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2009-2010 Dominican College Men's Golf Season Summary

The 2009/2010 Men's Golf Team season can best be described in one word, challenging. With only two returning players, senior Brian Kivlehan and sophomore Bryan Romagnoli , the team focused its attention on the incoming freshmen players. Freshmen players joining the team were Lewis Morse, Michael Ciabattari, Jeffrey Sabella and Joseph Dratch. 
 
As the season progressed, the team played as expected for a young and inexperienced team. Tournament play fluctuated between very good play to very poor play.  Consistency was lacking but the team practiced hard and played hard and eventually they began to exhibit confidence in themselves and their games which allowed them to demonstrate their considerable talents. The season highlight was a 7th place finish at the CACC Conference Championship.
 
Senior Kivlehan finished his collegiate career in fine fashion with the team lowest scoring average, five top ten finishes, including two first place medalist finishes.  Kivlehan was selected as the team MVP and first alternate for the NCAA SuperRegional Tournament. Following a summer filled with amateur events, Kivlehan plans to turn professional in the fall. Kivlehan will be the second Dominican College player to enter the ranks of professional golf joining Assistant Coach Brian Mackey who turned professional last August.
 
With the growing pains behind them, the team eagerly looks forward to next season and a return to the team's trademark competitive play.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.