Mount St. Mary's at Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport Colonial Golf Classic
WHEN: Sun-Mon, Oct. 12-13, 2009
WHERE: Montour Heights Country Club, Moon Township, Pa.

opening tee... The men's golf team heads to Western Pennsylvania to participate in Northeast Conference rival Robert Morris' Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport Colonials Golf Classic on Monday and Tuesday. It will be the second-straight season the squad will compete in the Colonials' home event.

last time at that event... Brandon Powers finished 19th to lead the Mount St. Mary's men's golf team to a 10th-place standing after the first round at the Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport Colonial Golf Classic on Oct. 14, 2008. Powers carded a 77 on the first day and a 78 in the final round for a two-round total of 155 to place 19th, 10 strokes behind the medalist. Jeff Kingsbury (41st place, 162), Ray Hyre (41st place, 162), Steve Crain (46th place, 165) and Danny Michalek (46th place, 165) rounded out the Mount's competitors. The Mount carded a 319 in the first round and a 322 in the final round to finish in 10th place with a total of 641. The invitational was played at the Montour Heights Country Club, which was voted as one of the 50 toughest courses in the United States by Golf Digest in 2007.

last time out... Jeff Kingsbury finished 36th to lead the Mount St. Mary's men's golf team to an 11th-place standing at the Scotty Duncan Memorial on Oct. 5. Kingsbury posted an 81 in the first and second round to card a 162 in the two days to place 36th, 17 strokes behind the medalist. Brad Gerick (39th place, 163), Sage Smith (47th place, 165), Dan Michalek (53rd place, 166) and Andrew Lawton (69th place, 174) also competed for the Mount. The Mountaineers finished in 11th place after posting a 323 in the first round and a 333 in the final round for a total of 656.

next on tap... The Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport Colonial Golf Classic concludes the fall season.

following the coaches footsteps... Sage Smith and Brad Gerick finished 3-4 at the Rutgers Invitational on Sept. 12, marking the first time since Kevin Farrell and Justin Sick finished tied for third at the Rehoboth Beach Invitational in the fall of 2006. Farrell and Sick were honored by the Northeast Conference as the co-Golfers of the Week.

nec statements... In each of the last five years, the Mount has posted a Top-11 finisher in the NEC Championships. Andrew Hill accomplished the feat in 2004-05, Jordan Bertoglio did it in 2005-06 and Kevin Farrell earned the recognition in 2006-07 and 2007-08. Farrell became the fifth Mount golfer to repeat All-NEC honors. The Mount has had 13 players earn All-NEC recognition in program history and 18 times a player received the nod. Last year, senior Brad Gerick earned All-Tournament honors after finishing in 11th place.

new to the mountain... Along with first-year head coach Kevin Farrell, freshmen Andrew Lawton and Nick Tornetta join the team in 2009-10.

about coach farrell: Kevin Farrell enters his first season as the men's golf coach at Mount St. Mary's. Farrell served as an assistant coach last season and also helped out at the Quail Valley Golf Course. The 2008 graduate at the Mount, earned All-NEC honors in 2007 and 2008 after finishing eighth at the NEC Championships in each tournament.