The golf team hoped to rebound after placing outside of NESCAC contention at the conference qualifiers, but an 11th-place finish at the Bison Invitational hosted by Nichols College this past weekend only added to the disappointment. The Jumbos seemed frustrated throughout Sunday, with lackluster performances across the board at Green Hill Golf Course in Worcester, Mass.
Tufts beat only two teams — Suffolk and Wentworth — although merely six strokes separated the Tufts unit from fifth place. The one-day combined score of 330, however, left members of the team unhappy with their individual performances and the team's overall performance.
Senior tri-captain Dan Moll shot a 78 to tie for eighth place, but other team members didn't fare nearly as well. Fellow tri-captains Cal Shapiro and Luke Heffernan shot 83 and 85, respectively, while freshman Sebastian Vik (84) and sophomore Mike McCarthy (85) closed out the five individual performances.
"Some days you can't get the ball in the hole," Vik said, "That was just one of those days."
Vik admitted that he was extremely disappointed with his performances the past two weeks, failing to live up to the potential he had shown earlier in the season, when he finished second individually at the Williams Invitational in late September. The entire team has had better days this year, but inconsistency has plagued the Jumbos as of late.
"It's unfortunate it's coming to the end," Vik said of the fall campaign.
The Jumbos still have one tournament left on the fall calendar: the New England Championships. The Championships will begin on Sunday and will give the Jumbos a shot against teams from Div. I, II and III schools. The Jumbos hope to contend among the Div. III schools, and they know they'll have to lift their games from this past weekend.
"We're going to get out this week and practice," Vik said.
