulldogs travel to the Dowling Invitational this weekend on Long Island.

Smith, a senior from North Attleboro, shot a 77 on the first day and closed with a 76, just two shots behind overall winner Tom Dorso of Post who claimed medalist honors with a 150.  Jim O'Connell of Troy, NY was next at 11th with a 156 while Mike Philipp (Bristol, Conn.) scored a 162 to place tied for 22nd. 

Team Scores:
1. St. Thomas Aquinas, 622
2. Post, 630
3. BRYANT, 637
4. West Chester, 645
    Goldey Beacom, 645
6. Dowling, 646
7. Dominican, 647
8. New Haven, 650
9. Assumption, 657
    Bentley, 657
11. St. Rose, 671
12. Wilmington, 672
13. Pace, 674
14. UMass Lowell, 690

Bryant Finishers:
T3, Brenden Smith, 153
T11, Jim O'Connell, 156
T22nd, Mike Philipp, 164
T37th, Dan Peck, 167
T42nd, Jeremy Hall, 168