Burak and Fujihara Honored with First MAAC Golfer of the Month Award for 2014-15
MAAC Sports
EDISON, N.J. – Fairfield University’s Steve Burak was named the MAAC Men’s Golfer of the Month for September, while the University of Albany’s Paige Fujihara earned the honor on the women’s side.
Fairfield senior Steve Burak helped guide the Fairfield University men’s golf team to a third place finish while being crowned the Rutgers Invitational champion at the tournament held at the Rutgers University Golf Course on September 19 and 20. Burak began the tournament shooting a 68 and 66 while he carded a one-over 72 during the final round of play. He finished the tournament with a score of 206, just one stroke ahead of Rutgers’ Jacob Stockl. At the Hartford Hawks Invitational on September 22 and 23, Burak shot a three-round score of 231, which tied classmate Ricky Dowling for 48th place overall. Burak shot a 76 in the final round after posting a 76 in the first round and a 79 in the second round. Burak helped the Stags to a 13th overall finish with a three day collective team score of 922.
Sophomore Paige Fujihara led the University of Albany to a 5th place finish amongst 15 competing teams at the Tignanelli Towson Invitational to open up the 2014 season. Individually, Fujihara tied for 8th place overall in the field of 79 participants, shooting a first round 76 and a second round 77 for a two day total of 153. In the Great Danes' home quad match on September 21, she tied for 5th place among the field of 23 players leading the University of Albany to a 2nd place finish which included wins over MAAC rivals Siena and Niagara. Most recently, Fujihara shot an 83-76-75 for a three day total of 234 and tied for 44th overall in a competitive field of 86 golfers at the 54-hole Yale Women's Fall Intercollegiate this past weekend.
The 2015 Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships will be held April 23-26 at Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
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The MAAC, headquartered in Edison, N.J., consists of 11 member institutions for 2014: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University and Siena College. For more on the conference please visit, www.maacsports.com. Be sure to follow the MAAC on Facebook and Twitter: @MAACSports.