Saturday, October 1
Annapolis, Md. / Naval Academy Golf Course
9:00 AM
Quinnipiac University
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Navy Invitational
Photo by: Ross Obley
Bobcats Tied For Second After Day One at Navy Fall Invitational
10/1/2022 7:24:00 PM | Women's Golf
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Quinnipiac women's golf sits tied in second place out of 15 teams after day one at the Navy Fall Invitational held at the Naval Academy Golf Course in Annapolis on Saturday.
QU ended the first day of the tournament tied for second place among 15 teams after shooting 305 (+17) after the opening round of the invitational. Hosts Navy leads after day one after carding 301 (+13), just two four strokes ahead of Quinnipiac and LIU.
The Bobcats have two golfers placed within the top-10 after the first round, as Kaylee Sakoda sits in second place, while Fuge Zhang is tied for 10th. Sakoda shot a 71 (-1) in the opening round, while Zhang carded a 76 (+4).
Leeyen Peralta and Aimee Uchida are tied for 29th after shooting a 79 (+7). Emily Luu rounded out Quinnipiac's grouping, tying for 73rd after shooting an 86 (+14). Sandhya Vaikuntam made her Bobcat debut and tied for 43rd after competing as an individual. Vaikuntam shot an 81 (+9) for the day.
The Bobcats will be back in action on Sunday, Oct.2, when they close play at the Navy Invitational.
Links and Results
Overall Leaderboard
COACH'S CORNER - John O'Connor
QU ended the first day of the tournament tied for second place among 15 teams after shooting 305 (+17) after the opening round of the invitational. Hosts Navy leads after day one after carding 301 (+13), just two four strokes ahead of Quinnipiac and LIU.
The Bobcats have two golfers placed within the top-10 after the first round, as Kaylee Sakoda sits in second place, while Fuge Zhang is tied for 10th. Sakoda shot a 71 (-1) in the opening round, while Zhang carded a 76 (+4).
Leeyen Peralta and Aimee Uchida are tied for 29th after shooting a 79 (+7). Emily Luu rounded out Quinnipiac's grouping, tying for 73rd after shooting an 86 (+14). Sandhya Vaikuntam made her Bobcat debut and tied for 43rd after competing as an individual. Vaikuntam shot an 81 (+9) for the day.
The Bobcats will be back in action on Sunday, Oct.2, when they close play at the Navy Invitational.
Links and Results
Overall Leaderboard
COACH'S CORNER - John O'Connor
- "I'm pretty happy with how today went."
- "We definitely left some shots out there but we played in some heavy wind and a good amount of rain. I'm looking forward to seeing if we can overtake Navy tomorrow."
- Sakoda led Quinnipiac's grouping, sitting in second place
- Sakoda shot for par on 13 holes
- Sakoda also birdied three holes
- Zhang is tied for 10th after day one
- Zhang shot for par on 12 holes
- The Bobcats as a team recorded par on 55 holes
For more information on Quinnipiac Women's Golf, visit gobobcats.com/golf and follow the team on Twitter and Instagram, @QU_WGolf.
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