
Good First Day Has Lehigh Second After 18 Holes At Patriot League Championship
4/19/2024 3:52:00 PM | Women's Golf
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Lehigh women's golf team braved chilly conditions with a touch of wind and rain to shoot 300 in the opening round of the Patriot League Championship Friday at the Bucknell Golf Club. Three Mountain Hawks are in the top 10 individually as Lehigh matched the fifth-lowest single round total in program history.
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Lehigh sits in second place in the six-team field, five strokes behind Navy. The Mountain Hawks are one stroke ahead of Boston University, while defending champion Richmond is in fourth place (305), followed by host Bucknell and then Holy Cross.
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First-year Olivia Lu led the way individually, shooting three over par 73 as she is part of a five-way tie for first place with two players from Navy, and one from both Richmond and Boston U. Lu made pars on the first nine holes and made one birdie on the par 4 12th hole.
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One stroke behind Lu is sophomore Yuki Zhu, who shot 74 and is tied for sixth place. Zhu also made one birdie in her round, with it coming on the 11th hole.
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The third Mountain Hawk in the top 10 is first-year Stefania Fedun, who is tied for 10th place after carding a 76. Fedun made one birdie in her opening round, on the par 3 16th hole.
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Senior Venecia Zaia is tied for 13th after shooting 77. She birdied the 15th hole. Junior Madison Pineda shot 78 with one birdie on the sixth hole and is tied for 19th place.
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First-year Bella Scanapicco shot 83 in her first Patriot League Championship round and is tied for 31st.
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The Patriot League Championship continues with round two Saturday beginning at 8:30 a.m. Lehigh will play with Navy and Boston University on Saturday with tee times beginning at 9:30 a.m.
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Lehigh sits in second place in the six-team field, five strokes behind Navy. The Mountain Hawks are one stroke ahead of Boston University, while defending champion Richmond is in fourth place (305), followed by host Bucknell and then Holy Cross.
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First-year Olivia Lu led the way individually, shooting three over par 73 as she is part of a five-way tie for first place with two players from Navy, and one from both Richmond and Boston U. Lu made pars on the first nine holes and made one birdie on the par 4 12th hole.
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One stroke behind Lu is sophomore Yuki Zhu, who shot 74 and is tied for sixth place. Zhu also made one birdie in her round, with it coming on the 11th hole.
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The third Mountain Hawk in the top 10 is first-year Stefania Fedun, who is tied for 10th place after carding a 76. Fedun made one birdie in her opening round, on the par 3 16th hole.
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Senior Venecia Zaia is tied for 13th after shooting 77. She birdied the 15th hole. Junior Madison Pineda shot 78 with one birdie on the sixth hole and is tied for 19th place.
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First-year Bella Scanapicco shot 83 in her first Patriot League Championship round and is tied for 31st.
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The Patriot League Championship continues with round two Saturday beginning at 8:30 a.m. Lehigh will play with Navy and Boston University on Saturday with tee times beginning at 9:30 a.m.
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