Bruso, Lombardi Lead Lancers Eighth Place Finish at Johnson & Wales

Cranston, RI --- The Worcester State Golf team placed eighth overall on the second day of the Johnson & Wales Invitational as they finished with 673 total strokes (+105) at the 71 par Cranston Country Club. The Lancers who were tied for eighth with Tufts to start day two had an improvement of 11 strokes.

The squad was led by sophomore Bob Bruso (Auburn, MA) who placed fourth overall with a two day total of 152 (+10) just six strokes off of leader Fernando Pineres of Babson. Senior Nick Lombardi (N. Grafton, MA) tied for ninth with a total of 156 (+14).

Tim Howard tied for 46th with 175 strokes (+33) while junior Mike Leveroni (Arlington, MA) and Jim Sarkisian chipped in with 65th (190; +48) and 66th (197; +55), respectively.

NYU took the team title with an impressive score of 606 (+38) followed by Babson (625; +57), UMass-Dartmouth (642; +74), Rhode Island College (644; +74), Johnson and Wales (652; +84) and Brandies (662; +94. Wesleyan edged WSC out for seventh by a stroke with a total of 672 (+104).

The golf team will hit the links again when they host the Worcester State Invitational at Sterling Country Club in Sterling, MA on Tuesday afternoon.

Day 1 --- Team Totals | Individual Results

Day 2 --- Team Totals | Individual Results