Men's Golf 10/13/2019 10:50:00 PM Stevens Athletic Communications

Golf Finishes First at Revolutionary Collegiate Classic as Papendick Becomes Program’s All-Time Leader in Tournament Victories

Cortese is top finisher for Stevens as Golf wins second tournament of the year.

October 13, 2019

Results

The Basics

The lead: Junior Vincent Cortese led four players that finished inside the top-10 as the Stevens Institute of Technology golf team finished in first place Sunday at the 2019 Revolutionary Collegiate Classic, hosted by Ursinus College.
Score: Stevens (300+307=607) - first place out of nine teams
Location: Chesapeake Bay Golf Club - Rising Sun, Md. (Par 71)
Short Story: Competing as an individual, Cortese trimmed five shots off his opening-round total to finish with a 149 - his best finish of the season. The Flagstaff, Arizona native opened with a 77 and finished with a 72, posting the lowest score of the second round.
The Leaderboard: Stevens topped Catholic University of America by eight shots after the teams were tied atop the leaderboard after each side totaled a 300 over the first day of competition. Johnson and Wales University (Denver) golfer Alex Fernandez finished with a two-under-par 140 to win the individual title by seven shots.
Of note: The win was the second for the team this season and is the fifth under third-year head coach Charles Papendick, The victory moved Papendick atop the program's career coaching wins leaderboard.

The Finishes

Junior Lake Labenski finished tied for sixth out of 50 competitors, carding a 76 in the opening round and a 75 Sunday.
Sophomore Brandon Wei matched Labenski's 151. The Warren, New Jersey native shot an opening round two-under-par 69 in the opening round, before carding an 81 Sunday. The 69 was Wei's first collegiate round under par and one of just two rounds under par in the entire tournament.
Sophomore Eddie Sot was the fourth golfer to finish in the top-10, tying for 10th with a 153.
After an opening-round 82, freshman Clement Shao trimmed seven shots off his score to card a 75 Sunday. He finished tied for 13th.
Sophomore A.J. Iacobellis was the final golfer that counted towards the team score, finishing in a tie for 15th with a 158.
Joining Cortese in playing as an individual, freshman Eegan McDermott shot a 162 in his second collegiate tournament.

From the Greens (Head Coach Charles Papendick)

"Congratulations to all our players that hung in there this weekend and posted scores that absolutely mattered. Very proud of Brandon for playing under par for the first time in his career at Stevens and of captain Luke Labenski, who was so consistent, and of Vincent, who showed that his "game" is coming back by placing [in] the top-10, while competing as an individual."
"I am proud to be a part of the Stevens community and athletic department. I thoroughly enjoy what I do and while I am aware of the amounts of wins during my tenure, I'm most proud of our players [and] how they conduct themselves, the camaraderie they share and how they get along. Players play and coaches just help keep them out of their own way and help them have fun doing something they love."

Up Next

Golf concludes play in the fall semester with the New Jersey Collegiate Cup, hosted by New Jersey City University on October 24. Play gets underway at the Forest Hill Field Club at 12:30 p.m.

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