Sage golfers finish in third at Farmingdale Invitational
Farmingdale, NY – The Sage Colleges' men's golf team travelled to the Farmingdale State College Invitational held at the Bethpage Red Course. The host Rams won the team title with a 295, while also producing the medalist in Adam Larkin, who shot two under par with a 68 for the day. Sage finished in third in the team race with a 317 in the six-team event.
Rank Team Total Par
1 Farmingdale State 295 +15
2 St. Joseph's College 308 +28
3 The Sage Colleges 317 +37
4 Mount Saint Mary College 335 +55
5 Purchase College 343 +63
6 Old Westbury 359 +79
Player Standings
Rank Player Team Total Par
1 Adam Larkin Farmingdale State 68 -2
2 Christian Bleck St. Joseph's College 72 +2
t3 Scott Sessions Farmingdale State 74 +4
t3 Zachary Sullivan The Sage Colleges 74 +4
5 Rich Kelly Farmingdale State 75 +5
6 Zac Campanelli St. Joseph's College 76 +6
t7 Kevin Johnston The Sage Colleges 77 +7
t7 Tony Siguil Purchase College 77 +7
9 Matt Pollock Farmingdale State 78 +8
t10 Robbie Bray St. Joseph's College 80 +10
t10 John Melandro St. Joseph's College 80 +10
t10 Sam Riva Farmingdale State 80 +10
13 James Sullivan Old Westbury 81 +11
t14 Owen Heath Mount Saint Mary College 82 +12
t14 Mike Wyckoff Purchase College 82 +12
t16 Kyle Bitsco Mount Saint Mary College 83 +13
t16 Steven Etherton Mount Saint Mary College 83 +13
t16 DJ Ioele The Sage Colleges 83 +13
t16 Jeff Stopera The Sage Colleges 83 +13
20 Richie Christman The Sage Colleges 84 +14
21 Tim Erath St. Joseph's College 85 +15
t22 Michael Balokoz Mount Saint Mary College 87 +17
t22 Bryan Contreras Old Westbury 87 +17
24 Stephen McGrory Mount Saint Mary College 89 +19
t25 Connor Copeland Purchase College 92 +22
t25 Brian Jordan Old Westbury 92 +22
t25 Ian Olglesby Purchase College 92 +22
28 Mike Allar Purchase College 93 +23
29 Randy Habeeb Old Westbury 99 +29
30 Alex Han Old Westbury 100 +30
Leading the way for the Gators, senior Zach Sullivan (Ballston Spa, NY/Burnt Hill-Ballston Lake) posted a 74 for the day to finish in a tie for third place. Rookie Kevin Johnston (Gloversville, NY/Gloversville) finished with a round of 77 and tied for seventh place.
Sophomore D.J. Ioele (Johnstown, NY/Johnstown) carded an 83, while senior Jeff Stopera (Scotia, NY/Scotia Glenville) also fired a round of 83 and ties for 16th. Sage's senior captain Richie Christman (Johnstown, NY/Johnstown) carded an 84 to take 20th place.
