RIVERHEAD, N.Y.  – Led by senior captain and 2012 Capital One NCAA Division II Academic All-America Matt Michel (Danvers, Mass./Danvers HS), the Bentley University golf team captured the 13-team Peter King Memorial, which concluded Saturday at Long Island National Golf Club.

The Falcons posted back-to-back 300's in the tournament, finishing with a 36-hole team score of 600, identical to UMass-Lowell. However, Bentley was declared the team titlist by virtue of a better second-day score by its fifth man. For the tournament, all ten Falcon scores were in the 70's.

It was a key victory for coach Mickey Herron's team, which entered the weekend eighth in this week's NCAA Division II East Region rankings. Lowell was number seven this week, sixth-place Concordia College was fifth in the regional poll and eighth-place Dowling College was sixth.

Michel turned in a one-over 72 Saturday and finished third at 145, two strokes back of medalist Shane Dobesh of Roberts Wesleyan, who won a playoff with UMass-Lowell's Sylvain Debiais.

Bentley's number two man was freshman Malcolm Oliver (Damariscotta, Maine/Lincoln Academy), who tied for sixth at 75-74-149, with his second round score his best as a collegian.

Also contributing to Bentley's first team title of the year were sophomore Jon Stoddard (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury HS) (76-75-151), freshman Sal Visali (West Barnstable, Mass./Barnstable HS) (76-79-155) and senior Dan McQueen (Topsfield, Mass./Masconomet Reg. HS) (78-79-157).

Bentley's next action is the Mike Bello Invitational in Baldwinsville, N.Y. Apr. 14-15.

PETER KING MEMORIAL
At Long Island National, Riverhead, N.Y.
Final 

Team Scoring: 1. Bentley 300-300-600*, 2. UMass-Lowell 302-298-600, 3. Roberts Wesleyan 298-307-605; 4. Daemen 303-313-616, 5. Goldey Beacom 303-314-617; 6. Concordia (NY) 304-315-619; 7. Nyack 306-314-620, 8. Dowling 320-303-623, 9. Southern New Hampshire 310-323-633, 10. Le Moyne 312-322-634, 11. Assumption 322-327-649, 11. Dominican 322-332-654, 13. Felician 341-339-680. (Bentley declared champion by virtue of better second-day fifth-man score) 

Top Individuals: 1. Shane Dobesh, Roberts Wesleyan, 74-69-143 (won playoff); 2. Sylvain DeBiais, UMass-Lowell, 73-70-143; 3. Matt Michel, Bentley, 73-72-145; 4. Andrew Fecteau, UMass-Lowell, 74-74-148; 4. Brett Moore, Goldey Beacom, 73-75-148.

Other Bentley Scores: Malcolm Oliver 75-74-149, Jon Stoddard 76-75-151, Sal Visali 76-79-155, Dan McQueen 78-79-157.