April 29, 2007 - Brewington Individual All-MAAC Honors with 3rd Place Championship Finish / Broncs 5th of 9

April 29, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

College Golf
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships
Rider's Brewington All- MAAC Honors with 3rd place finish
Broncs 5th of 9

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA--Bronc junior Tyler Brewington shot an 82 but was able to hold on for third place out of 45 golfers on Sunday at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Golf Championships in Florida.  Overall, Rider placed fifth with a score of 921 after spending the last two days in second place, two shots off the lead.  “Everyone looked a little nervous when we started and it kind of went from there,” said head coach Bob Whartenby.

Brewington (Orangeville, Pa./Benton) finished with a total of 220 at Disney’s 6,852 yard Magnolia Golf Course.  “Tyler battled through a bad round but we are all proud of his third place finish,” said Whartenby.  “It’s very hard and there is a lot of pressure in a
conference championship.”  Whartenby is speaking from experience as he earned All-MAAC honors as a senior placing fifth overall in the conference championships.  Brewington's third place finish is the highest individual MAAC finish ever for Rider.

“We hit some bad shots,” Whartenby added.  “And we kind of fed off each other from there.”

Also for Rider, sophomore Eric LeFante (Colts Neck, N.J./Colts Neck) shot an 82 for a total of 227 to finish 11th.

Freshman Kevin Krecicki (Hamilton, N.J./Nottingham) scored an 81 for a 236 total to finish 26th, senior Jeff Palmer (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) shotan 87 for a two-day total of 248 (39th) and senior Matt Ringen (Pompton Plains, N.J./Pequannock) shot a 81 for a 251 to finish 41st.

Siena won the championship with an 895, followed by Loyola with a 903.  Niagara was third with a 910, Iona was fourth with a 912, Canisius was sixth (926), followed by Fairfield (929), Saint Peter's (965) and Manhattan (974).

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