QU Women's Golf Opens Fall Schedule At Navy Fall Invitational

QUINNIPIAC BOBCATS at NAVY FALL INVITATIONAL
DATE: Sept. 10-11, 2016
LOCATION: U.S. Naval Academy Golf Course // Annapolis, Marlyand

The Quinnipiac University women's golf team will travel to Annapolis, Maryland to compete in the 2016 Navy Fall Invitational at the United States Naval Academy Golf Course in Annapolis, Maryland.

THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY GOLF COURSE
The U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club is a private, university golf course owned by the Naval Academy. It is operated by the Naval Academy Golf Association (NAGA), which is affiliated with the Naval Academy Athletic Association (NAAA). NAGA originally owned a nine-hole course established in 1916 which was adjacent to the Naval Academy Yard. However, the current golf course was acquired by the Naval Academy around 1939, when it was redesigned by renowned architect William Flynn (Shinnecock Hills, Cherry Hills, Upper Cascades).

The 18-hole course features 6,611 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 71. The course rating is 71.7 and it has a slope rating of 128.

The golf course serves approximately 600 annual members and their spouses. In addition, it serves as the home course for the Brigade of Midshipmen and all of the faculty and staff at the Naval Academy. Active duty and retired military personnel also have access to the course. The golf course averages roughly 30,000 rounds per year, and is open year round, weather permitting.

THE BOBCATS LAST TIME IN THE NAVY FALL INVITATIONAL

Quinnipiac finished eighth with a combined 963, which fell a stroke behind Hofstra (962) for seventh place.
Luciana Tobia (La Paz, Bolivia) completed an impressive collegiate debut with the second-best 54-hole score in program history. On Saturday, Sept. 19 Tobia finished tied for seventh out of 64 golfers after shooting a 75 for the first round to go with a 78 for the second round for a combined 153. She followed with a 79 on the final round on Sunday to wrap-up the tournament with a 231 – two strokes off the program record set for a 54-hole tournament set by Nicole Scola(Westerly, Rhode Island) at the 2013 Yale Women's Fall Invitational.
Caitlan Blydenburgh (Castleton, New York) finished tied for 25^th after following her first-day totals of 78 and 79 with an 82 over the final 18 holes of the tournament to finish with a 239.
Julia Kemmling (Berlin, Connecticut) showed the biggest improvement of all six Quinnipiac golfers on Sunday. Kemmling trimmed seven strokes off her previous round to shoot a team-best 77, which was also Quinnipiac's second-best 18-hole score of the tournament. Kemmling started the day tied for 41^st place after shooting an 82 and 84 on the first two rounds on Saturday, but finished with a 243 over 54 holes for a tie of 34^th place.

MEET THE BOBCATS COMPETING AT THE NAVY FALL INVITATIONAL
LUCIANA TOBIA-PALZA (So., La Paz, Bolivia/IMG Academy)

2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year
2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year
2016 All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll
Two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Golfer of the Week
ECAC Women's Golf Rookie of the Month for March
Led the team with a 79.10 average in 29 rounds in 12 tournaments – good for the second-best season average in program history
Was one of two players to play in all 12 of Quinnipiac tournaments
Her 29 rounds played are the second-most in a single-season in program history
Was one of two golfers last season to have 100% of her scores in a single-season count
Broke the program single-season and freshman record with 44 birdies
Three tournaments wins (DSU Hornets Invitational, Hartford Invitational, MAAC Championship) in a single-season were a program record
Broke the program single-round record with a 70 (-2) on the second day of the Dartmouth Invitational

JULIA KEMMLING (So., Berling, Connecticut/Berlin HS)

2016 All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team
2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll
Second on the team with a 80.00 average
Was one of two players to compete in all 12 tournaments in 2015-16 and was the only player to compete in all 30 rounds
Her 74 ( 2) for the first round at the MAAC Championship was a season- and career-best and ranks as the third-best score of the season for the Bobcats
Eight her 30 rounds were in the 70's, second among all Quinnipiac golfers in 2015-16
Shot a 229 at the MAAC Championship, good for 5^th place and All-MAAC honors
Her 229 at the MAAC Championship was also the second-best 54-hole score in program history
Her 149 over the first two rounds of the 2016 MAAC Championship broke the program's postseason 36-hole record
Shot a 244 ( 28) at the 2016 NCAA Bryan Regional, leading the team with a 79 for the first round and a
Her 42 birdies are the second-most for a freshman in program history and the second-most in a single season by any Quinnipiac athlete
Set a Quinnipiac record for single-season Par 5 scoring (5.2478)

NICOLE SCOLA (Sr., Westerly, Rhode Island/The Prout School)

2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team
2014 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year
2014 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team
2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll
Ranked third in the Bobcats' line-up with a 81.77 average in 12 rounds across nine tournaments
Her 81.77 average is the fifth-best single-season average in program history
Led Quinnipiac with five sub-par holes, which ranked 450^th out of 5,359 NCAA Division I women's golfers
Her 19 counting scores in 22 rounds (86.4%) ranked 15^th all-time at Quinnipiac
Her 28 birdies rank fourth in a single-season in Quinnipiac history
Her 154 ( 14) at the Quinnipiac Classic on Oct. 14-15, 2015 ranks as the 15^th best 36-hole score in program history, while her 231 ( 21) for the tournament ranks as the seventh best 54-hole score in program history
Broke the program record for career birdies (83)

CAITLAN BLYDENBURGH (So., Castleton, New York/Columbia HS)

Averaged 83.51 in 14 rounds in six tournaments
Shot a season-best 78 ( 6) at the Navy Fall Invitational on Sept. 21, 2015, which was the sixth-best round of the season for the Bobcats
Followed with a 79 ( 7) the second round for a 157 ( 13) for her top 36-hole score of the season; her 239 ( 23) at the 54-hole Navy Fall Invitational is the 11^th best 54-hole round in program history
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll selection

ALEXANDRA SAZHIN (Fr., New Fairfield, Connecticut/Greenwich HS)

Three-time All-State Selection at Greenwich (Conn.) High School
Three-time New England qualifier
Won the 2016 WMGA/MGA Women's Public Links Championship
Finished second at the 2016 Major Championship at Mohegan Sun
Won the 2015 Future Collegians Women's Tour Open
Tied for second at the FCWT Junior Golf Open
Won Medalist honors in leading Greenwhich (Conn.) High School to the 2014 FCIAC Girl's Golf Championship as a junior
Helped Greenwich to three FCIAC Championships in four years

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