Women's Golf Set To Participate In The NEC Championships In Florida Starting On Friday
COMPETITION: Mount St. Mary's at Northeast Conference Championships
WHEN: Fri-Sun, Apr. 27-30, 2012
WHERE: LPGA International, Daytona Beach Fla.
COMPETING TEAMS: Central Connecticut State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary's, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (N.Y.), Saint Francis (Pa.), Wagner
2011 Team Champion: Fairleigh Dickinson (310-312-319=941)
2011 Individual Champion: Anna Palsson, LIU Brooklyn (77-73-75=225)
opening tee... The Mount St. Mary's women's golf team looks for its Northeast Conference title at the Northeast Conference Championships at the LPGA International in Florida. The Mount's best finish in the event was a fifth-place standing in 1998 and 2006 while Megan Corbett has the best individual standing with a eighth-place finish in 2009.
last time at that event… Megan Corbett finished 18th to lead the Mount St. Mary's women's golf team to an eighth-place finish at the Northeast Conference Women's Golf Championships on Apr. 23, 2011. Corbett, who is the only player in program history to notch a Top-10 finish at the championships, posted an 87 in the first round, a 78 in the second round and an 86 in the final round to card a three-round score of 251 and finish in 18th place, 26 strokes behind the medalist. It marks the seventh time in program history a player has finished in the Top-18 in the tournament to earn a flag. Corbett joins Shannon Prettyman as the only two players to notch two Top-18 standings and Corbett also owns the top finish in program history after finishing eighth in 2009. The senior now owns the two-best marks in program history with her 78 in the second round on Friday and a 71 in the second round at the 2009 championships while her 165 two-round total is the third-best mark and her third-round score is good for fourth-best in program history at the NEC Championships. Sarah Roe (19th place, 253), Autumn Serruta (28th place, 260), Christina Hall (42nd place, 271) and Nicole Fazio (52nd place, 301) also competed for the Mountaineers. Roe and Serruta also posted Top-10 three-round marks in program history at the league tournament. The Mountaineers shot 341 in the first round, 346 in the second round and a 348 in the final round to post a score of 1035. Each of the three single-round rank in the Top-10 in program history at the championships while the 687 two-round score and the 1035 total are both the second-best marks in team history.
last time out… Kelsey Hayward finished 14th to lead the Mount St. Mary's women's golf team to a fifth-place standing at the Mount St. Mary's Spring Invitational on Apr. 18. Hayward posted an 89 and an 84 on the first day and then notched an 80 on Tuesday to finish with a score of 253 and in 14th place, 18 strokes behind the medalist. Sarah Roe (17th place, 257), Nicole Fazio (18th place, 258), Christina Hall (24th place, 264) and Abbey Fry (26th place, 267) rounded out the Mount's team competitors. Rebecca Lynch (28th place, 274) and Sara Fuss (34th place, 296) competed in the event as an individual.
next on the green... This event concludes the Mount's season.
golf fix… The Mount women's golf team was featured on Feb. 27 edition of the Golf Fix on the Golf Channel.
double your pleasure… Senior Sarah Roe won the Gettysburg Invitational for the second-straight season on Sept. 19. The senior took the honor last season by carding a round of 76 at Quail Valley. This year at the event, Roe posted a 79 to earn the medalist honors for the second time.
making their marks… Seniors Christina Hall and Sarah Roe have etched their names into the Mount record book. Sarah Roe holds the second and fourth-best single-round in program history. The senior fired a 75 in the first round of the Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport Colonial Classic on Oct. 10 after shooting a 76 at the Gettysburg Invitational last year to win the event. Roe also shot a 78 in her career to rank ninth on the chart. Hall has posted five marks on the single-round Top-10 including a 76 at the Mount St. Mary's Fall Classic in 2008. Hall also has three of the squad's Top-10 for two round scores and has the top mark for career average at the Mount (86.7) while Roe is in third place (87.2).
moving on up… As a team, the Mount women's golf team continued to make improvements in the last four years. During that stretch, the squad has posted all 10 of its Top-10 single rounds and nine of the 10 for two-round standards in program history. Last year, the squad averaged a program record 341.1 strokes per round.
