Women's Golf Ends Season With Second Place MAAC Finish

Thursday, April 18

Magnolia Golf Course - Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Quinnipiac University

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Women's Golf Ends Season With Second Place MAAC Finish

4/20/2019 11:16:00 PM | Women's Golf

Tobia and Sazhin Finish with 74s in Final Round

By: QU Athletic Communications

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Senior Luciana Tobia and junior Alexandra Sazhin both posted final round 74s (+2) to earn top ten individual finishes at the 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship tournament on Saturday afternoon.

Sophomore Queenie Lai had a rare off day, shooting an 88 (+16) in the final round, after leading the tournament outright after two rounds. Despite the final round result, Lai finishes the 2018-19 season with a 75.82 scoring average, the lowest single-season scoring average in program history. She also set program records in par 3 scoring and par 5 scoring.

What: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships
Date: Thursday, April 18 - Saturday, April 20
Location: Magnolia Golf Course - Lake Buena Vista, Florida

LINKS AND INFO
Tournament Home Page
Tournament Program
Final Team Results
Final Individual Results

TOURNAMENT FIELD (8 teams)
Quinnipiac, Albany, La Salle, Niagara, Monmouth, Dayton, Hartford, Fairfield

FINAL ROUND RECAP

Tobia was spectacular for most of her final round of collegiate competition, playing her first eight holes at -2, with two birdies and six pars. The senior played her back nine in 39 (+3), adding a birdie on the fifth hole, giving her six for the tournament. Her score of +2 for the round left her at +14 for the weekend, which was four strokes off the lead and good for a third place finish.
Tobia played the par 3's at even-par for the weekend, tied for the best score on par 3's of all golfers in the field.
Sazhin matched Tobia's output through the first eight holes, but a miscue on the 18th left her at +1 heading to her back nine. She played the last nine holes of the day at just +1, including a birdie on the ninth to end her tournament in a tie for sixth overall.
Lai, the outright leader after two rounds, struggled from the start of the day. The standout sophomore was +11 after her first nine holes, but improved down the stretch as she played her final nine at +5. She, Tobia, and Sazhin were three of eight golfers in the tournament with 32 or more pars on the weekend.
Elena Lopez and Elena Ybarra posted matching 84s (+12), both improving slightly from their second round totals. Ybarra had eight pars on Saturday, while Lopez posted seven.
As a team, the Bobcats played the par 3's in an average of 3.32 strokes per hole, better than all other teams in the competition.
The Bobcats will return all players from this year's roster, aside from Luciana Tobia, who graduates as the program's all-time career leader with 145 birdies in four years.