BEVERLY, Mass. — Following another successful championship last fall, the Roger Williams University Hawks put another championship defense on the line on October 4-5 when the CNE takes to the links at Tumble Brook Country Club in Bloomfield, CT. The Championship will be hosted by the University of Hartford.
Endicott College
Endicott will look to capture its tenth Conference Championship (8x CCC, 1x TCCC) – golf’s first Conference of New England (CNE) Championship – this fall. (make this about total titles, because people will confuse it being total vs rebrand). The Gulls will have two dates of competition – both being in September – to prepare for their CNE Title chase on October 4-5 in Bloomfield, Conn. at the Tumble Brook Country Club, hosted by Hartford. The roster for the Blue and Green contains one freshman, six sophomores, three juniors, and three seniors. Myles O’Quinn (Durham, N.H.) will hope to build off of his strong freshman season after being named CNE Co-Rookie of the Year in 2024-2025. Connor LaCross (Upton, Mass.) and Spencer White (Litchfield, Conn.) have been named captains of this year’s squad.
Additions: Quinn Mathews
Graduated: Tyler Baker, Brady Burke, and Will Pierce
Gordon College
Gordon finished third at last year’s CNE Championships. Cole Scannell finished tied for seventh on the individual leaderboard to claim All-CNE honors. The Fighting Scots open the 2025-26 season September 3 at the John Queenan Memorial Invitational hosted by Saint Joseph’s College (Maine).
Additions: N/A
Graduated: Mario Mateo
Nichols College
After taking 7th in last year’s CNE Championship, the Bison begin a new era of its rich history under first-year head coach Don Lemieux. Nichols enters the season with a 12-man roster, which includes a balanced batch of six incoming student athletes, as well as six returners. Of the returning corps, senior Cam Desante stands out after averaging 80 (+8) throughout the entire fall campaign in 2024, which was through seven total rounds played. The Bison kick off their campaign at the 6th Annual Warrior Invitational, hosted by Eastern Connecticut State at Mohegan Sun, on September 8th & 9th.
ADDITIONS: Tyler Labonte, Alec Leduc, Trent Pichie, Logan Rawson, Luca Scatto , Owen Shearer, Braydon Simpkins
GRADUATED: Colby Allen, Louis Denison, Antonio Facente, Jake Goldberg, Evan Libby, Tyler Pearson, Luke Sargent, Drew Stanton
Roger Williams University
The Roger Williams University Men’s Golf team is set to begin its 2025–26 season, looking to defend its Conference of New England (CNE) title and make a deeper push on the NCAA Division III stage. The fall schedule opens September 8–9 at the 6th Annual Warrior Invitational at Mohegan Sun Golf Club, followed by the Bowdoin College Invitational on September 27. The Hawks will then aim to defend their conference crown at the CNE Championship on October 4–5 before competing in the Skidmore Fall Invitational (Oct. 11–12) and closing the fall slate at the NEIGA Tournament (Oct. 18–19). Returning five starters and four reserves from last year’s championship roster, RWU boasts depth and experience. Key returners Ryan Dacey, Sammy Johnson, and Will Lafrance, alongside sophomores Dante Hardt and Josh Peterson, are expected to lead the charge as the Hawks look to sustain their dominance and build momentum heading into the spring.
Additions: Unknown
Graduates: Cal Tryder
Suffolk University
CNE Finish: 6th of 9
Returners: 7 | Graduated: 2 | Newcomers: 1
Suffolk men’s golf enters its second season in the Joshua Brickley era with a veteran-heavy roster of seven returners. Senior co-captain Christopher Sinopoli, a staple on the blue-and-gold’s line-up card throughout his career and an all-conference performer as a sophomore, highlights the student-athletes back in blue-and-gold. One fresh face, true freshman Joshue Gross will join that group that finished sixth at the CNE Championships and 13th at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) Championship last season.
The Rams are set for their opener, the St. Lawrence Invitational, Sept. 6-7, in Canton, New York, at the Oliver D. Appleton Golf Course.
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Additions: Dominic Meyers, Milaad Madadi
Graduated: Nico Alonso, Dan Clapp, Luke Boccelli, Ben Mariorenzi
Under the direction of fourth-year head coach Mike Williams, Wentworth looks to improve upon its standing from last season. With five returning student-athletes, including a pair of sophomores who had strong rookie campaigns, the Leopards have the experience to make a move at the CNE Tournament. Jon Dumais comes off a rookie campaign that saw him earn All-CNE honors after finishing tied for 12th at the conference championship. He, along with classmate Garrett Kendall combined for five top 10 finishes a season ago. Junior captains Ethan Lackner and Ryan Vincent return for the Leopards, providing leadership, while junior Pablo Artero is also back for his third season.
University of Hartford
Hartford Men’s Golf is eager and excited to step into their second year of Conference of New England play in 2025. Led by Head Coach Pete Stankavich, an essentially brand-new Hawks roster looks to take on conference opponents. The Hawks will kick their season off at the Duke Nelson Invitational, hosted by Middlebury College on Sep. 13
Additions: Shawn Amari, Tim Kaley, Griffin La Londe, Zack MacMillan, Brady Sullivan, Manolo Vargas
Returners:Jake Miller, Ethan Archibald
University of New England
The University of New England and 21st-year head coach Kasey Keenan begin the 2025-26 campaign on September 3 at the John Queenan Memorial hosted by Saint Joseph's College. The Nor'easters return their second, third, and fourth-ranked scorers from last season, including senior Ben Donahue, who had two runner-up finishes and four top-10s to go with a 78.0 scoring average. Junior Owen Lee joins the program from Southern Maine Community College, where he was one of the top performers in 2024-25.
Additions: Noah Fay, Jimmy Hulland, Casey Huse, Owen Lee, Logan Wood
Graduates: Trevor Flanagan, Tyler Politano, Aidan Fontaine
Western New England University
The Western New England men’s golf team showed steady improvement last season, led by their Conference of New England Co-Rookie of the Year Derek Johnson (Mountain Top, Pa.). Johnson broke the Western New England men’s golf 18-hole round record last season, shooting a 66 overall (-4), breaking a record that had stood for over 20 years in the program’s history to cap off his freshman season. Johnson averaged a 74.4 score last season and finished tied for third overall in the CNE Championship event. Alex Noti (Odessa, Fla.) also impressed during his first season in blue and gold and is projected to start for the Golden Bears in his sophomore season. Noti shot under a 77 in all five spring events last season and played in the CNE Championships.
Western New England will also have two senior captains this season in Jeremy Burke (Hooksett, N.H.) and Robert DeFeo (Derry, N.H.) to lead the pack, in hopes of their first conference title since the 2017-2018 season. The two seniors welcome three freshmen this year for the Golden Bears and will begin play on Saturday, September 13, for a two-day event at the Duke Nelson Invitational at Middlebury College.
Additions: Carter Browning, Aidan Devaney, Kody Yancey
Graduated: Dylan Fortunato, Ryan Schlehuber, Joshua Vaughan
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE OF NEW ENGLAND
Originally founded in 1984 as the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), and reconstituted as the Conference of New England (CNE) in 2024, the CNE is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed of 11 full member and five associate member institutions throughout the New England region. Its membership aims to provide student-athletes with a positive experience in their pursuit of excellence through high academic standards, quality competition and a meaningful student life. The Conference administers championships in 21 intercollegiate sports.