NEC Men's Golf Preseason Poll Press Release
Somerset, NJ – The Wagner men's golf team was picked seventh in the 2018 Northeast Conference (NEC) Preseason Poll in a vote by the league's head coaches, as announced by the conference office today.
The coaches tabbed Bryant as the preseason favorite as the Bulldogs received five first-place votes. Central Connecticut earned the remaining three first-place votes and was slotted second in the poll. Fairleigh Dickinson was selected third followed by Robert Morris in fourth.
Sacred Heart and Saint Francis U were picked fifth and sixth, respectively, while the Seahawks, LIU Brooklyn, and St. Francis Brooklyn rounded out the nine-team poll.
Third-year Seahawk
Lucas Moreno will look to continue upon his recent successes, as he is poised to lead the Green & White in his junior season after Moreno earned back-to-back All-NEC Second Team honors.
Junior
Oskar Sundberg and senior
Nicholas Musshafen are among the battle-tested returning veterans for first-year head coach,
Cole Buck. Among those providing depth for Wagner this spring will be sophomores Brendan Hasleton and
Justin Sanchez along with freshman
Ben Steenland.
New to the mix for the spring campaign is junior transfer
AJ Skinner, who came from Big Ten members, Rutgers, and will be eligible to compete for Wagner following the season-opening Lonnie Barton Invitational, which will be hosted by LIU Brooklyn in Daytona Beach, FL on March 4. The annual NEC Championship, which is slated for April 27-29, is also scheduled to be played in Daytona Beach, FL.
2018 Northeast Conference Men's Golf
Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Bryant (5)
2. Central Connecticut (3)
3. Fairleigh Dickinson (1)
4. Robert Morris
5. Sacred Heart
6. Saint Francis U
7. Wagner
8. LIU Brooklyn
9. St. Francis Brooklyn
First place votes in parentheses ( )
About The Northeast Conference
Now in its 37th year, the Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of 10 institutions of higher learning located throughout six states. Media coverage of the NEC extends to four of the largest markets in the United States - New York (#1), Pittsburgh (#23), Baltimore (#27), and Hartford/New Haven (#30). Founded in 1981 as the basketball-only ECAC Metro Conference, the NEC has grown to sponsor 22 championship sports for men and women and now enjoys automatic access to 14 different NCAA Championships. NEC member institutions include Bryant, Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, LIU Brooklyn, Mount St. Mary's, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis Brooklyn, Saint Francis U and Wagner. For more information on the NEC, visit the league's official website (www.northeastconference.org) and digital network (www.necfrontrow.com), or follow the league on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Google+, all @NECsports.
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