Middlebury Claims 2006 NESCAC Golf Championship
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BRUNSWICK, Maine - Middlebury College, sitting in sixth place after Day One of the 2006 NESCAC Golf Championship, capped a thrilling comeback on Day Two by winning the NESCAC Golf crown on the fifth-player tiebreaker over Trinity.
The Bantams did walk away with individual honors, however, as freshman Reid Longley (Atlanta, Ga.) captured medalist honors with a two-day score of 147 (75-72) to take a one-shot win over sophomore Harrison Bane (Marblehead, Mass.) of Middlebury (74-74-148), who finished second for the second-straight year.
The Panthers carded a second-day total of 300, shaving 18 shots off their first-day score to rally to win with a total of 618. Trinity also scored a 618 (312-306), but Middlebury claimed the tiebreaker victory courtesy of the 81 carded by their fifth player to Trinity's 85. Williams, the defending NESCAC Champion, slipped to third place overall with a score of 625, seven shots off the pace. Hamilton (627) and host Bowdoin (631) rounded out the top five teams.
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| TEAM SCORES | ||||
| Day One | Day Two | Total | ||
| 1 | Middlebury * | 318 | 300 | 618 |
| 2 | Trinity | 312 | 306 | 618 |
| 3 | Williams | 309 | 316 | 625 |
| 4 | Hamilton | 314 | 313 | 627 |
| 5 | Bowdoin | 318 | 313 | 631 |
| 6 | Amherst | 316 | 320 | 636 |
| 7 | Tufts | 310 | 327 | 637 |
| 8 | Wesleyan | 319 | 333 | 652 |
| 9 | Bates | 339 | 340 | 679 |
| 10 | Colby | 361 | 351 | 712 |
* - Middlebury wins tiebreaker over Trinity (comparison of No. 5 position scores from day two, 81 to 85).






