McPhee Leads UAlbany Women's Golf to First Round Lead at Hartford Invitational

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

West Hartford, Conn. – Sophomore Amanda McPhee shot an opening round 80 to lead the UAlbany women’s golf team to a first round lead at the Hartford Women’s Invitational on Monday, April 14 at the par 72, 5,803-yard Rockledge Golf Course. The Great Danes shot a first round 327, for a one-stroke lead over Sacred Heart.

McPhee opened with a 41 on the front nine holes and closed out her round with a 39, tied for the third-best back-nine score. Sophomore Jessica Signorelli and senior Maggie Taylert each carded rounds of 82 to finish tied for seventh place. Signorelli shot a 39 on the first nine holes, the second-best score of the day, and registered a 43 on the final nine. Taylert recorded scores of 40 on the front and 42 on the back. Freshman Corrin Conroy finished in a three-way tie for ninth with a first-day score of 83 to round out the Great Danes’ top-four scores. She started with a 46 on the first nine, before shooting a 37, the best score of the 33 competitors, on the final nine.

Junior Sun Hwa Kim recorded scores of 44 and 49 to finish the day at 93, while senior Becky Lukac shot 49 on the front and back for a 98.

The second round of the Hartford Invitational begins with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

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Team Scores
1. UAlbany 327, 2. Sacred Heart 328, 3. Fairfield 333, 4. Central Connecticut State 335, 5. Long Island 338, 6. Hartford 341.

Top 10 Scores
1. Natalie Desjardins (Long Island) 37-40 – 77, T2. Jennifer Tierney (Sacred Heart) 41-38 – 79, T2. Joanne Martorana (Sacred Heart) 39-40 – 79, T4. Amanda McPhee (UAlbany) 41-39 – 80, T4. Courtney Richardson (Fairfield) 39-41 – 80, 6. Deb Kim (Central Conn. St.) 42-39 – 81, T7. Jessica Signorelli (UAlbany) 39-43 – 82, T7. Maggie Taylert (UAlbany) 40-42 – 82, T9. Corrin Conroy (UAlbany) 46-37 – 83, T9. Kristen MacDonald (Fairfield) 42-41 – 83, T9. Juliana Carrillo (Hartford) 39-44 – 83.

Other UAlbany Scores
T29. Sun Hwa Kim 44-49 – 93, 32. Becky Lukac 49-49 – 98.