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Fayetteville, PA – For the first time since 2004, the Northeast Conference (NEC) men's golf trophy was held high by LIU.

In a three-way race for the title that went down to the final hole, LIU freshman Jan Rybczynski (Poland) sank a pressure-filled 16-foot putt to secure the Sharks' two-stroke win. The event was contested at the Penn National Golf Club Founders Course in Fayetteville, PA. 

Shooting a 897 over the 54 holes, LIU edged Sacred Heart (899) by two strokes and FDU by six strokes. LIU and FDU had entered the final round tied for the lead with SHU two strokes back. 

It marked the second title in program history the Sharks, who had all four of their scoring golfers finish in the top-15.

Bryant claimed the fourth spot (915), followed by Mount St. Mary's (941), St. Francis U (942) and Wagner (960) ended in fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively.

Sacred Heart's Saptak Talwar (New Delhi, India/International Junior Golf Academy) became the fifth player in NEC history to become a two-time winner of the individual title, finishing seven shots clear of the field, shooting a three-under 213. His 54-hole score tied for the third-lowest in championship history. Talwar, who won the individual crown as a freshman in 2018 and finished fourth in 2019, joined FDU's Dennis Toomey (1990-91), Greg Harold (1991-92) and Tom Crist (1993-94), and Monmouth's Anthony Campanile (2005, 2008) as repeat champions. Talwar was the only golfer to fire a sub-70 round - he shot a 69 on Saturday - and recorded a championship-best 40 pars made, to go along with nine birdies.

Rybczynski paced LIU, finishing tied for second overall (73-74-73=220) with FDU's Florian Schreodl (Berlin, Germany/Hans Carossa Oberschule) (72-74-74=220), the 2019 NEC individual champion. Both shot a 4-over 220 over 54 holes.

LIU's Jesse Macnaughtan (Sydney, Australia/Oak Hills College (76-76-72=224) tied for the second-best round of the day with an even-par 72 to move up to sixth place for the Sharks.

SHU's Marcus Lim (Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia/UCSI International School) (77-74-72=223), who improved four places to finish tied for fourth, and Nathan Kim (Los Angeles, CA/The Pilgrim School) (77-71-76=224) who tied for sixth, gave the Pioneers three top-10 finishers. Both Kim and Lim recorded 11 birdies, the most of the competition.

FDU's Jaime Julve (Ibiza, Spain) tied for fourth with a (75-75-73=223). 

Bryant finished with three golfers in the top-10, led by Nick Piersall (Portland, CT/Portland) (75-73-76=224), who tied for sixth overall. Teammates Dan Kurson (Newton, MA/ Newton North) and Tyler Hahn (Avon, CT/Avon) tied for ninth with the Mount's Igancio "Nacho" Gomez (Marbella, Spain/Swans International School) and Saint Francis U's Marc-Antoine Hotte (Mascouche, Quebec). Kurson jumped eight spots after shooting even-part today, while Nacho improved by four spots in a round that included a pair of eagles.
 
Team Standings
1. LIU - 303-299-295=897
2. Sacred Heart - 310-294-295=899
3. Fairleigh Dickinson - 300-302-301=903
4. Bryant - 305-304-306=915
5. Mount St. Mary's - 318-314-309=941
6. Saint Francis U - 324-310-308=942
7. Wagner - 327-317-316=960

Individual Standings (Top-10)
1. Saptak Talwar, SHU - 73-69-71=213
T2. Jan Rybczynski, LIU - 73-74-73=220
T2. Florian Schroedl, FDU - 72-74-74=220
T4. Marcus Lim, SHU - 77-74-72=223
T4. Jaime Julve, FDU - 75-75-73=223
T6. Jesse Macnaughtan, LIU - 76-76-72=224
T6. Nathan Kim, SHU - 76-76-72=224
T6. Nick Piersall, BRY - 77-71-76=224
T9. Dan Kurson, BRY - 78-78-72=228
T9. Ignacio Gomez, MSM - 77-76-75=228
T9. Marc-Antoine Hotte, SFU - 78-73-77=228
T9. Tyler Hahn, BRY - 74-74-80=228