Elmira, NY – Senior Jake Hess earned medalist honors with a round of 76 and the SUNY Canton men's golf team captured the team title on Tuesday at the Elmira College Fall Invitational at Elmira Country Club.

Hess bested the 58-golfer field by a single stroke and the Roos won the team title by three strokes in a field that featured 12 teams.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Roos shot a team score of 325 to edge out second place Oswego State (328) and third place SUNY Delhi (329) in a field of 12 teams that featured 10 schools with both host Elmira College and Delhi sporting an 'A' and 'B' squad.
• Hess carded a round of 4-over par, 76, narrowly edging out Oswego's Ryan Fecco and Hobart's Charlie Craig who both recorded 77's. The senior from Adams went out in 40 before coming home in one-under par, 36. He birdied the par 4 12th hole and the par 4 17th.
• Canton's Adam Szlamczynski finished in a tie for fourth with a 78. He went out in 42 before making his move with three birdies on the back nine to tie Hess with a second nine 36. Szlamczynski birdied three holes over a four hole stretch with birds on the par 4 13th and 14th and the par 5 16th.
• Sam Martin posted a round of 85 to tie for 18th, John McCall fired a round of 86 (T-20) and Anthony Marion posted an 87 (T-23). McCall tallied a birdie on the par 5 10th.

 

WHAT'S NEXT
The Roos tee it up again next Tuesday when they host the SUNY Canton Invitational at Partridge Run Golf & Country Club at 11 a.m.
   
About SUNY Canton
As Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs, SUNY Canton delivers quality hands-on programs in digital design, engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. As SUNY's leader in online education, SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 23 online degree programs. The college placed first in 14 categories in a SUNY-Wide Student Opinion Survey, most notably in career services, tutoring, library resources, and classroom facilities. The SUNY Canton Kangaroos 15 traditional athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level as part of the North Atlantic Conference. SUNY Canton also features varsity esports and cheerleading.