new to the mountain... Joining first-year head coach Kevin Farrell in 2011-12 are freshmen Sara Fuss, Kelsey Hayward and Jen Kim for their first year in Emmitsburg. Hayward and Kim will be making their collegiate debut at the Towson Invitational.
about the coach... Kevin Farrell begins his first season as the women's golf head coach in 2011-12 and will enter his third season at the helm of the men's golf team. Farrell was a standout golfer on the Mountaineers men's golf team from 2004-08. He finished in the Top-10 at the NEC Championships in both his junior and senior seasons to earn spots on the All-NEC team. Farrell is one of five players in team history to earn finish in the Top-10 at the NEC Championships twice in his career and his three-round score of 220 at the 2008 NEC Championships is still the record for three rounds at the NEC Championships.
NEC TOURNAMENT RECORDS
Top Finishes
Place Name Date
8th Megan Corbett 2009
12th Shannon Prettyman 2005
15th Katie Letsch 2006
17th Christina Koerper 2007
17th Maria Oristaglio 2005
18th Megan Corbett 2011
18th Shannon Prettyman 2006
One Round Score Top-20
Score Name Year (Round)
71 Megan Corbett 2009 (2nd)
78 Megan Corbett 2011 (2nd)
78 Christina Hall 2009 (2nd)
80 Sarah Roe 2010 (3rd)
80 Katie Letsch 2008 (1st)
81 Christina Koerper 2009 (3rd)
81 Shannon Prettyman 2005 (1st)
82 Sarah Roe 2011 (1st)
82 Megan Corbett 2009 (3rd)
82 Christina Hall 2009 (1st)
82 Christina Koerper 2009 (2nd)
83 Autumn Serruta 2010 (3rd)
83 Megan Corbett 2009 (1st)
83 Christina Koerper 2009 (2nd)
83 Shannon Prettyman 2006 (2nd)
84 Autumn Serruta 2011 (1st)
85 Sarah Roe 2011 (3rd)
85 Christina Koerper 2010 (1st)
85 Autumn Serruta 2010 (2nd)
85 Maddy Martin 2009 (3rd)
85 Caitlin Fortner 2008 (2nd)
85 Katie Letsch 2007 (2nd)
85 Katie Letsch 2006 (1st)
85 Maria Oristaglio 2006 (1st)
85 Shannon Prettyman 2006 (2nd)
Two Round Score Top-10
Score Event Year
154 Megan Corbett 2009
160 Christina Hall 2009
165 Megan Corbett 2011
165 Christina Koerper 2009
166 Shannon Prettyman 2006
168 Sarah Roe 2011
170 Autumn Serruta 2011
171 Christina Koerper 2010
171 Katie Letsch 2008
171 Katie Letsch 2006
Three Round Score Top-10
Score Event Year
237 Megan Corbett 2009
246 Christina Koerper 2009
249 Christina Hall 2009
251 Megan Corbett 2011
253 Sarah Roe 2011
256 Autumn Serruta 2010
257 Katie Letsch 2008
259 Christina Koerper 2010
260 Autumn Serruta 2011
262 Sarah Roe 2010
262 Christina Koerper 2007
All-Time NEC
Championship Results
Year Finish(Score)
1998 5th/1028
1999 6th/833
2001 6th/796
2002 7th/759
2003 6th/741
2004 6th/744
2005 6th/697
2006 5th/702
2007 7th/1093
2008 8th/1063
2009 6th/990
2010 7th/1051
2011 8th/1035
* 1998-1999 NEC Championship
took place in the fall
Team One Round Score Top-10
Score Year (Round)
317 2009 (2nd)
335 2009 (1st)
338 2009 (3rd)
340 2010 (3rd)
341 2011 (1st)
345 2006 (2nd)
346 2011 (2nd)
348 2005 (2nd)
349 2005 (1st)
351 2010 (1st)
Team Two Round Score Top-10
Score Year
652 2009
694 2011
697 2005
702 2006
709 2008
711 2010
733 2007
741 2003
744 2004
759 2002
Team Three Round Score Top-10
Score Year
990 2009
1035 2011
1051 2010
1063 2008
1093 2007