QU Women's Golf Stands in Second After First Day of Babs Steffens Hatter Collegiate

Saturday, March 24

DeBary CC - Debary, Fla.

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Babs Steffens Hatter Collegiate

QU Women's Golf Stands in Second After First Day of Babs Steffens Hatter Collegiate

3/24/2018 7:09:00 PM | Women's Golf

By: QU Athletic Communications

DEBARY, Florida -The Quinnipiac women's golf team stands in second place out of 13 teams, and freshman Queenie Lai stands in second place on the individual leaderboard with a first-round 75 (+3), after the first day of the Babs Steffens Hatter Collegiate, hosted by Stetson University, on Saturday afternoon at the DeBary Country Club.

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Head Coach John O'Connor: "We played pretty well today. The course was pretty tough, as you can tell by some of the scores. Even some of the best teams had high scores. But all in all, very proud of Lu (Tobia-Palza), Al (Sazhin) and Queenie, who all shot in the 70s. We have two more days, it's warm, it's nice to be out in the good weather, and we're looking forward to it tomorrow.

NOTES

Freshman Quennie Lai, who has won the last two MAAC Women's Golfer of the Week Awards, continued her strong play with a 75 (+3) to place second out of 69 competitors.
Tuan-Yu Chiang of Seminole State has a big lead after the opening day after a 68 (-4), putting her seven shots ahead of Lai.
Junior Luciana Tobia-Palza shot a 76 (+4) is one shot behind Lai in a tie for fifth after the first day of the three-day tournament.
Sophomore Alexandra Sazhin is in a tie for eighth after an opening-round 77.
Freshman Elena Ybarra shot an 80 to also score for the Bobcats, giving Quinnipiac a first-day total of 308, placing the Bobcats in second place out of 13 teams.
Ybarra finished -2 over her final five holes.
The Bobcats stand four strokes behind Seminole State in first, one stroke ahead of Saint Leo in third, and three strokes ahead of Xavier in fourth.
Senior Estefania Morales shot an 81 while competing as an individual.
Lai opened her round with a birdie and was -1 after seven holes, before settling for a +3.
Sazhin had one birdie to extend her school record for a single-season to 47.

UP NEXT
Quinnipiac will play the second round of the Babs Steffens on Sunday, before concluding the three-day tournament with a shotgun start on Monday morning.