Robert Morris shot rounds of 300, 301, and 297 over the weekend, for a three-round total of 898 (+34). The Colonials had to fend off a final-round challenge from the Bulldogs, who rallied to get within striking distance, before RMU managed to close it out. Bryant finished six strokes back, with a 904 (+40) team total (308-301-295), to secure their second runner-up finish in program history, and their first since also placing behind Robert Morris in 2015. 

Sacred Heart fell to third place after a final round team score of 315 (+27), while Fairleigh Dickinson held off the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds for fourth place by a single stroke. The Blackbirds shot the best team round of the field on Sunday with a 291 (+3).  

Fairleigh Dickinson junior Florian Schroedl (Berlin, Germany / Hans Carossa Oberschule) completed a final round for the record books to secure the 2019 NEC men’s individual championship. Schroedl shot a four-under 68 on Sunday, tied for the seventh lowest 18-hole performance in tournament history. His 215 (-1) for the weekend, tied him for the tenth lowest 54-hole score all-time at the NEC Championships. Schroedl’s victory gives the Knights’ their first individual champion since U Minn Woon in 2016. The Berlin, Germany native sank five of his 10 birdies on the weekend in Sunday’s final round to finish four strokes ahead of Robert Morris junior Max Palmer (Novi, MI / Detroit Catholic Central). Palmer improved on last year’s third place finish by landing in second after carding an even-par 72 in the final round, for a three-round score of 219 (+3). Teammate Kyle Grube (Indiana, PA / Indiana) also shot an even-par final round to finish in third place with a weekend total of 220 (+4). The individual leader going into Sunday, Sacred Heart sophomore Saptak Talwar (New Delhi, India / International Junior Golf Academy) placed fourth with a 221 (+5). 
 
The biggest mover of the final day was Bryant sophomore Nick Piersall (Portland, CT / Portland), who also etched his name into the record books with a final round 68 (-4), joining Schroedl in the tie for the seventh lowest single-round score at the NEC Championships. Piersall jumped up 21 spots on the leaderboard to leave LPGA International in a three-way tie for sixth with Bulldog teammates Matthew Stafford (Suffield, CT / Suffield) and Ryan Brown (Bedford, NH / Bedford). All three Bulldogs carded a 10-over 226 on the weekend.  

Fairleigh Dickinson senior Albert Arribas San Jose (Barcelona, Spain / St. Lawrence College) also made history, and produced one of the highlights of the day, by acing the par-3, 140 yard, third hole of the Hills Course. 
                                                  
Robert Morris will advance to the 2019 NCAA Men’s Golf Regionals, taking place the weekend of May 13-15. The NCAA Men's Golf Championship selections will be announced live via the Golf Channel on Wednesday, May 1 at 9:00 p.m. ET. 
 

Team Standings
1. Robert Morris – 300-301-297 (+34)
2. Bryant – 308-301-295 (+40)
3. Sacred Heart – 302-299-315 (+52)
4. Fairleigh Dickinson – 316-305-299 (+56)
5. LIU Brooklyn – 317-313-291 (+57)
6. Saint Francis U – 314-303-307 (+60)
7. Mount St. Mary’s – 315-307-306 (+64)
8. St. Francis Brooklyn – 324-325-317 (+101)
9. Wagner College – 314-338-317 (+105)

Individual Standings
1. Florian Schroedl, FDU – 73-74-68 (-1)
2. Max Palmer RMU – 73-74-72 (+3)
3. Kyle Grube, RMU – 75-73-72 (+4)
4. Saptak Talwar, SHU – 71-73-77 (+5)
5. Nacho Gomez, MSM – 72-76-75 (+7)
T6. Nick Piersall, BRY – 81-77-68 (+10)
T6. Ryan Brown, BRY – 77-77-72 (+10)
T6. Matthew Stafford, BRY – 74-74-78 (+10)
T9. Dominic Stevens, SFU – 75-75-78 (+12)
T9. Hector Gutierrez, SHU – 76-73-79 (+12)