DAgostino Leads Tech with Medalist Honor to a Team Second Place Finish

VIERA, Fla. — The Florida Tech Men’s Golf Team finish two strokes shy of the championship title after leading the 2007 Panther Invitational in the first two
rounds at the Duran Golf Club. The Eagles of Florida Gulf Coast pulled it together in the final round to take the 4th annual Panther Invite with a winning
score of 892, while Tech finished a close second with 894. After holding the low round on the first round a 297 and a 299 second round they finished with a
298 on the third round.

“I have more faith in the Tech men’s golf team this season than in the past three year’s I have been involved with the golf program,” said head coach Pat
Cappola. “This year should take the men’s golf team to a higher level we have seen in the four year history.”

Leading the way for Tech, along with topping the three round leader board of the Par 74 course and 7,127 yardage course was David D’Agostino (Melbourne,
Fla.). D’Agostino notches his first collegiate career medalists honors shooting a one over for the entire tourney with 73-72-72 for the winning total of
217. The math education major finished one stroke better than the second place finisher Devin Spies, from local opponent Brevard Community College, despite
Spies grabbing the Invitational low round in the final eighteen with a 67 for a three round tally of 218.

“All of David’s hard work, practice ethic, and dedication has paid huge dividends,” said Cappola. “I am extremely pleased with his accomplishments on and
off the course as a student-athlete.”

Eighteen different teams entered along with ten individuals from fifteen different schools and one international academy. A total of 99 players golfed in
the fourth annual Panther Invitational. Six different Sunshine State Conference schools participated including the Crimson and Gray duffers. Other teams
included fellow NCAA Division II and NAIA institutions along with an international program that came from as far away as France to play.

SSC opponents Lynn University, Nova Southeastern University, Eckerd College, Saint Leo University and the University of Tampa took the opportunity to play
a pre-SSC tournament at the Duran Golf Club.

Also finishing in the top five as an awardee included Tech’s junior Dan Moline (Duluth, Minn.) pushing forward to a 3rd place finish despite a shoulder
injury. Moline jumped five places to grab the bronze honors with a 76-75-71 for a 222 three-round score. Moline was the only Panther to shoot below par in
the entire 54 holes.

“I was in the emergency room all night on Thursday with Danny due to a shoulder separation, he iced it and did not swing until Sunday night, ” said
Capolla. “He played 36 holes on Monday and the final round today without complaint…it was a miracle that he could even play let alone playing one of the
best three rounds in his life.”

Senior Justin Regier (East Amherst, N.Y.) also concluded the invite in the top ten tied for 8th place finishing with a 73-76-76 for a 225. Seniors’ Jeff
Wittup (Calgary, Alberta) and Anthony Klingensmith (Kissimmee, Fla.) rounded out the Florida Tech “A” Team (Red Team) at 26th and 40th respectively with
Wittup shooting a 230 and Klingensmith a 235.

Florida Tech’s B team (Yellow Team) placed 15th out of 18 teams with a team tally of 322-317-321 for a 960. Sophomore Thad Clancy (Los Alamos, N.M.) led
his five with a 37th place finish. He shot a 79-76-78 for the three days for a 233. Freshman David Thompson (Pace, Fla.) made his first collegiate
appearance shooting a 241 (80-76-85) for the two days. One stroke off was freshman Christian Vezjak (Cochabamba, Bolivia) with a 69th finish at 81-81-80
for 242. Sophomore Jason Giffin (Halifax, Nova Scotia) and freshman Cory Menter (Jacksonville, Fla.) rounded out the yellow team finishing tied for 86th
place.

Tech also had two individuals out of the 10 allotted spots. Newcomer and freshman William Portofollio (Ridgewood, N.J.) and sophomore Tim Lamb (Locust
Valley, N.Y.) were the final two of the eighteen man Panther Roster that earned spots into the tourney. Portofollio played well finishing tied for 59th
shooting 77-79-84 for a three round 240, while Lamb placed tied for 76th with a 245 (82-77-86)54 hole event.

Florida Tech will be back in action in two weeks traveling to Valdosta, Georgia to golf in the Blazer Invitational at the Kinderlou Forest Golf Club on
March 18th thru the 20th.

Panther Invitational
Dates: 03/05-03/06, 2007
Round: 3
* Individual
Par-Yardage: 72-7127

Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores
1 Florida Gulf Coast U 304 298 290 892
2 Florida Inst of Tech 297 299 298 894
3 Nova Southeastern U. 309 299 295 903
4 Eckerd College 318 300 290 908
5 Brevard CC 309 306 295 910
6 Johnson & Wales U-FL 306 308 305 919
Lynn University 311 310 298 919
8 Belmont Abbey Coll. 304 323 297 924
9 Flagler College 321 308 302 931
10 Coker College 316 309 310 935
11 St. Leo University 312 309 320 941
12 Brevard CC 322 322 309 953
13 Tampa, U. of 325 315 315 955
West Georgia, U. of 319 316 320 955
15 Florida Tech B 322 317 321 960
16 American Academy 338 307 319 964
17 St. Andrews Presby. 343 315 315 973
18 Covenant College 349 341 341 1031

Fin. Top 20 Players School Scores
1 David D’Agostino FL Tech 73 72 72 217
2 Devin Spies BCC 78 73 67 218
3 Federico Celano Lynn U. 74 78 70 222
Dan Moline FL Tech 76 75 71 222
5 Kyle Henderson FL GulfCoU 77 74 72 223
Greg O’Mohony NovaSE’ern 77 72 74 223
7 Scott Aydelotte Lynn U. 75 74 75 224
8 David Venegas Jnsn&WlsFL 76 75 74 225
Steven Taylor FL GulfCoU 75 76 74 225
Justin Regier FL Tech 73 76 76 225
11 Constantin Schwierz NovaSE’ern 79 74 73 226
Alister Munro FL GulfCoU 75 72 79 226
Jaime Zabala FL GulfCoU 77 76 73 226
*Michael Davenport NovaSE’ern 81 74 71 226
15 David Johnson BCC 82 72 73 227
David Kim BCC B 79 73 75 227
Greg Damitio AGA 78 72 77 227
Peter Kolosvary NovaSE’ern 77 77 73 227
19 C. J. Denmark Eckerd 82 76 70 228
Christian Blancett BCC B 77 75 76 228
Dave Tobon Jnsn&WlsFL 72 80 76 228
Joe Campbell B. Abbey 77 78 73 228

2 Florida Inst of Tech (Red) 297 299 298 894
1 David D’Agostino 73 72 72 217
T 3 Dan Moline 76 75 71 222
T 8 Justin Regier 73 76 76 225
T 26 Jeff Wittup 75 76 79 230
T 40 Anthony Klingensmith 77 78 80 235

15 Florida Tech B (Yellow) 322 317 321 960
T 37 Thad Clancy 79 76 78 233
T 65 David Thompson 80 76 85 241
T 69 Christian Vezjak 81 81 80 242
T 86 Jason Giffin 88 84 82 254
T 86 Cory Mentor 82 91 81 254

Individuals
T 59 Will Portfollio FL Tech 77 79 84 240
T 76 Tim Lamb FL Tech 82 77 86 245