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Combined results
ELMIRA, N.Y. -- Senior Matt Dalton continued his solid play Sunday during the second day of the spring portion of the Empire 8 Conference men's golf championships at Mark Twain Country Club. Dalton followed up his first-day score of 76 with an 81 Sunday to finish in a tie for second place individually to pace the Golden Flyers.

Dalton's two-day total score of 157 helped Nazareth to a third-place finish in the tournament with a team score of 672. St. John Fisher had the best score with 652, four shots better than Elmira (656). Nazareth (672), Stevens (711) and Utica (768) also competed.

Senior Josh Maxwell had rounds of 83 and 85 to finish in a tie for seventh place individually. Other Nazareth competitors were Ben Herrmann (91-83 -- 174); Frank McGuigan (91-88 -- 179); R.C. Weston (93-94 -- 187); and Mark Chambers (96-96 -- 192).

Dalton earned first-team all-conference honors and Maxwell made second team.

Empire 8 2009 All-Conference Awards
Player of the Year: Brandon Christo, Elmira
Rookie of the Year: Tyler McArdell, St. John Fisher
Coach of the Year: Dean Jackson, Elmira

First Team
Brandon Christo, sr. Elmira
Matt Dalton, sr. Nazareth
Tyler McArdell, fr. St. John Fisher
Greg Church, fr. St. John Fisher
Tom Merriam, sr. Stevens

Second Team
John Gerber, fr. St. John Fisher
Nick Decker, fr. Elmira
Alex Marcoux, fr. Elmira
Josh Maxwell, sr. Nazareth
Nick Schuler, jr. St. John Fisher

Sportsman of the Year
Brandon Christo, sr. Elmira
Matt Dalton, sr. Nazareth
Nick Schuler, jr. St. John Fisher
Scott Mozeleski, sr. Stevens
Paul Muster, sr. Utica