HERSHEY, Pa. – The Elmira College golf team concluded the spring portion of the 2023-24 Empire 8 Men's Golf Championship on Sunday as the Soaring Eagles finished sixth after four rounds of competition. The final two rounds this weekend were held at Hershey Country Club after the first two rounds were held at Cazenovia Country Club in October.
 

• The Soaring Eagles carded a final-round 354 and improved 18 shots from their round on Saturday at Hershey Country Club. St. John Fisher, who had four of the top five individual finishers, defeated Oswego State by 66 strokes to capture its third consecutive Empire 8 Championship.
• Benjamin Fox (St. John Fisher) shot a four-over-par 75 for the Cardinals and completed the four-round event with a low score of 309 strokes to earn medalist honors. Luke Buckley (St. John Fisher), Lincoln Crosby (Nazareth), Joe DePasquale (St. John Fisher), and RJ Juodaitis (St. John Fisher) rounded out the top five individual medalist honors.
• Nicholas Domitrovic '24 finished 18^th individually with a four-round score of 341 for the Soaring Eagles as he carded an 88 (+17) on Sunday. Domitrovic sank a birdie putt on the par-4 15^th to go along with pars on the 2^nd, 7^th, 11^th, and 17^th holes.
• Shane Haviland '24 carded the lowest round of the day for Elmira on Sunday with an 84 (+13) as he finished t-21^st individually with a four-round score of 349. Haviland responded early with a birdie on the par-4 3^rd and would sink par putts on the 7^th and 8^th holes. Following the turn, Haviland recorded four pars on the 10^th, 11^th, 13^th, and 18^th holes.
• Chance Gorman '24 dropped 16 strokes off his third-round score as he carded an 85 (+14) on Sunday to finish t-23^rd for the Soaring Eagles with a four-round score of 350. Gorman would shoot par on five of the opening nine holes for Elmira while sinking a birdie putt on the par-5 14^th. He would go on to add par putts on the 13^th and 15^th holes for Elmira.
• Tyler Scott '26 placed 29^th individually for the Soaring Eagles after shooting a final-round 97 (+26). Scott would notch par putts for Elmira on the 5^th and 6^th holes before adding two more on the 10^th and 15^th holes.

TEAM SCORES:

Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOTAL	PAR
St. John Fisher	309	306	330	305	1250	+114
SUNY Oswego	324	315	346	331	1316	+180
Utica	327	319	349	333	1328	+192
Russell Sage	323	334	345	340	1342	+206
Nazareth	322	326	354	354	1356	+220
Elmira	330	336	372	354	1392	+256
Keuka	341	350	395	380	1466	+330

 
ELMIRA RESULTS:

	Individual	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOTAL	PAR (213)
18	Nich Domitrovic, EC	81	84	88	88	341	+57
T-21	Shane Haviland, EC	92	83	90	84	349	+65
T-23	Chance Gorman, EC	80	84	101	85	350	+66
29	Tyler Scott, EC	87	86	93	97	363	+79
	Matthew York, EC	X	X	103	103	206	+64

 

UP NEXT:
The Soaring Eagles continue the spring portion of their schedule by heading to the Nazareth Spring Invitational on April 21^st.