Rutgers Women 5th after First Round of BIG EAST Championships
Apr 17 | Women's Golf
PALM HARBOR, Fla. – The Rutgers women’s golf team is in fifth place with a 312 team score after the first round of the 2011 BIG EAST Championships, played Sunday at Innisbrook Golf & Spa Resort. Sophomore Brittany Weddell (Buzzards Bay, Mass.) is fifth after carding an opening round 74 on the Resort’s Island Course.
Senior team captain Jeanne Waters (West Sayville, N.Y.) also performed well on the par 72 course, carding a 77 to enter the second round tied for 12th. Junior Lizzy Carl (Mendota Heights, Minn.) and sophomore Karen Cash (Allendale, N.J.) are among the top 25. Carl is tied for 19th with an 80 and Cash is tied for 24th with an 81. Junior Elisa Mateer (Marmora, N.J.) rounded out the team scorecard with an 89.
Notre Dame shot a 295 to hold a 12-shot advantage over Georgetown after day one. The 295 is the lowest single-round team score shot by a BIG EAST squad at Innisbrook, topping USF’s 296 in the second-round of last year’s championship. The Irish had three players shoot 73 or below and own the top two spots on the individual leaderboard. Irish Junior Becca Huffer leads individually after shooting an even-par score of 72. Huffer was consistent in her round, with one bogey, one birdie and 16 pars. She finished her round with 12-straight pars.
Huffer is followed by teammates senior So-Hyun Park and freshman Kristina Nhim, who each shot one-over par, 73 to tie for second place. Park had six birdies to lead the field, sinking birdies in four of her first five holes.
Georgetown sits in second place after shooting 307 in the first round. The Hoyas were led by junior Eunae Jo and sophomore Jordan Redfield, who both shot 75 to tie for sixth place. Louisville is in third with a first-round score of 308. The Cardinals have never finished lower than second in the BIG EAST Championship.
Second round action begins Monday at 8 a.m. Eastern.
