New London, N.H. – Three Dolphins tied for seventh place to lead the Le Moyne College men's golf team to a second-place finish at the Northeast-10 Conference Championship on Monday and Tuesday at the par-70, 6704-yard Lake Sunapee Country Club.

Bentley University edged the Dolphins by one stroke for the team championship with a two-day score of 592. The Falcons, who also won the NE10 Championship at Lake Sunapee in 2014, posted a 289 on Monday to take a three-shot lead for first place. The Falcons held on to their lead down the stretch on Tuesday and finished the round with a 303. The Dolphins registered a 593 over the two days to post their fourth straight top-two finish at the conference championship. The Dolphins finished second behind the Falcons at Lake Sunapee in 2014, tied Southern New Hampshire for first, but lost in a playoff, in 2015 and won the program's second NE10 title last year. The Dolphins recorded a 299 in the first round to land in fifth place, 10 shots back of the Falcons. Le Moyne tallied a 294, the best score in the second round, to jump over three teams in the standings. Saint Anselm College was another shot back of the Dolphins in third place with a 594 off rounds of 292 and 302. Southern New Hampshire University, which hosted the championship, placed fourth with a 603 off rounds of 305 and 298. Assumption College place fifth with a 607 after rounds of 298 and 309. Southern New Hampshire's Matt Paradis earned medalist honors after defeating Saint Anselm's Stephen Hunt with a par on the first playoff hole after the duo each posted a three-over par 143. Paradis registered rounds of 73 and 70, while Hunt tallied scores of 71 and 72. Paradis is the fourth straight individual champion to come from the host institution (SNHU's Jake Nutter in 2014, Le Moyne's John Clare in 2015 and Saint Rose's Corey Purcell in 2016).
 
Senior Joe Petrin (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse), competing in his third conference championship, registered a 36-hole score of 148 to land in a five-way tie for seventh place, his third top-seven finish at the NE10 Championship. He opened the championship with a 74 to land in a five-way tie for 11th place. He then registered another 74 on Tuesday to climb into the tie for seventh place.

Classmate Daniel Thomas (Fayetteville, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius), also playing in his third conference championship, registered his best finish among the three championships by joining Petrin in the tie for seventh place with a 148, the second-best 36-hole score of his career. He tallied a 75 in the first round to land in a seven-way tie for 16th place and then moved up nine spots on Tuesday with a 73, which included birdies on two of his last three holes.

Sophomore Jonathan Petrin (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse), who tied for third place in his NE10 Championship debut last year, was the third Dolphin in the tie for seventh place at 148. He turned in a 75 in the first round to join Thomas in the tie for 16th place. As Thomas did on the second day, he posted a 73, including birdies on two of his final five holes, to join Thomas and his older brother as three of the five players in the tie for seventh.

Senior Jake Eno (Dennis, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth Regional), who made his NE10 Championship debut, finished in 12th place with a 149, the second-best score of his career. He opened the championship with a 75 to join Thomas and Jonathan Petrin in the tie for 16th. He improved by one shot in the second round to post the second-best round of his career and move up four spots for the best final placement of his career.

Sophomore Nicholas Barney (Apalachin, N.Y./Vestal) tied for 13th place in his second career NE10 appearance with a 150. He carded a 76 on Monday to land in a five-way tie for 23rd place. He followed with a 74, tied for the third-best score of his career, in the second round to jump 10 spots in the standings.

The Dolphins are back on the links at the Saint Rose Fall Shootout on Friday and Saturday at Pinehaven Country Club in Guilderland, N.Y.