Oct. 2, 2008

Loudonville, N.Y. - Siena men's golf senior co-captain Dan Abbondandolo and sophomore women's golfer Katelynn Mannix were named the MAAC Men's and Women's Golfers of the Month for September this afternoon as announced by conference headquarters in Edison, N.J. Both golfers each won one individual tournament during the month, while placing in the top-10 in each invitational.

An Oyster Bay Cove, N.Y. native, Abbondandolo had an excellent month of September, finishing in the top-3 in each of his two tournaments. He shot a two round score of 140 to finish two under par for the weekend in placing third overall at the Navy Invitational. He followed that up by capturing the Cornell Invitational for a second consecutive season, shooting a five under par score of 67 during the only round of competition.

Since earning his first career win at last year's Cornell Invitational, Abbondandolo has now captured individual tournament wins in four of his last ten tournaments.

Mannix, the reigning MAAC Rookie of the Year, carried over her momentum from capturing the individual title at last season's MAAC Championship by winning her first regular season invitational this fall. The Plattsburgh, N.Y. native fired a two round score of 148 to capture the Dartmouth Invitational crown, besting 94 other golfers in the field. She was nearly as impressive a week later at the Princeton Invitational, finishing in the top-10 of a highly competitive field.

This is the third consecutive MAAC golfer of the month award for Mannix, who also claimed honors for both March and April of last season.

The Siena men's team returns to the links on Oct. 10 for the first round of the ECAC Championships in Riverhead, N.Y. while the women's team returns to action on Oct. 9 for the Rutgers Invitational.