Sunday, October 14
LEDGEMONT CC - SEEKONK, MASS.
Quinnipiac University
at
Brown University
Women's Golf to Compete at Brown Bear Invitational
10/11/2018 12:12:00 PM | Women's Golf
HAMDEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac women's golf team continues its fall season when it travels north to Massachusetts for the Brown Bear Invitational. The tournament will feature two 18-hole rounds which will begin on Sunday, October 14 and wrap up on Monday, October 15.
What: Brown Bear Invitational
Date: Oct. 14-15, 2018
Location: Ledgemont Country Club (Seekonk, Mass.)
Course Information: Par-71, 6,123 yards (yardage is subject to change)
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
Sunday- High of 58 degrees and a low of 50 degrees. 10% of precipitation. 7 MPH wind.
Monday- High of 62 and a low of 45 degrees. 50% of precipitation. 9 MPH wind.
*Conditions are subject to change*
TOURNAMENT FIELD
12 Teams- Ivy, Big East, ACC, NEC, MAAC, Sun Belt and The Patriot League
Brown, Dartmouth, Albany, Appalachian State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Lehigh, Monmouth, Princeton, Quinnipiac, Siena, St. John's, Wagner
LAST TIME OUT
COACH O'CONNOR'S THOUGHTS ON 2018-19
CLASS OF 2022
COMING IN STRONG
Quinnipiac set a new program record for lowest team stroke average last season (310), breaking the old mark by 10 strokes.
DOMINANT FALL
The Bobcats were one of four NCAA Division I teams in the country to win three tournaments after winning the Dartmouth Invitational, the Hartford Invitational and the St. John's Invitational. Quinnipiac completed the first semester with its highest rating in program history at 124.
ACES IN THE CLASSROOM
The Quinnipiac women's golf team earned one of the top 25 team grade point averages in all of Division I during the 2018-19 season, earning All-Scholar Team distinction from the Women's Golf Coaches Association, the organization announced today. The Bobcats recorded a stellar 3.715 team GPA to rank tied for 13th in all of Division I. Quinnipiac was also tied for 21st in team grade point average in all three NCAA divisions combined.
THREE STRAIGHT MAAC HONORS FOR LAI
Sophomore Queenie Lai won the MAAC Women's Golfer of the Week honor for three straight weeks in April. She captured the honor after leading the Bobcats with a fifth-place finish with a 229 (75-78-76) at the Babs Steffens Hatter Collegiate, hosted by Stetson. She also earned it by finishing tied for third at the Low Country Intercollegiate out of 76 competitors with a 76-75-151. Earlier on the same trip, she earned her first award by coming in tied for sixth with a 78-75-153 at the Benbow Invitational in Jacksonville, Florida.
DOMINATING THE AWARDS
The three straight MAAC honors for Lai (see above) made it four straight weeks that the Bobcats have earned the MAAC Women's Golfer of the Week award when they have competed. On Feb. 28, junior Alexandra Sazhin earned the distinction after a strong showing (13th out of over 200 competitors) at the Kiaweh Island Invitational. The Bobcats were idle the week of March 7 and again last week, when they did not have a nominee.
SAZHIN BREAKS SINGLE-SEASON BIRDIE RECORD
Sazhin moved into the top spot in the Quinnipiac record books last season when she bagged three birdies in the second round of the Low Country Intercollegiate. That gave her 46 on the season, surpassing the old school record of 44, which was set by current senior Luciana Tobia-Palza as a freshman in 2015-16. Sazhin currently has 49 to lead the Bobcats, while Lai is up to 37 and Tobia-Palza has 36.
THE BOBCATS AT THE TOP
Three-time conference Coach of the Year John O'Connor's squad features two former MAAC Players and Rookies of the Year in Luciana Tobia-Palza, who earned both awards in 2016, and Alexandra Sazhin, who collected both honors in 2017. In addition, Estefania Morales also earned all-conference honors in 2017.
What: Brown Bear Invitational
Date: Oct. 14-15, 2018
Location: Ledgemont Country Club (Seekonk, Mass.)
Course Information: Par-71, 6,123 yards (yardage is subject to change)
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
- Saturday October 13 - Practice Round
- Sunday, October 14 - First Round, 18 holes
- Monday, October 15 - Second Round, 18 Holes
Sunday- High of 58 degrees and a low of 50 degrees. 10% of precipitation. 7 MPH wind.
Monday- High of 62 and a low of 45 degrees. 50% of precipitation. 9 MPH wind.
*Conditions are subject to change*
TOURNAMENT FIELD
12 Teams- Ivy, Big East, ACC, NEC, MAAC, Sun Belt and The Patriot League
Brown, Dartmouth, Albany, Appalachian State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Lehigh, Monmouth, Princeton, Quinnipiac, Siena, St. John's, Wagner
LAST TIME OUT
- The Bobcats have started strong in the fall portion of their 2018-19 schedule. Quinnipiac is coming off a solid finish at the Yale Fall Women's Intercollegiate this past weekend where the Bobcats placed 10th out of 17 teams. Quinnipiac also tied for 8th out 16 teams at the Boston College Intercollegiate a few weeks ago and placed 6th out of 16 at the Dartmouth Invitational to kick off the season.
