Men’s Golf Finishes 10th at Sacred Heart Invitational

Results

MILFORD, Conn. – Senior Jeffrey Peters led the team for the second straight tournament to help the Saint Peter's University men's golf program place in the top-10 at the Sacred Heart Invitational, which concluded after two days and 36 holes of play on Monday at the Great River Golf Club in Connecticut.

Peters bested his first-day total by five strokes on Monday while battling rainy and windy conditions over the duration of the tournament. The senior shot an even-par 72 on Monday and finished five-over 149 for the tournament, good for a tie for 17^th place.

Saint Peter's, as a team, was within 10 strokes of ninth-place Siena and clear of 11^th-place Manhattan by 22 strokes. Of the Peacocks' 10 individual rounds played over two days, six of them were scored in the 70s.

The Particulars
Team Finish: 10^th/11
Top Finisher: Jeffrey Peters (77-72—149 (+5) – T-17^th)
Location: Great River Golf Club | Milford, Conn.
Course Info: Par 72 | 7,090 Yards

Leaderboard Roundup

• Peters, like the rest of the field, had to battle through the rain on Sunday and Monday and despite those conditions still managed to birdie twice and head into Monday at five-over. He then birdied once on the front nine and then finished the tournament on a high with a birdie on 18 to card an even-par 72 and finish five-over 149.
• Junior Melvin Morales was next on the Peacocks' leader board with a 12-over 156 for the tournament, but Morales' story of the weekend was his six-shot improvement on Monday. The junior finished 3-over 75 during the second round thanks to back-to-back birdies on the fifth and sixth holes and finished tied for 38^th on the tournament.
• One stroke back of Morales was redshirt sophomore Jimmy Apostolico, who enjoyed his finest outing of the spring with a 13-over 157. He was remarkably consistent all weekend long, going 78-79 to earn a tie for 45^th on the leader board. He birdied four times for the tournament, with three coming in the opening round.
• Freshman Adam Varela finished in a tie for 60^th after carding a 19-over 163 over the weekend thanks to three birdies on Monday, while redshirt sophomore Caleb Rossi rounded out the Saint Peter's contingent in 65^th place thanks to a 22-over 166. He enjoyed the best Day 2 improvement of any Peacock for the tournament after improving by 10 strokes on Monday with a six-over 78.

Up Next

• Saint Peter's concludes the regular season portion of the spring next Sunday (April 18) when it heads to Hellertown, Pennsylvania, for the Abarta Coca-Cola Collegiate Invitational hosted by Lafayette at the Steel Club. The two-day tournament concludes on Monday.