COMPETITION: Mount St. Mary's at Rehoboth Beach Fall Invitational
WHEN: Mon, Sept. 26, 2011 (36 holes)
WHERE: Kings Creek Country Club, Rehoboth Beach, Del.
MOUNT PARTICIPANTS: Tonny Aizpun, Kevin Ellison, Danny Michalek, Devin O'Grady, Ryan Triller
COMPETING TEAMS: Lafayette, McDaniel, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary's, Navy, Penn, St. Francis (N.Y.), Rosemont, Wesley
2010 Team Champion: Maryland (281)
2010 Individual Champion: John Popeck (69) Maryland
opening tee... The Mount heads to the Rehoboth Beach Fall Invitational on Monday. Teams will play two rounds on the day. It marks the Mount's fourth appearance in this tournament in the past five seasons.
last time at that event... Ray Hyre finished 13th to lead the Mount St. Mary's men's golf team to a fourth-place standing at the Rehoboth Beach Invitational on Sept. 28. The event was scheduled to be a 36-hole event, but was shortened to 18 holes due to inclement weather. Hyre posted a 39 on the front nine and a 35 on the final nine holes to finish with a two over (74) round and place 13th, five strokes behind the medalist. Kevin Ellison finished one stroke behind Hyre with a round of 75 to finish in 16th place. Dan Michalek and Sage Smith each placed right behind Ellison in 24th place with a score of 76 while Devin O'Grady placed 43rd with a round of 79. Andrew Lawton competed as an individual and ended tied with Michalek and Smith for 24th place with a score of 76. The Mountaineers round of 301.
last time out… Ryan Triller finished 32nd to lead the Mount St. Mary's men's golf team to a 10th-place standing at the Maryland Intercollegiate on Sept. 13. Triller registered rounds of 74, 71 and 73 to finish with a three-round score of 218 and in 32nd place, 12 strokes behind the medalist. All five of the Mount competitors shot two-over par or better in the final round to notch a program-record round of 289. Tonny Aizpun shot an even round of 71 while Devin O'Grady finished with a one-over par round of 72 and Triller, Kevin Ellison and Danny Michalek each posted a two-over round of 73. Triller was the Mount's top finisher while Ellison (40th place, 221), Aizpun (49th place, 222), O'Grady (57th place, 225) and Michalek (58th place, 226) rounded out the Mount's competitors. Mount St. Mary's posted 303, 291 and 289 in the three rounds for a total of 883 in the competition. The three-round total was a program-record score.
next on tap... This Mount travels to the ECAC Championships in Egg Harbor Township in New Jersey on Sept. 30-Oct. 1.
all-tournament returner… Sophomore Devin O'Grady finished ninth at the NEC Championships in 2011 to earn All-Tournament honors. It marks the 19th time in program history the Mount had a player place in the Top-10 while O'Grady becomes the 14th different player to accomplish the feat and the first since Brad Gerick in 2009, who also finished ninth in that event. The three-round score of 222 is the third-best three-round mark in the championships in program history. By finishing in the Top-10, O'Grady was named to the NEC All-Tournament team. As a team, the Mount notched its best finish since 1998 with a third-place standing.
new to the mountain... Freshman Ryan Triller joins the team for the 2011-12 season. The freshman made his collegiate debut at the Turning Stone Intercollegiate.
about the coach: Farrell, who enters his third season as the men's golf head coach and first as the women's golf head coach, guided the men's golf program to a third-place finish at the Northeast Conference Men's Golf Championships last season. It was the squad's best finish since the 1998 season. Under Farrell's tutelage, the men's golf team also finished second at the ECAC Championships (Oct. 1-2, 2010) and fourth in the Penn Quaker Invitational (Apr. 3-4, 2011) last season. In Farrell's first season, the men finished fourth at the NEC Championships. Farrell was a standout golfer on the Mountaineers men's golf team from 2004-08. He finished in the Top-10 at the NEC Championships in both his junior and senior seasons to earn spots on the All-NEC team. Farrell is one of five players in team history to earn finish in the Top-10 at the NEC Championships twice in his career and his three-round score of 220 at the 2008 NEC Championships is still the record for three rounds at the NEC Championships.