- The Bobcats' Scores from the Dartmouth Invitational can be seen here.
- Quinnipiac's play at the Boston College Intercollegiate can be seen here.
- The scores from the Yale Fall Women's intercollegiate can be seen here.
- Alexandra Sazhin (New Fairfield, Connecticut) currently leads the Bobcats with the best scoring average, shooting an average of 77.38 so far this season.
- Elena Lopez ( Clarence, New York) is right behind with a 77.33 after starting her Quinnipiac career extremely strong.
- Sazhin and Lopez have combined for the lowest rounds so far this season as each player has scored a 72 so far this season.
- Sazhin's 72 came in the Bobcats' second round of the Yale Fall Women's Intercollegiate.
- Lopez's 72 came in the final round of the tournament as the Bobcats' individual golfer.
- Sazhin currently leads the Bobcats with 16 birdies so far this season with Lopez (12), Luciana Tobia-Palza (10) following in second and third.
COACH O'CONNOR'S THOUGHTS ON 2018-19
- "The team is anxious to begin competing and I'm confident that this group will focus on practice, continue to work hard and improve throughout the fall and in to the spring season and be ready come conference championship time."
- "This year's team is very competitive with some very talented new freshmen. The freshmen have great teammates and role models in upperclassmen and captains Julia Kemmling and Luciana Tobia in addition to very special players in rookie of the year and conference MVP Alexandra Sazhin and standout sophomores Queenie Lai and Elena Ybarra. This should be a very exciting year."
CLASS OF 2022
- The four new members of the Bobcats this fall are Elena Lopez (Clarence, N.Y. / Clarence High School), Darby Lillibridge (Geneva, Ill. / Geneva Community High School), Amanda Tully (Brewster, N.Y. / Carmel High School) and Casey Oppenheimer (Conshocken, Pa. / AIM Academy).
- The Class of 2022 will join a Bobcat program that stacks up well for the coming year, with most of its top performers returning, including senior Luciana Tobia-Palza (La Paz, Bolivia), Sazhin, and sophomores Elena Ybarra (Madrid, Spain) and Queenie Lai (Hong Kong, China), all of whom were consistent scorers last season. Quinnipiac won MAAC titles in 2016 and 2017.
COMING IN STRONG
Quinnipiac set a new program record for lowest team stroke average last season (310), breaking the old mark by 10 strokes.
DOMINANT FALL
The Bobcats were one of four NCAA Division I teams in the country to win three tournaments after winning the Dartmouth Invitational, the Hartford Invitational and the St. John's Invitational. Quinnipiac completed the first semester with its highest rating in program history at 124.
ACES IN THE CLASSROOM
The Quinnipiac women's golf team earned one of the top 25 team grade point averages in all of Division I during the 2018-19 season, earning All-Scholar Team distinction from the Women's Golf Coaches Association, the organization announced today. The Bobcats recorded a stellar 3.715 team GPA to rank tied for 13th in all of Division I. Quinnipiac was also tied for 21st in team grade point average in all three NCAA divisions combined.
THREE STRAIGHT MAAC HONORS FOR LAI
Sophomore Queenie Lai won the MAAC Women's Golfer of the Week honor for three straight weeks in April. She captured the honor after leading the Bobcats with a fifth-place finish with a 229 (75-78-76) at the Babs Steffens Hatter Collegiate, hosted by Stetson. She also earned it by finishing tied for third at the Low Country Intercollegiate out of 76 competitors with a 76-75-151. Earlier on the same trip, she earned her first award by coming in tied for sixth with a 78-75-153 at the Benbow Invitational in Jacksonville, Florida.
DOMINATING THE AWARDS
The three straight MAAC honors for Lai (see above) made it four straight weeks that the Bobcats have earned the MAAC Women's Golfer of the Week award when they have competed. On Feb. 28, junior Alexandra Sazhin earned the distinction after a strong showing (13th out of over 200 competitors) at the Kiaweh Island Invitational. The Bobcats were idle the week of March 7 and again last week, when they did not have a nominee.
SAZHIN BREAKS SINGLE-SEASON BIRDIE RECORD
Sazhin moved into the top spot in the Quinnipiac record books last season when she bagged three birdies in the second round of the Low Country Intercollegiate. That gave her 46 on the season, surpassing the old school record of 44, which was set by current senior Luciana Tobia-Palza as a freshman in 2015-16. Sazhin currently has 49 to lead the Bobcats, while Lai is up to 37 and Tobia-Palza has 36.
THE BOBCATS AT THE TOP
Three-time conference Coach of the Year John O'Connor's squad features two former MAAC Players and Rookies of the Year in Luciana Tobia-Palza, who earned both awards in 2016, and Alexandra Sazhin, who collected both honors in 2017. In addition, Estefania Morales also earned all-conference honors in 2017.
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