April 26, 2009
Tournament Player Totals in PDF Format 
A-10 Final Results in PDF Format
Howey-in-the-Hills, FL - The La Salle University golf team finished the 2009 Atlantic 10 Championships with a total of 977 and an 11th-place finish in the 54-hole event held at the par 71 El Campeon track at Mission Inn.
The Explorer improved by seven strokes from Saturday’s score to finish 17 shots better than Fordham and just six strokes behind Duquesne for tenth place.
Sophomore Sam Venuti scored a career-best 75 and was the lowest of the day for the Explorers. He finished the tourney at 248 after shaving 14 strokes off of his score on the final day.
Senior Steve Sieracki was the highest-placing Explorer with a 32nd-place finish after following an opening round score of 76 with a pair of 81’s.
Mike Benzinger shot an 84 for a three-day score of 247 while two-sport student-athlete (swimming) Ed Carnes signed off on a 85 for a final score of 251.
Tyler Batory’s 86 gave him a final count of 256 in his first A-10 Championship. It was also the A-10 Championship debut of Batory and Carnes.
Following the completion of play the Explorers passed the extended time before their return flight with a tour of The Golf Channel hosted by Explorer alum and former golf team member T.J. Hubbard (’03) who attended today’s final round of play.
Hubbard works in production for the channel and is currently involved with the latest installment of The Big Break – Prince Edward Island.
Hubbard is joined by fellow alum Joe Riley (’96) who is The Golf Channel’s Senior Director of News and Talk. Riley was also kind enough to visit with the Explorers earlier in the weekend.
This was the Atlantic 10’s first year at Mission Inn. The previous three championships took place at Orange County National in Winter Garden, FL.
Charlotte captured their third straight team title and had the top two finishers with Corey Nagy finishing one under par with a 212 and teammate Stefan Wiedergruen closing out +3 with a 216.
