Bulldogs return to action Monday and Tuesday for Connecticut Cup

ELLINGTON, Conn. – The Bryant University golf team returns to action Monday and Tuesday for the Connecticut Cup, a 15-team tournament hosted by UConn at Ellington Ridge Country Club.

The Particulars
Tournament: Connecticut Cup
Course: Ellington Ridge CC (Ellington, Conn.) | Par 72, 6,936 yards
Teams: Bryant, Central Connecticut, Colgate, UConn, Cornell, Fairfield, Hartford, Lafayette, Lehigh, LIU Brooklyn, Rhode Island, Rider, Sacred Heart, St. John's, Siena

Last Year

• Bryant finished fourth out of 15 teams at the three-round event a year ago with a score of 894 (+30). The Bulldogs were six strokes back of team champion Boston College.
• Matthew Stafford (Suffield, Conn.) and John Roberts (West Hartford, Conn.) are the two returning Bulldogs who played in the event a year ago. Stafford placed 50^th (+15) while Roberts was 52^nd (+16).
• Ryan Tombs led the Bulldogs with a third-place result (+2).

Bulldog Notes and Notables

• Bryant was last in action Sept. 18-19, recording an 11^th-place score out of 20 teams at the Hartford Hawks Invitational. Sophomore Matthew Stafford (Suffield, Conn.) led the Bulldogs with a 20^th-place result (E).
• Junior Ryan Brown (Bedford, N.H.) led the Northeast Conference in the month of September with a 72.4 scoring average. Brown placed third (E) at the Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate, the Bulldogs' fall opener.
• Stafford has a 72.8 scoring average through two events and five rounds, while sophomore Connor Henderson (Southborough, Mass.) has recorded a 74.4 and graduate John Roberts (West Hartford, Conn.) is at 74.6.