WASHINGTON – Despite a rough start for the Blue & Gray, the Georgetown University women's golf team used a stronger showing on the back nine to sit in third place at 20-over 308, one stroke out of second, following one round of action at the 2025 BIG EAST Women's Golf Championships, presented by Jeep. The six-team field, currently led by defending champion Xavier (10-over 298) is competing on the par-72, 6,195-yard course at Riverton Pointe Golf and Country Club in Hardeeville, South Carolina.
 
FOLLOW THE HOYAS

• For the third-straight year, GKLive.TV is providing online coverage of the championship. Once on the event page, select the green all-access button. After selecting your free all-access pass, add the event to your cart and continue to checkout. After putting in your customer information, click the green "Place Order" button and you will have made your free purchase. You will receive an email with the link to watch the stream.
• Scoreboard by Clippd is being used to score the tournament with a link to the live scoring available on GUHoyas.com.
• The tournament will continue on Sunday, April 20, with 18 holes scheduled for each day through Monday, April 21.
• Round 2 Tee Times: Georgia Ruffolo (9 a.m.), Catherine Qiu (9:12 a.m.), Claire Chen (9:24 a.m.), Gabriella Eifrig (9:36 a.m.), Megan Gormley (9:48 a.m.)

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

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Megan Gormley is currently the top Hoya on the leaderboard, sitting in a tie for eighth place at 4-over 76. The graduate student started to make moves on the back nine with back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17 before a bogey on 18 put her at 4-over. For the day, she tallied a trio of birdies and nine pars.
• Claire Chen is sitting in a tie for 10th place at 5-over 77 following 18 holes. She managed a pair of birdies and 10 pars over the first round.
• Gabriella Eifrig is tied with Chen in 10th place at 5-over 77 after the first round. The freshman tallied a squad-best 13 pars over the first 18 holes of the tournament.
• Fellow freshman Catherine Qiu is currently tied for 13th at 6-over 78. She recorded a pair of birdies to go along with eight pars in the first round.
• Georgia Ruffolo rounds out the Hoyas as she is tied for 27th at 13-over 85. The senior managed one birdie and seven pars for the day.

 
BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS - RESULTS THROUGH ROUND ONE
1. Xavier (+10, 298); 2. Butler (+19, 307); 3. Georgetown (+20, 308); 4. Creighton (+22, 310); 5. Seton Hall (+32, 320); 6. St. John's (+35, 323)