Worcester State Places Second at GNAC Men's Golf Championship

NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. - Rhode Island College shot a collective 635 to claim their fifth straight team title at the 2015 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men's Golf Championship on Sunday afternoon at the Allendale Country Club.

Worcester State University was the runner-up with a 644, while host University of Massachusetts Dartmouth finished third with a 649. Johnson & Wales University shot a 654 and Saint Joseph's College of Maine shot a 664 to round out the top-five. For the complete team standings, please see below. 

RIC freshman Tom Sheran shot a 78-77--155 to receive medalist honors, and as a result earned GNAC Player and Rookie of the Year honors. 

RIC senior Jonathan Cooper, who earned medalist honors at last year's GNAC Championship, finished in a three-way tie for second place individually with a 157. Also carding 157's were Worcester State's Steven Ferraro and JWU's Jon Nelson. 

Worcester State teammates Jackson Davis and Mike Jezierski both shot a two-day 158 to finish in a tie for fifth.

Sheran, Cooper, Ferraro, Nelson, Davis and Jezierski all garnered GNAC All-Conference honors with their performances at Allendale over the weekend.

Player/Rookie of the Year – Tom Sheran, Rhode Island College
Coach of the Year – Greg Gammell, Rhode Island College
Institutional Sportsmanship Award – University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

2015 GNAC All-Conference Team
Tom Sheran, RIC: 78-77--155
Jonathan Cooper, RIC: 79-78--157
Steven Ferraro, Worcester State: 78-79--157
Jon Nelson, Johnson & Wales: 78-79--157
Jackson Davis, Worcester State: 80-78--158
Mike Jezierski, Worcester State: 79-79--158 

All-Sportsmanship Team
Anthony Pellegrino, Albertus Magnus
Matthew Pocobene, Emmanuel
Jon Nelson, Johnson & Wales
Jackson Mitchell, UMass Dartmouth
Austin Cilley, RIC
Ryan Berard, Saint Joseph's (Maine)
Shaun McKinnon, Southern Maine
Pat Hambleton, Suffolk
Steven Ferraro, Worcester State

Final Team Standings
1. Rhode Island College - 635
2. Worcester State - 644
3. UMass Dartmouth - 649
4. Johnson & Wales - 654
5. Saint Joseph's (Maine) - 664
6. Southern Maine - 674
7. Emmanuel (Mass.) - 695
8. Suffolk - 706
9. Albertus Magnus - 773 

Full Results can be found HERE

Release Courtesy of the GNAC