The Mt. Hope High School golf team met one of its stated goals for the 2025 season along with another less sought-after though still significant aim after the home Huskies swept East Providence and Tiverton in an Eastern Division match played Wednesday, April 30, at Swansea Country Club.

Head coach Wayne Lima and his golfers sought to better a team total of 160 prior to the start of their spring slate, and the locals did so last week by carding a combined score of 156 on the par 36 back side at SCC.

The Huskies also had in mind defeating East Providence, which for the last few years has been the third team in the Eastern ranks behind perennial powers Barrington and Portsmouth. The Townies managed a 179 while Tiverton shot 196.

Ben Peters and Luke Domina shared the low-nine score for the locals, each shooting 2-over 38s. Peters was even par through seven holes, before bogeying his last two. Domina had a bit of a rollercoaster round with four bogeys and two birdies, the 10th and 12th holes.

Lucas Andreozzi, with six pars and three bogeys, was right behind the duo with a 39 and Jackson Howland tallied the fourth counting score with a 41, including two birdies mixed in with two doubles.

The Huskies improved to 6-2 in league matches with the wins, but more importantly lowered their team scoring metric which is used to calculate the teams that qualify for the state tournament besides the regular season winners of the five divisions in Rhode Island.

Mt. Hope entered the new week 13th in those rankings. When the aforementioned quintet of division leaders are taken out, the Huskies were one spot out of earning an at-large bid into states. The seven non-division winning teams with the best metrics fill out the 12-team state tourney field.

"I'm proud of their work ethic. Everyone is really trying to get better," Lima said of his squad. "They're really starting to learn how to play. The biggest difference is they're better equipped to deal with bad shots or holes. We have great competition in practice, which is leading to better results in matches. Now we just need to keep it going."