Women's Golf Leads After Two Rounds at Rocket Classic

Monday, October 10

Catawba Island Club (Port Clinton, Ohio)

Rutgers University

Rocket Classic

Photo by: Jamie Schwaberow

Women's Golf Leads After Two Rounds at Rocket Classic

Oct 10 | Women's Golf

Rocket Classic Leaderboard/Scoring

Scarlet Knights lead 11-team field, Devine leads individual leaderboard

PORT CLINTON, Ohio (October 10, 2022) – After two rounds of play at the Rocket Classic, Rutgers women's golf sits in first place with a seven-stroke lead over second-place Akron at Catawba Island Club.

The Scarlet Knights battled through difficult conditions, with temperatures in the mid-40s and winds of 10-15 mph throughout both rounds of play on Monday.

After an opening-round 305, Rutgers improved to 299 for the second round, which was the only round of the day played under 300.

As a team, RU leads the field in Par 3 scoring (+10), Par 5 scoring (+2) and total pars (121).

"I am happy with the way the team came back and made some birdies," head coach Kari Williams said. "We are playing a great golf course with challenging greens and the wind added to the difficulty in the morning. The team really dug in and found a way to get the ball in the hole today, which puts us in a great position heading into tomorrow's final round. "

Rounds One/Two - Rocket Classic
Catawba Island Club (Port Clinton, Ohio): Par 72 | 6,118 yards
Field: Rutgers, Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Cleveland State, Ohio, Purdue Fort Wayne, Toledo, Toledo B.

1	Rutgers	305	299	604
Place	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Tournament
1	Leigha Devine	74	72	146
3	Rikke Nordvik	73	75	148
6	Maeve Rossi	77	75	152
16	Lucrezia Rossettin	81	77	158
T22	Nicole Ewing	81	79	160

Leigha Devine leads the individual leaderboard after shooting a 2-over 146 (74-72). She rolled in five birdies on the day, including birdies on the fifth hole in both rounds.

"Playing 36 holes today was our first two-round day of the season. Going into the second round, I think we all had a higher level of comfort with the firmness of the course compared to the first round," Devine said. "Having that experience from the morning round allowed me to play smarter and helped me manage my ball around the course. The greens are in perfect condition out here and it was a good day of golf for our team!

Not far behind Devine is Rikke Nordvik, who is third place after shooting a 4-over 148 (73-75). Nordvik picked up four birdies to put herself in strong position for the final round on Tuesday.

"The first round was good for me and I just had a few mistakes in the afternoon," Nordvik said. "I was confident with my ball striking in the morning and played smart and patient. We're excited to come out and compete hard tomorrow in third round."

Maeve Rossi rounded out a trio of Scarlet Knights in the top-10, sitting in sixth place after shooting an 8-over 152 (77-75). She leads the field with 28 pars through the first two rounds.

Rutgers will wrap up play at the Rocket Classic on Tuesday, with a 9 a.m. shotgun start to kick off the final round of the tournament.

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