Quinnipiac University
Brown Invitational
QU Women's Golf's Nicole Scola Leads The Field After First Round Of Brown Bear Spring Invitational
4/12/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
EAST PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island – Quinnipiac University sophomore Nicole Scola (Westerly, Rhode Island) finished the first round of the 2015 Brown Bear Spring Invitational tied for first place. The Bobcats sophomore led Quinnipiac to a tie of seventh place after the first day with a season-best 72 (+1).
"It was a great day on the golf course today," head coach John O'Connor said. "Obviously, Nicole Scola was lights-out, but Estefania [Morales] and Emily [Ribbins] were both awesome – I'm very proud of the whole team."
Yale wrapped up the first day at Metacomet Country Club in East Providence, Rhode Island in first place, followed by Princeton in second, and Pennsylvania and Boston University tied for third. Brown and LIU Brooklyn slotted in ahead of the Bobcats and Fairleigh Dickinson, both tied for seventh. Dartmouth, Sacred Heart, Albany, Central Connecticut State, Siena, Hartford, Hofstra and Holy Cross completed the field.
"It was a great effort," O'Connor said. "We are currently ahead of a number of teams that we're starting to challenge. We're looking forward to tomorrow and getting ready for the conference championship."
Scola's score at Metacomet was the third best of her career, while it matches her previous season-best that she shot on the third day of the Yale Women's Invitational on Sept. 29. Scola has not shot below 80 in nine of her last 13 rounds. This is also her highest opening-round finish of her career, and puts her into a tie heading into Monday's 18-hole finale with Boston University's Adela Cejnarova and Princeton's Jordan Lippetz for the lead.
Freshman Estefania Morales (Caracas, Venezuela) and sophomore Emily Ribbins (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) both registered a 79 (+8) for the first round to tie for 35th place. Jenn Whaley (Farmington, Connecticut) shot an 83 (+12) to tie for 58th while Alexa Gentile (Avon, Connecticut) finished with an 87 to tie for 80th place.
For Morales, it continues a solid spring in which she has consistently shot below her season average (84.05) in six of her last eight 18-hole rounds. Ribbins entered the Brown Invitational averaging 84.22 per 18 holes, and on the first seasonally nice day of the Spring, she shot below 80. Ribbins' 79 is a season-best score for the second-year Bobcat, and the second-best score of her career.
The Bobcats resume play at Metacomet on Monday, Apr. 13 with the final 18 holes of the 2015 Brown Bear Spring Invitational.
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