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GOLF: Team places 22nd at season-ending match
by Adam Rosen
Staff writer
Sports | 10/28/08
Posted online at 3:56 AM EST on 10/28/08
In what seemed to be a microcosm of their entire season, the golf team improved by 32 strokes and jumped five places in the standings on day two of the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association championships in Brewster, Mass., Oct. 20 to 21 to finish in 22nd place out of 44 teams, seventh out of Division III squads.
This was the second time this season the Judges moved up in the standings on the second day of a two-day tournament. The squad finished in sixth place overall at the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament Oct. 4 to 5 after ending the first day in 10th place.
Aaron Cusato '12 led the way for the Judges, finishing tied for 25th place out of 216 total golfers by shooting a two-day total of 11-over-par 155. He was also seventh among Division III golfers and posted the best individual score and finish at the NEIGAs in coach Bill Shipman's tenure at Brandeis. Cusato, who was the only player on the team to compete in every round this season, had the best individual scores on the team for both days.
"It's an honor [to hold those records] because it's my first year, and I feel like I have a lot of improvements I can make," Cusato said.
"[Cusato] is a very solid freshman, and we're happy to have him," captain Ralph Harary '09 said. "He handled the pressure [of playing in a big tournament] very well."
Every Brandeis golfer improved his first-day score by at least five strokes.
While some of the players said they were more relaxed on the second day of the tournament, they also said weather played an important factor.
"The weather [the second day] was so much better. It wasn't as windy, it wasn't as cold, and that helped a lot," Cusato said.
Cusato estimated that the winds reached up to 40 miles per hour on Monday.
Charles Sacks '11 finished second for the Judges and tied for 95th place overall, improving by six strokes on the second day of competition to shoot a two-day total of 20-over-par 164.
This was the second time this season the Judges moved up in the standings on the second day of a two-day tournament. The squad finished in sixth place overall at the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament Oct. 4 to 5 after ending the first day in 10th place.
Aaron Cusato '12 led the way for the Judges, finishing tied for 25th place out of 216 total golfers by shooting a two-day total of 11-over-par 155. He was also seventh among Division III golfers and posted the best individual score and finish at the NEIGAs in coach Bill Shipman's tenure at Brandeis. Cusato, who was the only player on the team to compete in every round this season, had the best individual scores on the team for both days.
"It's an honor [to hold those records] because it's my first year, and I feel like I have a lot of improvements I can make," Cusato said.
"[Cusato] is a very solid freshman, and we're happy to have him," captain Ralph Harary '09 said. "He handled the pressure [of playing in a big tournament] very well."
Every Brandeis golfer improved his first-day score by at least five strokes.
While some of the players said they were more relaxed on the second day of the tournament, they also said weather played an important factor.
"The weather [the second day] was so much better. It wasn't as windy, it wasn't as cold, and that helped a lot," Cusato said.
Cusato estimated that the winds reached up to 40 miles per hour on Monday.
Charles Sacks '11 finished second for the Judges and tied for 95th place overall, improving by six strokes on the second day of competition to shoot a two-day total of 20-over-par 164.
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