ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. – The Geneva College men's golf team hosted Waynesburg University at Connoquenessing County Club on Thursday afternoon for the program's first home match since restarting the program this fall after a forty-year hiatus. The match was played under a match play format, with Geneva winning the overall match 3-2 over Waynesburg.
The fate was sealed when freshman Joshua Hido (Kent, Ohio/Theodore Roosevelt) made a 12-foot downhill putt on hole 17 to win his match 2&1 over Waynesburg's Briston Bennett. The two other Geneva matches that were won were by senior Trent Belleville (Washington, Pa./McGuffey) and sophomore Jacob DeLisio (New Brighton, Pa./New Brighton), winning 7&6 and 4&2, respectively.
Despite a good round by freshman Parker Cera (Titusville, Fla./Titusville) with a score of 80, he lost his match 2&1 to Cannon Hay of Waynesburg, who was the overall medalist of the day with a score of 77. Additionally, freshman Michael DeMiere (Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) lost his match 6&5 to Luke Diel.
"It was a better day on the course for us today," said Head Coach Andrew Fee. "We still did a lot of things that we shouldn't be doing this deep into the season, but it is good to pick up the win at home. This is a match that I hope to build off of as we get closer to the start of our conference tournament in October."
In Geneva's second group, senior Brady Corklin (Titusville, Pa./Titusville) led the way with an 89. Freshman Timothy Ehko (Greencastle, Pa./Greencastle-Antrim) shot a 96, while junior Ryan Signorella (Brackenridge, Pa./Highlands) finished with the same score. Freshman Brenden Connolly (Hull, Mass./South Shore Vocational Technical) rounded out the group with a 98.
The men will get an opportunity to play again tomorrow as they head to Kent State Tuscarawas for a four-team tournament.
Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor. Offering over 145 traditional undergraduate majors and programs, fully online Adult Degree Programs and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva's programs are recognized for their high quality. Geneva has one of the top 100 undergraduate engineering programs in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report. Adhering to the truth of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God's Word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today's world. Geneva was founded and is governed by the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) and is a founding member of both the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and IACE (International Association for Christian Education).
