When and Where: October 8, 2024 – Concord, N.H. (Concord Country Club)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University – 865 (1st/8)

Senior Jack Pepin (Plaistow, N.H.) lost on the third playoff hole to wind up second, overall, but the Southern New Hampshire University men's golf team captured its fifth NE10 Championship on Tuesday at Concord (N.H.) Country Club.

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS

• Pepin, who entered the final round in first place at 3-under 137, shot a 77 and was caught by Adelphi University's Mitchell Archer to force a playoff for individual medalist honors. After making par on both 17 and 18, Pepin had a 20-foot par putt on 1 that he could not get to drop and Archer ended up completing his comeback.
• Junior Sean Dully (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) carded a 3-over 73 to tie for third at 5-over 215.
• Junior Evan Rollins (Laconia, N.H.) penciled in a 75 in the final round and totaled a 217 to place seventh.
• Freshman Andrew Surprenant (Boscawen, N.H.) was just behind in eighth with a 219 after matching Rollins' 75.

NOTES

• Sophomore Mitchell Cormier (Walpole, N.H.), who substituted in for the final round, had his 80 dropped from the team score.
• Southern New Hampshire, which was chosen first in the NE10 Pre-Championship Poll last week, takes home its fifth NE10 title and first since 2018.
• Pepin and Dully were named to the NE10 All-Championship Team.
• Rollins earned the NE10's prestigious Elite 24 Award, which honors the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average (GPA) participating at the finals site at each NE10 Championship. He is an accounting and finance major with a 3.98 GPA.
• SNHU's 865 through the three rounds was 15 shots better than runner-up Adelphi University (880).
• Pepin submitted a tournament-high 11 birdies, while Dully turned in one of just two eagles.
• The NE10 Championship was comprised of 40 golfers from eight different institutions.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen wrap up their fall slate Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 14-15 at the Post Eagles Invitational at the Watertown (Conn.) Golf Club.