Sept. 22, 2009

NEWPORT, R.I. - The Saint Joseph's men's golf team carded a score of 317 in Tuesday's final round of the Adams Cup of Newport to finish 17th at the two-day event. The Hawks carded a three-round score of 319-320-317/956 at the par-72, 7,244-yard Newport National Golf Club.

Individually for the Hawks, sophomore Kyle Sargis led the way with a three-round score of 83-74-81/238 to finish tied for 73rd. Junior Josh Webb carded scores of 77-84-78/239 to finish tied for 76th, while senior Zach Smith finished tied for 80th at 81-84-77/242. Sophomores Andrew Jaskel and Jimmy Bea rounded out the five-man squad with scores of 79-78-87/244 and 82-84-81/247 respectively.

SMU won the team title with a score of 876, while Connecticut's Jeb Buchanan posted a three-round score of 207 to earn medalist honors.

The Hawks return to action October 5-6 at the Liberty Invitational.