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Nicole Scola Sets QU Women's Golf 36-Hole Tournament Record in First Place Finish at Quinnipiac Classic
10/21/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
CROMWELL, Conn. – Sophomore Nicole Scola (Westerly, R.I.) fired a final-round 73 to win the fourth annual Quinnipiac Women's Golf Classic on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. It was her first career victory and helped Quinnipiac to a fourth place finish.
After a frigid first round, the skies cleared and the sun came out as Scola continued her impressive performance at the tournament. Scola finished the day on a strong note rattling off birdie-par-birdie on the final three holes to secure the individual victory by a six stroke margin of Hartford's Brooke Nethercott. Nethercott finished Day Two with a 77.
For the entire second day, Scola picked up four birdies as she led the Bobcats on the leaderboard. Scola finished with five birdies overall in the tournament.
| # | Team Scores | R1 | R2 | Total |
| 1 | Fairfield University | 318 | 331 | 649 (+89) |
| T2 | University at Albany | 326 | 328 | 654 (+94) |
| T2 | University of Hartford | 323 | 331 | 654 (+94) |
| 4 | Quinnipiac | 335 | 328 | 663 (+103) |
| 5 | Delaware State | 340 | 330 | 670 (+110) |
| 6 | Quinnipiac (B) | 379 | 371 | 750 (+190) |
As a team, Quinnipiac finished in fourth place with a 663 for the tournament. Quinnipiac's day-two 328 tied for the best team score of the day with Albany, who finished in second place. The Bobcats finished just 14 strokes behind Fairfield for the top spot in the tournament. Checking in second place for the Bobcats was Emily Ribbins (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) as she improved her score from Day One to Day Two by four strokes, finishing with an 80 for the day and 164 for the two days.
Jenn Whaley (Farmington, Conn.) also improved her second day score by four strokes as she shot an 86 for the second day, improving for a first day 90 to finish the tournament at 176.
Quinnipiac's No. 4, Alexa Gentile (Avon, Conn.) played consistent from start to finish in the tournament over the two days as she shot an 88 on the first day and 89 on the second day, finishing with a 177 overall at the Quinnipiac Women's Golf Classic.
Quinnipiac sent a second team of golfer's out to the course and Taylor Lambrou (Baldwin, N.Y.) had an incredible second day to lead that squad with an 81 on day two, a 16 stroke improvement from day one to finish 178 for the tournament.
Fairfield won the team tournament as they finished with a team-score of 649 to secure the victory over Albany and Hartford by five strokes. Quinnipiac came in fourth and Delaware State claimed fifth.
| Team/Player | R1 | R2 | Total | Team/Player | R1 | R2 | Total |
| 1 Nicole Scola (3) | 73 | 73 | 146 | 25 Taylor Lambrou (2) | 97 | 81 | 178 |
| 9 Emily Ribbins (1) | 84 | 80 | 164 | 26 Emily Kata (1) | 92 | 88 | 180 |
| 22 Jennifer Whaley (2) | 90 | 86 | 176 | T29 Devan McCarrie (3) | 95 | 104 | 199 |
| T23 Alexa Gentile (4) | 88 | 89 | 177 | T29 Angelica Muscatelli (4) | 95 | 104 | 199 |
| 32 Estefania Morales (5) | 97 | WD | 97 | 31 Jessic Rotell (5) | 110 | 98 | 208 |
| Quinnipiac (A) | 335 | 328 | 663 | Quinnipiac (B) | 379 | 371 | 750 |
The Bobcats will enjoy some time off over the winter before returning to action for their championship season in February.
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