WASHINGTON – The Hoyas made a splash on the first day of the 2024 BIG EAST Championship Presented by JEEP. After 18 holes on the par-72, 6,237-yard course at Callawassie Island Golf Club, senior captain Megan Gormley is tied for the individual lead at 2-under 70 and junior Georgia Ruffolo got the first hole in one of her golf career. The Hoyas are currently in second place at 9-over 297 in the six-team field, trailing Xavier by five strokes after one round.
 
FOLLOW THE HOYAS

• GolfStat will be used to score the tournament with a link to the live scoring available on GUHoyas.com.
• All three rounds of the BIG EAST Championships will be streamed live on GolfKast. A link to GKLive.TV will be available on GUHoyas.com and the event will be free of charge.
• The tournament will continue through Monday, April 22.
• Hoya Tee Times for Round 2 (starting on Hole 1): Megan Gormley (9:48 a.m.), Morgan Smith (9:36 a.m.), Georgia Ruffolo (9:24 a.m.), Juliette Riot (9:12 a.m.), Claire Chen (9 a.m.), Vicky Zhu (sub)

• BIG EAST Championships Field: Butler, Creighton, Georgetown, St. John's, Seton Hall, Xavier

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Gormley is currently at 2-under 70, tied with Seton Hall's Ginevra Zavagli for first place. The captain tallied a field-leading five birdies with a pair on the front nine and a trio on the back nine, including back-to-back birdies on 11 and 12. The captain added 11 pars to go with her five birdies.
• Morgan Smith is tied for seventh place at 1-over 73 after the first round. She managed a birdie on hole 2 to go along with 15 pars over the course.
• Ruffolo finished the day in a tie for ninth place at 2-over 74. Ruffolo matched Gormley's field-best five birdies, including four over the course of six holes, but still finished the front nine at 2-over. She struggled to find her rhythm immediately on the back nine but made up for it with a birdie on 15 before her hole in one on 17 for eagle. The junior tallied six pars on the day and records the first hole in one in BIG EAST Championship play for the GU women's golf program.
• Juliette Riot is tied for 22nd at 8-over 80 following 18 holes. Riot calmed down on the back nine, going 2-over, including a birdie on 13. She managed 11 pars on the day.
• Claire Chen is sitting in 25th place at 10-over 82. She was even on the front nine with a pair of birdies and finished the round with eight pars.

 
BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP - TEAM RESULTS THROUGH ROUND 1
1. Xavier (+4, 292); 2. Georgetown (+9, 297); 3. Butler (+11, 299); 4. Seton Hall (+12, 300); 5. Creighton (+20, 308); 6. St. John's (+30, 318)
 
UP NEXT
Georgetown continues on Sunday, April 21 with the second round of the 2024 BIG EAST Women's Golf Championship Presented by JEEP held at Callawassie Island Golf Club in Okatie, South Carolina.