OK, this one’s a
little late, but in searching through some of the results of the various fall
tournaments, I came across one I thought was still worth a recap. Hey, there
was a lot going on and in my pursuit of the high school postseason scene, it
just fell through the cracks. I’m on the lookout for results from Saturday’s
City 6 Championship at Galloway National Golf Club, but it might take a day or
so for the players to thaw out from weather that was not conducive to great
golf. Speaking of which …
I remember Sunday, Oct. 21 because I caught a loop at
Stonewall that day and it was cold and the wind was absolutely howling.
Meanwhile, in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Seton Hall, behind
individual champion Lizzie Win, a junior from Sylvania, Ohio, outlasted host
Delaware to capture the team title in the Blue Hen Invitational at Rehoboth
Beach Country Club.
The Pirates had put a nose in front in the afternoon of a
double round on a comparatively tranquil Saturday with a 9-over 293. Earlier in
the day, Seton Hall and the Blue Hens had each posted a solid 3-over 287. But
Delaware fell three shots behind with a 12-over 296 in the afternoon.
That Sunday, though, the 26-over 310s carded by both Seton
Hall and Delaware were the best team rounds of the day in the difficult conditions
and it was enough for the Pirates to maintain their three-shot edge. Seton Hall
captured the title with a 38-over 890 total with Delaware taking second with an
893 total.
It was the fourth team title for Seton Hall’s second-year
head coach Natalie Desjardins.
Georgetown, which defeated runnerup Seton Hall in the Big
East Championship last spring, finished third in the Blue Hen, closing with a
solid 311 for an 899 total that left it six shots behind Delaware.
Penn posted a 316 in the cold and wind to take fourth at
55-over 907, eight shots behind Georgetown. High Point was another shot behind
the Quakers in fifth in the 13-team field at 908 after a final-round 317.
Seton Hall got strong showings from both Win and junior
Maddie Sager, the 2015 PIAA Class AAA runnerup at Owen J. Roberts, particularly
on the opening day.
Win fired a sparkling 2-under-par 69 over the 5,932-yard,
par-71 Rehoboth Beach layout to get her started toward the individual title.
She added a 3-over 74 in the afternoon and then battled the elements to post a
2-over 73 Sunday that was probably a better round of golf than the 69 she shot
Saturday, for a 3-over 216 total that gave her the individual victory by two
shots.
Sager matched Win’s 2-under 69 in Saturday afternoon’s
second round, including a birdie-eagle-birdie burst on holes 16 to 18, after
opening with a 4-over 75. She finished up with a 78 Sunday to end up alone in
fourth at 9-over 222.
Junior Sammie Staudt, a former Coatesville standout, gave
Seton Hall three players in the top 10 as she carded a final-round 78 to end up
among the group tied for 10th at 224. Staudt had opened with a solid
1-over 72.
Carolina Ronchel Salas, a junior from Spain, matched par in
the opening round with a 71 and finished up with an 81 to join the group tied
for 19th at 228. Rounding out the Seton Hall lineup was sophomore
Mia Kness, the 2016 PIAA Class AAA champion as a senior at Peters Township who also
closed with an 81 to end up among the group tied for 39th at 235.
Gianna Tomeo, a senior from Bradenton, Fla., competed as an
individual and finished 68th at 256.
High Point’s Sarah Kahn, a freshman from Palm Beach Gardens,
Fla., held the individual lead at the end of Saturday’s double round as she
matched Sager’s afternoon 69 after opening up with an even-par 71. But Kahn,
like just about everybody else, struggled in the difficult conditions Sunday,
carding a 78 that left her two shots behind Win in second at 5-over 218.
Georgetown was led by Alexa Popowitz, a senior from Boca
Raton, Fla. who finished alone in third at 8-over 221. Popowitz also played
well in Saturday’s double round, posting a 1-under 70 and a 2-over 73. But her
final-round 78 left her three shots behind Kahn and five behind the winner Win.
Five players finished a shot behind Seton Hall’s Sager in a
tie for fifth at 10-over 223, including a pair of players from Penn, Christina
Park, a senior from San Diego, and Mary Shin, a freshman from Irvine, Calif.
Park carded a final-round 77 after posting a pair of 2-over 73s in Saturday’s
double round while Shin’s 3-over 74 was one of the better rounds in Sunday’s
final round.
Delaware was led by junior Ariane Klotz, the New Caledonia
import who got a share of second place in last spring’s Colonial Athletic
Association Championship. Klotz matched Win’s 2-over 73 in the final round to
join the group tied for fifth at 223.
Rounding out the quintet at 223 were James Madison’s Lauren
Comegys, a junior from Lakeway, Texas, and Rutgers’ Ashleigh Greenham, a
graduate student from England. Comegys had a final-round 73 while Greenham’s
1-over 72 was the best score of the final round, the Londoner probably feeling
right at home in the cold, windy conditions.
Like Seton Hall, Delaware had four players in the top 20 in
the individual standings including freshmen Sophia Dieter and Mackenzie Dieter
out of Jupiter, Fla. who look like they might very well be twins.
Sophia Dieter had solid rounds of 73 and 72 in Saturday’s
double round before finishing up with a 79 to join the group tied for 10th
at 224. Mackenzie Dieter bettered par with an opening round of 1-under 70
before adding a pair of 79s to finish among the group tied for 19th
at 228.
In between the Dieters for the Blue Hens was Thitaree
Sakulbunpanich, a sophomore from Thailand who finished among the group tied for
13th at 225. Sakulbunpanich matched par in the opening round with a
71 and added a 2-over 73 before finishing up with an 81.
Rounding out the lineup for Delaware was Ashley Dingman, a
senior from Fairfield, Calif. who finished in the group tied for 32nd
at 232 after a final-round 79.
Aashaka Desai, a junior from the United Arab Emirates,
competed as an individual and finished in the group tied for 62nd at
250.
Delaware maximized its role as the host team by entering an
entire B team as well. The B Blue Hens finished last in the team standings with
a 971 total. They were led by Valentina Mueller, a senior from Switzerland who
finished among the group tied for 39th at 235 after a final-round
79.
Backing up Park and Shin for Penn was Rina Jung, a sophomore
from Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. who finished among the group tied for 15th
at 226. Jung was solid in Saturday’s double round with a 71 and 72 before
falling back in the final round with an 83.
Leila Dizon, a freshman from Los Angeles, finished in the group
tied for 46th at 238 after a final-round 82 and freshman Olivia
Traynor, the 2015 Inter-Ac League champion as a freshman at Notre Dame, rounded
out the lineup for the Quakers as she finished among the group tied for 51st
at 240. Traynor’s second-round 75 was a counter before she, like many players
in Sunday’s final round, struggled to a finishing 87.
Yubin Huh, a senior from San Diego, competed as an
individual for Penn and finished alone in 67th at 255.
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