Siena's Abbondandolo Wins Cornell Invitational
Siena Sports Information
Ithaca, NY - Siena College men's golfer Dan Abbondandolo won his second straight individual title at the Cornell Invitational after the second round of play was cancelled due to inclement weather.
Delaware (287) won by the slimmest of margins, capturing the team trophy by just one single stroke over the Saints (288) in denying the Green and Gold its first team victory since coming from behind on the final day to capture the Hofstra Invitational on Oct. 13 of last year.
Almost a year ago to the day, Abbondandolo captured his first of what has turned out to be several individual championships, claiming victory on a playoff hole at last season's Cornell Invitational.
Abbondandolo fired a first round score of 67 to finish five under par and claim victory over Delaware's Stephen Scialo (69) who proved to be his nearest competition.
Freshman Justin Deitz (-1) joined Abbondandolo as one of two Saints to finish under par. He completed the tournament tied for fifth overall. The Siena team as a whole was equally strong as no player finished worse than four over par.