QU Women's Golf Completes 36-Hole First Day At Chesapeake Bay Invitational In 13th Place

Saturday, September 20

US Naval Academy Golf Course - Annapolis, Md.US Naval Academy Golf Course - Annapolis, Md.

Quinnipiac University

Chesapeake Bay Invitational, 1st Round

QU Women's Golf Completes 36-Hole First Day At Chesapeake Bay Invitational In 13th Place

9/20/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland. – The Quinnipiac University women's golf team completed the first day of the Chesapeake Bay Invitational at the Naval Academy Golf Course. The Bobcats plugged through the first 36 holes of the 54-hole, two-day tournament to finish 13^th out of 15 teams.

"Not a very succesful day, although Emily Ribbins played well, as well as Nicole Scola," head coach John O'Connor said. "Alexa Gentile started off strong but did not match that in the second round. We played 36 holes today, which is extremely tiring, but we're looking forward to another round tomorrow."

Place	Name	1st Rd.	2nd Rd.	Total
T17	Nicole Scola	80	79	159
T35	Emily Ribbins	82	81	163
65	Alexa Gentile	83	89	172
T67	Estefania Morales	86	89	175
81	Angelica Muscatelli	96	103	199

Sophomore Nicole Scola (Westerly, Rhode Island) led the Bobcats with at +15 (80-79-159). Scola was one of 15 players in the field to par 20 or more out of the 36 holes played on Saturday. She also tied Alexa Gentile (Avon, Connecticut) for the team lead with two birdies, each, for the day.

Emily Ribbins (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) landing four strokes behind Scola. Ribbins shot an 82 on the first 18 holes before closing with an 81 for +19 (163) for a tie of 63^rd place. Gentile shot the second-best 18-hole round of her career with an 83 for the first round before carding a 89 on the second round for a 172 for her second-best 36-hole total of her career.

Towson led the field after the tournament's first two rounds, followed by Penn, Dartmouth, Lehigh and Sacred Heart and Richmond to round-out the top five. Navy, Saint Francis, Delaware State and Hofstra gave the field a top 10, while the bottom third was populated by Monmouth and Wagner ahead of Quinnipiac, followed by Randolph-Macon and St. Francis-Brooklyn.

Place	School	1st Rd.	2nd Rd.	Total
1.	Towson	308	307	615
2.	Penn	314	305	619
3.	Dartmouth	316	319	635
4.	Lehigh	316	322	638
T5.	Sacred Heart	323	317	640
T5.	Richmond	319	321	640
7.	Navy	332	315	647
8.	Saint Francis	321	328	649
9.	Delaware State	335	316	651
10.	Hofstra	328	325	653
11.	Monmouth	322	335	657
12.	Wagner	335	323	658
13.	Quinnipiac	331	338	669
14.	Randolph-Macon	352	347	699
15.	St. Francis-Brooklyn	346	368	714

Quinnipiac returns to action on Sunday, Sept. 21 with the final 18 holes of the Chesapeake Bay Invitational at the Naval Academy Golf Course in Annapolis, Maryland.