Final Results
Steve Burak shot Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship 54-hole record 208 to become the first Stag to win the McLeod Trophy, for top individual score, in 16 years. The Fairfield University men's golf team finished third, with a program-best 884 three-day score, three strokes shy of team champion Loyola University Maryland. The 54-hole event was played at Disney's Palm Golf Course, a par-72, 7,011-yard course for the men.
Head coach Len Roberto was named the MAAC Coach of the Year, the third time he has earned the honor (2004 & 2008).
Burak, who was under par in all three rounds of the championship, shot his best score of the weekend, a -4, 68.
His 54-hole total is the first time in conference history that a golfer carded two rounds in the 60's and surpasses the 211 of Bryan Bigley (Siena, 2006) and Michael Mulieri (Loyola, 2008). Burak shot 69-71-68, taking over the individual lead during the second round and not relinquishing it. He is the first Stag to win the individual crown since Craig Anzlovar shot 72-75 in 1997.
Pat Lynch shot his best round of the championship, 74, to move up five spots and finish in a tie for 11th place at 221. Ricky Dowling finished in ninth place with a three-day score of 221, after shooting a final day 77. Nick Taylor finished in a tie for 19th, 234, while Scott Rainaud shot a final round 83 to finish tied for 26th at 238.
Eric Johnson, playing as an individual, shot a third-round 77, and finished tied for 23rd at 236.
Loyola shot the best round of the tournament on Sunday, 283, to come from behind to capture its sixth consecutive conference tournament title. The Stags were consistent throughout the tournament, 293-295-296, and were tied for the lead with Iona, which finished second, after 36-holes.
The Stags had five student-athletes named to the MAAC All-Academic Team, an honor presented to student-athletes that have completed two semesters at their institution and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale. Johnson, James Mulligan, Joseph Patalano, Rainaud and Peter Repetto were all honored.
