Bobcats Finish Second at Lehigh Invite

Monday, October 21

Bethlehem, Pa. / Saucon Valley Country Club

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Quinnipiac University

Lehigh University

10/22/2019 2:34:00 PM | Women's Golf

Queenie Lai Falls in Playoff; Earns Second Place

By: QU Athletic Communications

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Quinnipiac standout Queenie Lai was ousted in a playoff by Kaitlin Shee of St. John's but earned a second-place finish at the Lehigh Women's Golf Invitational on Tuesday afternoon. Lai's 77 also paced the Bobcats to a second-place team finish at the rainy Saucon Valley Country Club.

All six Quinnipiac golfers improved on their scores in the second round of play and the team score improved by 14 strokes from 318 to 304.

What: Lehigh Women's Golf Invitational
Date: Monday, October 21 - Tuesday, October 22
Location: Saucon Valley Country Club – Bethlehem, Pa. - Par 72, 6,012 yards

PARTICIPATING TEAMS (9)
Fairfield, Fairleigh Dickinson, La Salle, Maryland Eastern Shore, Monmouth, Quinnipiac, Saint Francis, Siena, St. John's

FINAL ROUND SCORES

Lai finished the week with a total score of 152 (+8) and earned the best finish by any Bobcat this season.
Freshmen Kaylee Sakoda and Leeyen Peralta both tied for tenth with identical totals of 156. Peralta shot a 76 on Tuesday, while Sakoda matched Lai's 77.
Alexandra Sazhin was the low Bobcat of the day, as she improved by ten strokes on her first round 84. Her +2, 74 was her best score of her senior campaign.
Sazhin was one of five golfers in the field to play the par threes at even par over the two rounds.
Elena Ybarra also improved by ten strokes on day two, as her Tuesday 78 moved her into a tie for 25th place overall.
Mia Grzywinski finished her first collegiate competition in a tie for 44th place after improving on her first round score by one stroke on Tuesday.
Lai and Sakoda both played the par fives at even par. Only five other golfers acheived that mark.
The Bobcats were the only team to have three golfers with 20 or more pars.

LINKS AND RESULTS
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COACH O'CONNOR ON LEHIGH INVITATIONAL
"The team struggled with rainy, misty weather today; not the best conditions, but they played much better than they did yesterday in much different conditions. I'm really proud of the effort that they made and we came close to an individual win by Queenie, who lost in a playoff to another very good golfer. The team, overall, did a pretty good job and it's been by far the most successful fall season that we've ever had at Quinnipiac. I'm happy with the direction that we're going and the way things are working out for this team and we look forward to training and getting better for the spring season."

UP NEXT
The Bobcats have completed the 2019 fall season and will be back in action in the spring semester as the team continues it's quest for the 2020 MAAC Championship.