Quinnipiac Women's Golf Completes First Round at Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic
2/25/2018 4:58:00 PM | Women's Golf
CHARLESTON, South Carolina – The Quinnipiac University women's golf team finished 27th out of 42 teams through the first round of the 2018 Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic, the largest collegiate golf tournament in the country this season.
The Bobcats shot a 305 as a team and were led by sophomore Alexandra Sazhin's (New Fairfield, Connecticut), who shot a 74 (+2) for the day. Freshman Queenie Lai (Hong Kong, China) shot a 75 (+3) while junior Luciana Tobia-Palza (La Paz, Bolivia) carded a 76 (+4).
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Head Coach John O'Connor: "I'm very pleased with what happened on the golf course today. We had one day of practice before this round today and they hit the ball well, they were playing aggressive. Their issues came with their short game and putting, but that should work its way out as they get their feel back. I'm very pleased with how they played and their scores.
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The Bobcats shot a 305 as a team and were led by sophomore Alexandra Sazhin's (New Fairfield, Connecticut), who shot a 74 (+2) for the day. Freshman Queenie Lai (Hong Kong, China) shot a 75 (+3) while junior Luciana Tobia-Palza (La Paz, Bolivia) carded a 76 (+4).
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Head Coach John O'Connor: "I'm very pleased with what happened on the golf course today. We had one day of practice before this round today and they hit the ball well, they were playing aggressive. Their issues came with their short game and putting, but that should work its way out as they get their feel back. I'm very pleased with how they played and their scores.
NOTES
- Sazhin shot bogey, then double-bogey on Holes No. 17 and 18 before birdying two out of the first holes on the front nine. After a bogey on No. 5, she finished with three pars and a birdie to close out the front nine at -2. She finished with pars on five of her last six holes.
- Lai's 75 was her third-best round of her short Quinnipiac career. She has now shot under 80 for five her last six rounds. Lai birdied No. 17 before shooting par on four of her next six holes. She birdied Hole No. 8 before shooting par on six of her last eight holes.
- Tobia-Palza opened the day on Hole No. 15 before shooting par on her first five holes. After three-straight bogeys, she birdied No. 5 before shooting par of seven her last nine holes.
- Julia Kemmling (Berlin, Connecticut) shot a six-over for the front nine and shot a par on seven of the nine holes on the back nine.
- The 54-hole tournament resumes on Monday, Feb. 26 with the second of three, 18-hole rounds.
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