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Bentley's last championship came in 2014 when the Falcons finished an impressive 13 strokes ahead of Le Moyne College. They own a total of five NE-10 crowns all-time, including four since 2006. Last year's team finished third, just three strokes back of both Southern New Hampshire and Le Moyne.

A pre-tournament poll of conference coaches projects the Falcons to finish second in the ten-team field, behind Southern Hampshire. The Penmen received six firsts and 76 points in the polling while Bentley had two and 70. Collecting single first-place votes were Le Moyne and Franklin Pierce, who were third and fourth in the poll.

Coach Mickey Herron's lineup for the tournament is expected to include two juniors who have experienced success in the conference championships in the past. Brett Chatfield (Attleboro/Bishop Feehan HS) was second last year (70-71-141) and tied for tenth in 2014 (76-75-151), and Cal Meyers (Richfield, Wis./Slinger HS), the current NE-10 Golfer of the Week, tied for fifth in 2014 (72-78-150).

The rest of the lineup should be sophomores Doug Kulikowski (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland HS) and Chris Simione (Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire HS), along with senior captain John Perkins (Middleton/Phillips Andover HS).

In its first two tournaments of the season, Bentley turned in a strong performance as the only Division II team in the predominantly Division I Ryan T. Lee Memorial Tournament and captured the Quechee Division II Challenge, which included the top two teams in the NCAA Division II East/Atlantic Regional last May (Southern New Hampshire, St. Thomas Aquinas).

Meyers, the co-medalist at the Quechee, leads Bentley with a 73.5 stroke average. Kulikowski is right behind at 74.0, and both Simione (75.8) and Chatfield (76.0) also played well in both tournaments.

The latest East Region rankings, produced by Golfstat, have been listed first with St. Thomas Aquinas and Southern New Hampshire following.

2016 NE-10 Men's Golf Pre-Championship Coaches' Poll
1. So. New Hampshire – 76 Pts. (6)
2. Bentley – 70 (2)
3. Le Moyne – 67 (1)
4. Franklin Pierce – 54 (1)
5. Assumption – 46
6. Saint Rose – 45
7. American Int'l – 33
8. Adelphi – 21
9. Saint Anselm – 18
10. Saint Michael's – 15 

(#) – indicates first-place votes