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St. Bonaventure Invitational
Valentine Leads Bison Golfers at St. Bonaventure
9/23/2002 8:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Sept. 23, 2002
OLEAN, N.Y. - Tied for the individual lead after 36 holes, Bucknell junior Abbie Valentine lost in a playoff and settled for runner-up honors at St. Bonaventure's Keenan Collegiate Invitational, which wrapped up Monday at Bartlett Country Club. As a team, Bucknell tied for 8th alongside Cornell.
Valentine shot an even-par 70 in Sunday's opening round, then carded a 76 on Monday to finish in a tie atop the leaderboard with St. Bonaventure's Jeff Tracy. Tracy's par on the first playoff hole was good enough to capture medallist honors.
The Bison compiled team scores of 300 and 312. Backing up Valentine were Tom Lane (75-80) and Alex Dolle (76-79), who tied for 39th place with 36-hole totals of 155. Ben Pellicani (79-77) was one stroke back at 156, while Chris Martinez (80-93) finished at 173.
Colgate came from two shots down at the start of the final round to pull out the team title with a score of 597 (292-305). St. Bonaventure finished three strokes back at 600, while first-round leader Loyola (Md.) finished at 602, slumping to 312 in the second round after compiling a 290 over the first 18 holes.
Niagara tied for third at 602, while Drexel (607), Siena (607) and Ottawa (609) also finished ahead of Bucknell. Four strokes back of the Bison at 616 was Robert Morris, followed by St. Francis (Pa.) (617), Duquesne (622), Canisius (623) and Rider (630).
Team Standings Top Individuals 1. Colgate 597 1. Jeff Tracy, SBU 74-72-146* 2. St. Bonaventure 600 2. Abbie Valentie, Bucknell 70-76-146 3. Loyola (Md.) 602 3. Ben Selberg, Colgate 69-78-147 Niagara 602 Jay Lindell, SBU 71-76-147 5. Drexel 607 5. T.J. Shuart, Loyola 72-76-148 Siena 607 Kevin Scelfo, Cornell 71-77-148 7. Ottawa 609 8. Bucknell 612 Other Bucknell Individuals St. Bonaventure B 612 T39. Tom Lane 75-80-155 Cornell 612 T39. Alex Dolle 76-79-155 11. Robert Morris 616 T43. Ben Pellicani 79-77-156 12. St. Francis (Pa.) 617 74. Chris Martinez 80-93-173 13. Duquesne 622 14. Canisius 623 * Won on 1st playoff hole 15. Rider 630
