April 13, 2008

Complete Results

NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. - First-year Matt Doherty (Tuckahoe, N.Y.) and sophomore Fernando Pineres (Cartagena, Colombia) both finished in the top 10 as the Babson College golf team placed third overall at the 2008 Hampton Inn Collegiate Invitational hosted by UMass-Dartmouth at Allendale Country Club on Sunday. The Beavers' team score of 321 was just three strokes off the winning pace set by the host Corairs and one shot behind second-place Nichols.

Doherty posted Babson's top score of the day, firing a five-over 77 to place fifth overall - five strokes behind the winning score of 72 set by Neil Daigneault of Elms. Pineres was close behind his teammate in a tie for sixth place, as he shot a six-over 78.

Senior co-captain Rory Doherty (Chelmsford, Mass.) finished in 22nd place for the Beavers, followed by first-year Matt Foley (East Longmeadow, Mass.) in 29th and first-year Bryan Eger (Hopkinton, Mass.) in 36th. A total of 67 golfers competed in the event, which was shorted to 18 holes after Saturday's opening round was cancelled due to rain.