BRUNSWICK, Maine – Eric Aguiar (Thornton, N.H./Plymouth Regional) finished as the best golfer for the University of Maine at Farmington with a tie for 32nd after the final round of the Bowdoin Invitational on Sunday.
The Beavers were very consistent as a unit with four members finishing within seven strokes of each other. Aguiar paced the team with a 161 (78-83) after the final round with teammate Michael Richard (Turner, Maine/St. Dominic Academy) trailing by only a stroke with a 162. Richard matched Aguiar in round two with an 83.
Aaron Rivard (Acton, Maine/Sanford) followed Richard by a stroke as well at the end of the tournament. Rivard shot a 78 in round two, which was a seven-shot improvement after his first round 85 on the scorecard. Gavin Brickley (Plymouth, N.H./Plymouth Regional) tallied a 168 (79-89) in the Invitational and Travis Kupec (Windsor Locks, Conn./Windsor Locks) rounded out the individual results for UMF with a 198 (101-97).
On the team leaderboard, the Beavers came in 10th with a combined score of 654 (321-333). UMF trailed Bowdoin by ten strokes for ninth and secured the 10th spot over Colby by 34 strokes. Endicott won the event with a 607 (307-300).
UMaine-Farmington competes in the Maine Collegiate Championship next weekend at the Fairlawn Country Club.
