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SETTING THE SCENE: The University of Cincinnati men's golf team is back in action this week, traveling to Moon Township, Pa. for the Crowne Plaza Colonial Classic, hosted by Robert Morris. After a runner-up finish at the Cross River Shootout on Sept. 29, UC will be one of 11 teams converging on the Montour Heights Country Club for the 36-hole, two-day tournament. Action gets underway at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 9.
ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT: The 2006 Crowne Plaza Colonial Classic will feature 11 teams from the Northeast and Midwest gathering at the Montour Heights Country Club in Moon Township, Pa. Robert Morris will serve as tournament hosts and will field a pair of teams in the field. Joining the Colonials in the field are Chicago State, Cincinnati, Duquense, Hampton, Loyola (Md.), Niagara, St. Bonaventure, St. Francis and Toronto. Loyola is the defending champion, having won last year's event by three strokes over Dayton.
THE LINE-UP: Cincinnati's line-up begins with senior Geoff Newman, who is pacing the squad in average for the second straight season at 73.5. Sophomore Albert Fernandez has enjoyed an outstanding second collegiate season and is just behind Newman with a 74.7 average. Senior Joe Young was the Bearcats' top finisher at the Cross River Shootout on Sept. 29, shooting a season-best 72 to put his average at 79.2. Junior Alex Wenzel and sophomore Paul Marshall round out the Bearcat line-up for this event.
LAST TIME OUT: Northern Kentucky defeated the Bearcats by a score of 290-301. Senior Joe Young shot a season-best 72 to lead the Bearcats and fellow senior Geoff Newman carded a 74. The Bearcats did claim the "Cross River Shootout" with the winning team being determined by combining the best two scores from the men and women of each team. Cincinnati's scores of Young (72), Newman (74), Sarah Stamper (75) and Allison Mayborg (75) clinched the title for UC.
NEW LEADERSHIP: The Bearcats began this season with a change at the top as Doug Martin has replaced Sonny Rinala as assistant coach in charge of the men's program. Martin will add a great deal of experience to the team as he played on the PGA Tour from 1991-99 and was very accomplished as an amateur. In 1989, he was ranked as the top amateur player in the country and was also a three-time All-American at the University of Oklahoma. Professionally, Martin scored two tour victories and lost a five-hole playoff to Vijah Singh at the 1995 Buick Classic at Westchester. Currently, Martin is an instructor in the Cincinnati-area and is manager and part owner of The Golf Ranch in Burlington, Ky.