Men's Golf | 4/16/2022 3:28:00 PM

HERSHEY, Pa. – For the 17th time in program history, the St. John Fisher College men's golf team won the Empire 8 Championship as the Cardinals shot a combined 634 over 36 holes at the Empire 8 Spring Championship, which was played at the par-70 Hershey Country Club.  Overall, the Cardinals won the conference crown by 26 strokes with a 72-hole score of 1262 (+126).

Fisher, which has now secured the Empire 8's automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship, added to its already impressive historical totals as the Cardinals will compete for a national title for the 13th time overall.

Oswego State finished in second place with a 72-hole score of 1288 (+152) while Utica University was third in the seven-team field at +185.  Russell Sage College was fourth at +202 while Elmira claimed fifth place after carding a team score of 1421.

For the overall championship, Bryce Barber was the top finisher after shooting a 76 on Saturday to put him at +27 over 72 holes played.  The freshman made the turn at +1 on Saturday before closing out the final round with five pars on the back nine to wrap up his round with a 76.

Matthew McGaugh finished in fourth place overall at +35 following a 78 over Saturday's round while RJ Juodaitis tied for sixth place on the Championship's leaderboard with a four-round total of 325 (+41). 

Luke Buckley claimed 10th place overall with a 328 (+44) while Nicholas Tellone was 12th after carding an 84 on Saturday to conclude the championship at +47 (331).

In all, Fisher had five players named All-Conference including Barber and McGaugh who were each named First-Team All-Empire 8.  Juodatis and Buckley were Second-Team All-Conference while Tellone was named Third-Team All-League.

The Cardinals will begin preparing for the NCAA Championship, which is scheduled to take place May 10-13 at Mission Inn Resort and Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.