Sunday, April 10
Tumblebrook Country Club - West Hartford, CT
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Hartford Invitational
QU Women's Golf Wins Hartford Invitational, Tobia Takes Home Medalist Honors
4/10/2016 7:58:00 PM | Women's Golf
BLOOMFIELD, Connecticut – The Quinnipiac University women's golf team won the Hartford Invitational at Tumble Brook Country Club in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Bobcats freshman Luciana Tobia (La Paz, Bolivia) took medalist honors after leading the field of 42 golfers through two rounds.
"This was a great victory. Luciana Tobia was a medalist after shooting two great rounds," head coach John O'Connor said. "I'm very proud of her. The whole team really did very well. Julia Kemmling had two great rounds and Caitlan Blydenburgh in her first tournament back shot a great round today. Of course our captain Jenn Whaley was great as well."
Tobia shot a two-day tournament-best 75 (+3) on Saturday, before following with a 78 (+6) on the second day. She tied Sacred Heart's Chelsea Sadler for medalist honors after both finished with a 153 (+9). For Tobia, it beat her career-best 36-hole score of 156 that she shot at the Lady Eagle Cat Invitational on Mar. 13-14. Additionally, it her fifth top-10 finish in her last six tournaments and seventh in 10 career events.
The Bobcats turned in the fifth-best combined 36-hole score in program history, finishing at 637 (315-322, +61), as they edged Sacred Heart by two strokes to win the Hartford Invitational. Behind Sacred Heart, Central Connecticut State was third at 641 (+65), Hartford at 653 (+77), Fairfield at 665 (+89), St. Francis (N.Y.) at 708 (+132), Holy Cross at 737 (+161) and Long Island-Brooklyn at 740 (+164).
With Tobia, the Bobcats placed three golfers in the top five of the tournament as Julia Kemmling (Berlin, Connecticut) shot a career-best 156 (+12) after shooting 78 for both rounds and Jenn Whaley (Farmington, Connecticut) produced her top finish of the season when she completed Sunday's round tied for fourth. Whaley shot a season-best 77 on Saturday before following with an 80 on Sunday to turn in a 157 (+13), for her third best score of her career.
"This is a great win for our program, we beat seven very good teams, and I'm looking forward to our match-play event at Yale next week and the MAAC Championship coming up."
Taylor Lambrou (Baldwin, New York) finished tied for 14th after shooting her second-best 36-hole score of the season, carding a 163 (+19). Nicole Scola (Westerly, Rhode Island) finished tied for 21st, Alexa Gentile (Avon, Connecticut) shot a season-best 170 (+26) while Caitlan Blydenburgh (Castleton, New York) shot an opening round 88 before shaving five strokes off her first day total to shoot an 83 on Sunday.
The Bobcats return to action on Sunday, April 17 when they face Yale in a match-play event at The Course at Yale in New Haven, Connecticut.
"This was a great victory. Luciana Tobia was a medalist after shooting two great rounds," head coach John O'Connor said. "I'm very proud of her. The whole team really did very well. Julia Kemmling had two great rounds and Caitlan Blydenburgh in her first tournament back shot a great round today. Of course our captain Jenn Whaley was great as well."
Tobia shot a two-day tournament-best 75 (+3) on Saturday, before following with a 78 (+6) on the second day. She tied Sacred Heart's Chelsea Sadler for medalist honors after both finished with a 153 (+9). For Tobia, it beat her career-best 36-hole score of 156 that she shot at the Lady Eagle Cat Invitational on Mar. 13-14. Additionally, it her fifth top-10 finish in her last six tournaments and seventh in 10 career events.
The Bobcats turned in the fifth-best combined 36-hole score in program history, finishing at 637 (315-322, +61), as they edged Sacred Heart by two strokes to win the Hartford Invitational. Behind Sacred Heart, Central Connecticut State was third at 641 (+65), Hartford at 653 (+77), Fairfield at 665 (+89), St. Francis (N.Y.) at 708 (+132), Holy Cross at 737 (+161) and Long Island-Brooklyn at 740 (+164).
With Tobia, the Bobcats placed three golfers in the top five of the tournament as Julia Kemmling (Berlin, Connecticut) shot a career-best 156 (+12) after shooting 78 for both rounds and Jenn Whaley (Farmington, Connecticut) produced her top finish of the season when she completed Sunday's round tied for fourth. Whaley shot a season-best 77 on Saturday before following with an 80 on Sunday to turn in a 157 (+13), for her third best score of her career."This is a great win for our program, we beat seven very good teams, and I'm looking forward to our match-play event at Yale next week and the MAAC Championship coming up."
Taylor Lambrou (Baldwin, New York) finished tied for 14th after shooting her second-best 36-hole score of the season, carding a 163 (+19). Nicole Scola (Westerly, Rhode Island) finished tied for 21st, Alexa Gentile (Avon, Connecticut) shot a season-best 170 (+26) while Caitlan Blydenburgh (Castleton, New York) shot an opening round 88 before shaving five strokes off her first day total to shoot an 83 on Sunday.
The Bobcats return to action on Sunday, April 17 when they face Yale in a match-play event at The Course at Yale in New Haven, Connecticut.
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