Jaffrey, N.H. – The American International College golf team placed first of five teams at the Franklin Pierce Autumn Invitational, held at The Shattuck (par-71) Tuesday afternoon. Sophomore Andrew Mesheau (Monson, Mass.) won the individual title with a score of 76 to lead the Yellow Jackets.

AIC won the team title with a score of 317, edging the host Ravens’ “B” and “A” teams, which posted respcetive marks of 344 and 347. Worcester State placed fourth with a score of 348 for fourth place and Springfield placed fifth with a score of 377.

Yellow Jackets’ freshman Garrett Beyor (Monson, Mass.) and Worcester State freshman Bob Bruso (Auburn, Mass.) tied for second with a 77, while AIC sophomore Mike McMillan (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) placed fourth after shooting an 80.

Senior Sebastiano Amara (Woburn, Mass.) rounded out the top-five with a round of 82 for Franklin Pierce’s “B” squad. Junior Chad Richardson (Regina, Sask.) tied for sixth with Franklin Pierce senior Corey Dunn (Port Jefferson, N.Y.) and sophomore Brandon Weiner (Marlboro, N.J./Marlboro).

AIC concludes its fall season at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championships Oct. 22-23 at the The Captain's Golf Club in Brewster, Mass.

Team Scoring
1. American International, 317
2. Franklin Pierce (B), 344
3. Franklin Pierce (A), 347
4. Worcester State, 348
5. Springfield, 377

Individual Scoring
1. Andrew Mesheau, AIC - 76
2. Garrett Beyor, AIC - 77
    Bob Bruso, WSC - 77
4. Mike McMillan, AIC - 80
5. Sebastiano Amara, FP (B) - 82
6. Corey Dunn, FP (A) - 84
    Chad Richardson, AIC - 84
    Brandon Weiner, FP (B) - 84
10. Craig Jasinski, FP (A) - 85
11. Mike Leveroni, WSC - 88
      Derek Flodin, FP (B) - 88
13. Cam Herzog, WSC - 89
      Kevin Rossi, FP (A) - 89
      Peter Panopoulos, FP (A) - 89
16. Phil Girard, FP (B) - 90
17. Junior Balogun, SC - 91
      Kurt Krull, FP (B) - 91
19. John Silva, AIC - 93
20. Pat Allen, SC - 94
      Mike Moran, WSC - 94
      Justin Haapala, FP (A) - 94
23. Aaron Simons, SC - 95
24. Cody Morrison, SC - 97
25. Mike Leahy, AIC* - 98
26. Bryan Anderson, SC - 103
27. Ian Kelly, WSC - 107

* - competed as individual