WASHINGTON – Through the first day of the Nittany Lion Invitational, the Georgetown University women's golf team currently sits in eighth place at 33-over 609 (299-310) following two rounds of action. The 16-team field is competing 54 holes on the par-72, 6,363-yard Blue Course at the Penn State Golf Club in State College, Pennsylvania.
FOLLOW THE HOYAS
- Nittany Lion Invitational Field: Akron, Albany, Bucknell, Delaware, Duquesne, Georgetown, Maryland, Navy, Penn State, UPenn, Quinnipiac, Rollins College, St. John's, Seton Hall, Towson, Yale
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Georgia Ruffolo is the top Hoya on the leaderboard in a tie for 10th place at 1-over 145 (72-73). For the day, the graduate student tallied five birdies (3/2) and 25 pars (12/13).
- Freshman Sunny Wang sits at 9-over 153 (75-78) to tie for 41st through 36 holes of golf. She tallied a quartet of birdies, all in round one, to go along with 20 pars (7/13).
- Newcomer Mimi Burton, in her Hoya debut, is tied for 47th at 10-over 154 (76-78) through the first day of play. She matched the squad-best of five birdies with four in round one and one in round two. She added 18 pars (6/12) on the day as well.
- A pair of Hoyas are tied for 76th in sophomores Gabriella Eifrig and Olivia Ty. Eifrig's 17-over 161 (76-85) was fueled by a pair of birdies, one apiece in each round, to go along with 23 pars (14/9).
- Ty, playing as an individual, sits at 17-over 161 (78-83), behind a pair of birdies, both in the first round, to go along with 18 pars, with nine apiece in the first two rounds.
- Catherine Qiu is tied for 81st at 21-over 165 (84-81). The sophomore managed a pair of birdies, both in the second round, to go along with 16 pars, eight apiece in each of the first two rounds.
NITTANY LION INVITATIONAL - RESULTS THROUGH TWO ROUNDS
1. Yale (+5, 287-294=581); 2. Penn State (+8, 295-289=584); 3. Maryland (+14, 300-290=590); 4. Delaware (+17, 296-297=593); 5. Penn (+19, 305-290=595); 6. Navy (+22, 297-401=598); 7. Quinnipiac (+30, 302-304=606); 8. Georgetown (+33, 299-310=609); T9. UAlbany (+34, 306-304=610 ); T9. Rollins College (+34, 303-307=610); T9. Bucknell (+34, 308-302=610); 12. St. John's (+35, 306-305=611); 13. Akron (+37, 307-306=613); 14. Towson (+44, 316-304=620); 15. Duquesne (+47, 310-313=623); 16. Seton Hall (+55, 318-313=631)
UP NEXT
The Hoyas return to action on Monday, September 22 for the final round of the Nittany Lion Invitational. The Hoyas will take a weekend off before competing at the Princeton Invitational on October 4-5 at the Springdale Golf Club in Princeton, New Jersey.
