Golf Finishes Day One in Fourth Place

Monday, March 10

Oldsmar, Florida / Ardea Country Club

9:15 AM

Quinnipiac University

Butler Invitational

Samantha Galantini at the QU Classic (Oct. 15)

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

3/10/2025 9:28:00 PM | Women's Golf

OLDSMAR, Fla. – The Quinnipiac women's golf team placed fourth (316, +28) after day one of the Butler Don Benbow Spring Invitational in Oldsmar, Florida.

Sophomore Samantha Galantini shot a 77 (+5) in the first round of the Invitational, finishing in a tie for seventh place. Galantini shot par on eleven of 18 holes and recorded one birdie.

First-years Marisa Flores and Sophia Fujita tied for 17th place, shooting a 79 (+7) in the first round of the tournament.

Fuge Zhang finished day one in a five-way tie for 33^rd place, finishing the day at 81 (+9). Finishing behind Zhang was Amy Goddard, who tied for 51st place.

Junior Sandhya Vaikuntam and senior Meg Yoshida tied for 60th place (85, +13). Alexia Egdahl and Vaidehi Shah came in 75th place, and Natalie Spiska rounded out the Quinnipiac B grouping in a tie for 90^th place.

The Bobcats will return to the course on Tuesday, Mar. 11th as they close out play at the Butler Don Benbow Spring Invitational with a 9:15 AM shotgun start.

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SCORES AND NOTES

Quinnipiac A finished day one with five birdies, tied for fifth-best in the field.
Quinnipiac A finished with 47 pars and Quinnipiac B finished with 33.
Samantha Galantini and Marisa Flores tied for 12th overall with 11 pars each.
The Bobcats sit in 4^th place after the opening day and are six strokes back of the leaders, Western Michigan.