Quinnipiac University
College of Charleston
QU Women's Golf To Compete In Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic on Feb. 25-27
2/24/2018 9:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
THE FIELD
Bethune Cookman, Boston University, Bucknell, Charleston Southern, College of Charleston, East Tennessee State, Elon, Fairleigh Dickinson, Georgia Southern, Georgetown, Hampton, High Point, Indiana State, IUPUI, Jacksonville, Jacksonville State, Lipscomb, Longwood, Marshall, Navy, UNCG, UNCW, Murray State, North Florida, Omaha, Presbyterian, Quinnipiac, Richmond, Samford, Sandhills Community College, SCAD, Stephen F. Austin, Stetson, St. John's, South Dakota, Tennessee Tech, Towson, USC Upstate, UT Arlington, Western Carolina, Western Kentucky and William & Mary.
COURSE INFORMATION
- Osprey Point – Kiawah Island Golf Resort – Kiawah Island, S.C. – Par 72 – 5,964 yards
- Oak Point – Kiawah Island Golf Resort – Kiawah Island, S.C. – Par 72 – 5,941 yards
TEE TIMES AND FORMAT
- Sunday, February 25 – First Round – Morning Wave 8:45 a.m. (ET) Shotgun Start and Afternoon Wave 1:30 p.m. (ET) Shotgun Start
- Monday, February 26 – Second Round – Morning Wave 8:45 a.m. (ET) Shotgun Start and Afternoon Wave 1:30 p.m. (ET) Shotgun Start
- Tuesday, February 27 – Final Round – 8:45 a.m. (ET) Shotgun Start
(22 teams at Osprey Point and teams 23-42 in Flight Championship at Oak Point)
TOURNAMENT NOTES
Tabbed as the largest collegiate golf tournament in the country, the 2018 edition of the Edwin Watts / Kiawah Island Spring Classic has expanded to 43 teams in this year's field and will be played for the fourth time in its history at Osprey Point at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort on Kiawah Island, S.C. Two courses are used for the three-day, 54-hole tournament including Oak Point. After 36 holes of play, the Top 22 teams will play for the championship at Osprey Point during the final round, while teams 23-42 will play for a flight championship at Oak Point. Last year, Coastal Carolina won the team title for the second year in a row (+6), while host College of Charleston was runner-up (+7). CofC's Laura Fuenfstueck won individual medalist honors (-8) and East Tennessee State's Hee Ying Loy was the runner-up (-6).
FALL WRAP-UP
The Bobcats were one of four NCAA Division I teams in the country to win three tournaments after winning the Dartmouth Invitaitonal, the Hartford Invitational and the St. John's Invitational. Quinnipiac completed the first semester with its highest rating in program history at 124, just ahead of Albany (145), the Bobcats' biggest threat to a possible "Three-peat".
MAAC PRESEASON COACHES POLL FAVORITES
The Quinnipiac University women's golf team was picked as the favorite to three-peat at the 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Champions, as announced by the conference via social media on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. The Bobcats enter the Spring semester as back-to-back MAAC Champions and NCAA Tournament participants after winning titles in 2016 and 2017.
GOLF WEEK.COM PRESEASON FAVORITES
Golfweek.com tabbed the Quinnipiac women's golf team as the preseason favorite to win the 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship, as released on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. Quinnipiac is currently preparing for its Spring season with the goal of defending its 2016 and 2017 MAAC Championships.
THE BOBCATS AT THE TOP
Three-time conference Coach of the Year John O'Connor's squad currently features the last two MAAC Players and Rookies of the Year in Luciana Tobia-Palza (La Paz, Bolivia), who earned both awards in 2016, as well as Alexandra Sazhin (New Fairfield, Connecticut), who collected both honors last season. In addition, Julia Kemmling (Berlin, Connecticut) has earned all-MAAC honors in each of the last two seasons with back-to-back top 10 finishes at the conference tournament. Estefania Morales (Caracas, Venezuala) also earned all-conference honors in 2017.
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