Three Bobcats Sit Within Top-20 After Day One at Hoya Invitational

Saturday, April 9

Rockville, Md. / Woodmont CC

9:00 AM

Quinnipiac University

Georgetown Invitational

Day One Results (Team) - Hoya Invitational Day One Results (Individual) - Hoya Invitational

Leeyen Peralta at Yale Women's Fall Intercollegiate

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Three Bobcats Sit Within Top-20 After Day One at Hoya Invitational

4/9/2022 7:56:00 PM | Women's Golf

By: QU Athletic Communications

ROCKVILLE, MD. – Quinnipiac golf junior Kaylee Sakoda led Quinnipiac to a fourth place finish after day one at the Hoya Invitational, hosted by Georgetown on Saturday afternoon at the Woodmont Country Club.

Sakoda led a Bobcat group that saw three competitors place within the top-20 after two rounds, as Fuge Zhang tied for 10th and Leeyen Peralta tied for 10th.

The Bobcats sit in fourth place among 13 teams after shooting 312-303–615 (+39) to close the first day of the tournament. Princeton sits in first place after shooting 598 (+22), eight strokes ahead of Boston University.

Sakoda sits in fourth place after shooting 77-71–148 (+4). Zhang followed by tying for 10th place. Zhang shot 74 (+2) in the first round and followed with a 78 (+6) in the second round to close with 152 (+8). Peralta rounded Quinnipiac's top-20 day one finishers, tying for 19th place after shooting 78-76–154 (+10).

Aimee Uchida and Elena Lopez rounded out QU's grouping, tying for 47th and placing 68th respectively. Uchida shot 83-78–161 (+17), while Lopez shot 93-89–182 (+38) to close day one. Meg Yoshida participated as an individual and tied for 43rd after shooting an 81-79–160 (+16).

The Bobcats will be back in action on Sunday, April 10, when they close competition at the Georgetown Invitational, held at the Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland.

Participating Teams
Quinnipiac, Princeton, Boston University, Harvard, Georgetown, Penn, Yale, Seton Hall, Columbia, St. John's, Towson, Stetson, Howard

Course Information
Woodmont Country Club
Rockville, MD | Par 72 | 6,185 Yards

Links and Results
Overall Leaderboard

SCORES AND NOTES

Kaylee Sakoda sits in fourth place after day one of competition
Sakoda is aiming to win her third event of the season, which would tie her with Luciana Tobia for the single-season program record
Sakoda's second round of 71 (-1) was her tied for her second best round of the season
Zhang is tied for 10th after two rounds of play
Zhang is looking to secure her second top-10 finish of the season