Men's Golf Opens Spring Slate with Fifth-Place Showing at Mass. Intercollegiate Championships

Junior Jude Volek shot a 36 on the back nine to finish third individually

April 11, 2002

STOW, MA – The Amherst College men's golf team opened its spring slate with a fifth-place showing at the 29th Annual Lou Flumere Massachusetts Intercollegiate Championships, hosted by Bentley College at the par-72 Stow Acres Country Club. Paced by junior Jude Volek (New York, NY), who shot a scorching 36 on the back-nine to finished third individually, the Jeffs shot a team score of 325, placing them just one stroke behind fourth-place finisher Bentley.

UMass-Dartmouth and Williams College finished in a dead heat for the tournament-lead with matching 316 totals, but UMass-Dartmouth came away with the title after scores of each teams' fifth individual finisher were compared as a tie-breaker.

Amherst returns to action at Williams on Sunday, April 21.

Mass. Intercollegiate Championships – Stow Acres C.C. – Stow, MA – Par 72

TEAM RESULTS (top-5)
1) UMass-Dartmouth (316)
2) Williams (316)
3) Babson (317)
4) Bentley (324)
5) Amherst (325)

AMHERST INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
3) Jude Volek (41-36-77)
t-10) Mike Blaisdell (44-36-80)
t-34) Justin Sharaf (40-44-84)
t-34) Mike Valentine (41-43-84)
t-52) Steve Collins (40-44-87)