FORE!!! The UNE golf team is playing thru
They don't compete on campus; heck, they don't even practice on campus. On days of their matches they leave before many of you are out of bed, only to return after darkness. Fan support is limited at their matches - usually just parents or other family members. But despite the lack of fanfare and a glut of a anonymity, members of the UNE golf team continue to plug along.
Well, the days of being in the 'shadows' are over; the UNE golf program has arrived.
After a solid showing in the team's first two events of the 2010 season, Big Blue exploded on the scene, winning the Maine Intercollegiate Championship held Sept. 17-18 at Boothbay Country Club. UNE posted a two-day total of 638 to edge six-time reigning champion Husson University by two strokes.
"I am very proud of the team," said consistently-understated and humble head coach Kasey Keenan. "We are honored to be state champs with such a strong playing field of team," Keenan continued.
C'mon Coach Keenan, Rex Ryan probably would have said something like, 'I knew we had it before we teed it up. I was just surpised we didn't win by more.'
Just to prove their victory at the state championship was no fluke, the Nor'easters backed up their triumph by capturing the John Queenan Memorial Tournament (hosted by St. Joseph's College) in their next outing.
With the season nearly half over, UNE has its sights set on the season-ending The Commonwealth Coast Conference Invitational.
Between now and then, seek out a member of our golf team and congratulate them. What they have accomplished this season is truly remarkable.
They don't compete on campus; heck, they don't even practice on campus. On days of their matches they leave before many of you are out of bed, only to return after darkness. Fan support is limited at their matches - usually just parents or other family members. But despite the lack of fanfare and a glut of a anonymity, members of the UNE golf team continue to plug along.
Well, the days of being in the 'shadows' are over; the UNE golf program has arrived.
After a solid showing in the team's first two events of the 2010 season, Big Blue exploded on the scene, winning the Maine Intercollegiate Championship held Sept. 17-18 at Boothbay Country Club. UNE posted a two-day total of 638 to edge six-time reigning champion Husson University by two strokes.
"I am very proud of the team," said consistently-understated and humble head coach Kasey Keenan. "We are honored to be state champs with such a strong playing field of team," Keenan continued.
C'mon Coach Keenan, Rex Ryan probably would have said something like, 'I knew we had it before we teed it up. I was just surpised we didn't win by more.'
Just to prove their victory at the state championship was no fluke, the Nor'easters backed up their triumph by capturing the John Queenan Memorial Tournament (hosted by St. Joseph's College) in their next outing.
With the season nearly half over, UNE has its sights set on the season-ending The Commonwealth Coast Conference Invitational.
Between now and then, seek out a member of our golf team and congratulate them. What they have accomplished this season is truly remarkable.
