Men's Golf

UC Wins Second-Straight Men's Golf Title

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DANIELS, W.Va. -- Led by medalist Eoin Cunniffe, the University of Charleston took home its second-straight Mountain East Conference Men's Golf Tournament championship.

Charleston shot 298 on the final day to hold off all challengers and win the title. In addition to a 1-under 71 from Cunniffe, Mitch Hoffman shot 74, Ritwik Jain scored 75 and Adam Jordan shot 78 for the Golden Eagles.

UC posted a three-day total of 906, besting runner-up West Liberty by six shots. The Hilltoppers closed with a 296 on the final day to move from fourth to second. Fairmont State finished third (915), followed by Concord (924), Shepherd (928) and UVa-Wise (940). Shepherd had the best round of the tournament on Wednesday with a 294.

Cunniffe entered the final day tied for the lead with West Liberty's Sean Trapp, and fired a 1-under 71 to earn medalist honors and finish the three-day tournament at -1 (215). He had three birdies and two bogeys on his card on Wednesday. Trapp shot his third-straight 72 to finish in second. Trapp's teammate Alex Easthom had a 71 on Wednesday to take third (222), and Urbana's Luc Toupin was fourth after a 72 (224). Fairmont State's Ben Knight and Wheeling Jesuit's Gian Franco Morassutti tied for fifth with a three-day score of 225.