Men's Golf | 4/15/2017 8:08:00 PM

HERSHEY, Pa. – For the seventh consecutive season, the St. John Fisher College men's golf team captured the Empire 8 Championship and the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship.  Fisher, which began the day with a comfortable 30-stroke lead, completed the spring championship with a two-day score of 642 to bring its tournament total to 1250 ( 106).  Stevens Institute of Technology finished in second place – 35 strokes back – with a team score of 1285 while Moravian College finished in third place at 1292.

Karl Deuble, Jeff Palmerino and Joel Jakubowicz were each named First-Team All-Conference while Nicholas Calabrese earned a spot on the Second Team.  Freshman Colin McGaugh was named the Empire 8 Rookie of the Year after finishing the four-round tournament at 44 (85-81-83-81).

Palmerino, who tied for second place on the overall leaderboard, turned in a 77 on the final round to finish the spring championship in third place with a two-day total of 158.  Deuble finished the spring championship in a four-way tie for fifth place after shooting an 83 on Saturday.  Deuble finished the four-round championship tied for second place on the individual leaderboard at 24 (74-76-77-83). 

Michael Long, who only competed in the spring tournament, finished in ninth place at 19 while McGaugh tied for 16th place at 24.  Calabrese finished the weekend in a tie for 18th place ( 25) and Jakubowicz, who finished in fifth place overall, completed the spring championship in a tie for 21st place.

Fisher will return to action on April 29 for the Laker Spring Tournament at the Oswego Country Club.

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