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Women's Golf Leads After First Round at MAAC Championships
4/23/2021 3:50:00 PM | Women's Golf
Three Bobcats In Top-10 Individually
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – After one round of play at the 2021 MAAC Championships, the Quinnipiac women's golf team is in first place, recording a team score of 304 (+16). They are five strokes ahead of second place, Albany.
The Bobcats team score of 304 is the lowest round in a conference tournament in program history.
Quinnipiac finished the first round as the best team on the par threes, shooting +1. It is second on the par fours (+19) and the par fives (+7).
Three Bobcats are currently in the top-10 after one round of play. Sophomore Kaylee Sakoda is tied for second individually as she carded a 74 (+2). Junior Darby Lillibridge is tied for fifth, after she shot a 75 (+3) and sophomore Leeyen Peralta is tied for seventh, carding a 76 (+4).
Captains Elena Ybarra and Elena Lopez rounded out the five Bobcat golfers as Ybarra sits tied for 16th with a 79 (+7) and Lopez is tied for 30th after shooting a 83 (+11).
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Quinnipiac, Albany, Hartford, Fairfield, Dayton, Monmouth, Siena, Niagara, La Salle
COURSE INFORMATION
Disney's Magnolia Golf Course
Lake Buena Vista, Fla. | Par 72 | 5,948 yards
LINKS AND RESULTS
Team Leaderboard
Player Leaderboard
SCORES AND NOTES
Quinnipiac continues its play in the MAAC Championships tomorrow, April 24 in Florida. Stay tuned to the program's social media (@Quinnipiac_Golf on Twitter and @QU_Golf on Instagram) to follow along with all the action.
The Bobcats team score of 304 is the lowest round in a conference tournament in program history.
Quinnipiac finished the first round as the best team on the par threes, shooting +1. It is second on the par fours (+19) and the par fives (+7).
Three Bobcats are currently in the top-10 after one round of play. Sophomore Kaylee Sakoda is tied for second individually as she carded a 74 (+2). Junior Darby Lillibridge is tied for fifth, after she shot a 75 (+3) and sophomore Leeyen Peralta is tied for seventh, carding a 76 (+4).
Captains Elena Ybarra and Elena Lopez rounded out the five Bobcat golfers as Ybarra sits tied for 16th with a 79 (+7) and Lopez is tied for 30th after shooting a 83 (+11).
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Quinnipiac, Albany, Hartford, Fairfield, Dayton, Monmouth, Siena, Niagara, La Salle
COURSE INFORMATION
Disney's Magnolia Golf Course
Lake Buena Vista, Fla. | Par 72 | 5,948 yards
LINKS AND RESULTS
Team Leaderboard
Player Leaderboard
SCORES AND NOTES
- Sakoda recorded 12 consecutive pars to begin her round. She recorded a birdie on the par four, 17th.
- After shooing +3 on the front nine, Lillibridge shot an even par back nine.
- Lillibridge is one of only three players to record a birdie on a par three in the first round.
- Peralta recorded two birdies on the back nine to shoot even par over the final nine holes.
- Both Ybarra and Lopez used a birdie apiece to shoot +2 on the back nine.
- Between the Bobcats' five players, they shot +6 on the back nine.
Quinnipiac continues its play in the MAAC Championships tomorrow, April 24 in Florida. Stay tuned to the program's social media (@Quinnipiac_Golf on Twitter and @QU_Golf on Instagram) to follow along with all the action.
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