Saint Vincent Caps Terrific 2012-13 Season With Program’s First PAC Men’s Golf Title
The Saint Vincent men's golf program won its first PAC men's golf title Tuesday afternoon at Cedarbrook Golf Club in Belle Vernon, Pa.

Saint Vincent Caps Terrific 2012-13 Season With Program’s First PAC Men’s Golf Title

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Final Results
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2013 All-PAC Honorees
1. Micah Markantone (SVC)^!    74-73-147
2. Tim Barto (SVC)!    75-74-149
3. Sam Cline (SVC)!    75-76-151
T4. Conor Eckhardt (GRO)!    77-75-152
T4. Michael Marcagi (TMC)!    76-76-152
T4. Matt Sterns (W&J)!    72-80-152
T7. Blake Brogan (GRO)$    73-80-153
T7. Colin Izzo (W&J)$    77-76-153
T7. Tim Novic (W&J)$    79-74-153
T7. Bryan Smith (THI)$    79-74-153
^ – 2013 PAC Medalist / MVP
! – 2013 All-PAC First Team
$ - 2013 All-PAC Second Team
BELLE VERNON, Pa. – Carrying a 12 stroke lead into the 2013 Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Spring Golf Championships, the Saint Vincent College men’s golf program combined for a two-day total of 599 to secure its first PAC men’s golf title Tuesday afternoon at Cedarbrook Golf Club.

The Bearcats entered the final day of the championships with a 16-stroke lead over second-place Washington & Jefferson College and used a low round of 298 on Tuesday to secure a 27-stroke victory with a four-round shot total of 1,204.

Saint Vincent sophomore Micah Markantone became the second-straight Bearcat golfer to win PAC Player of the Year honors after junior Sam Cline's win in 2012.  Markantone’s 73 tied him for the best round of the day on Tuesday with Grove City College sophomore Christian Locher and helped him finish just two strokes ahead of sophomore teammate Tim Barto (75-74-149) for medalist honors.

Markantone carded a two-day total of 147 (74-73) over two-day spring event. He was also named the 2012 PAC Fall Golf Invitational medalist.

W&J finished second with a four-round total of 1,231, followed by Grove City in third (1,243), Thiel College in fourth (1,245), Thomas More College in fifth (1,276), Westminster College in sixth (1,314) and Bethany College in seventh (1,487). Waynesburg University finished the two-day spring event with a four-player stroke total of 722 but competed only as individuals during the Fall Golf Invitational.

Saint Vincent head coach Dr. Tom Cline was named PAC Coach of the Year after guiding his Bearcat program to the conference title Tuesday afternoon.

The conference title for Saint Vincent gives them the PAC’s automatic qualifying bid to the 2013 NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championship, which is being hosted by the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Destin, Fla. from May 14-17.

The PAC Championship format features four rounds of competition -- two in the fall and two in the spring. Each of the four rounds count toward the team championship, while Conference Player of the Year and individual All-PAC teams are determined exclusively by scores at the 36-hole PAC Spring Championship.