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BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. – Cortland claimed the top five individual spots, led by tournament champion
Tiffany Schapira, as the Red Dragons easily captured the team title at the Empire 8 Women's Golf Fall Championship. The tournament was conducted Saturday and Sunday at the Ballston Spa Country Club.
Megan Fitzgerald (Rookie) and
Tiffany Schapira (Player)
with head coach Joe Testori.
Cortland, in its first year as an Empire 8 women's golf affiliate member, won the crown with a two-day score of 682. The Red Dragons recorded a 344 on the opening day and a 338 Sunday. Suffolk University was second in the 12-team field with a score of 765 (381-384), followed by St. John Fisher at 776 (397-379).
Five Cortland golfers earned first-team all-league honors, which are awarded to the top five placers at the tournament. Schapira, a junior, is the league's Golfer of the Year after winning the league title with a two-day score of 164. She carded an 82 each day. Freshman
Hannah Fitzgerald earned Empire 8 Rookie of the Year honors with her second-place showing. She registered an 86 and an 85 for a 171.
First Team All-Conference
Freshman
Kristin Scali, senior
Anna Haley and junior
Bri Sovring were Cortland's other first-team all-league honorees. Scali finished third with an 89 and an 84 for a 173. Haley and Sovring tied for fourth with final scores of 176. Haley posted an 87 and 89, with Sovring the reverse with an 89 and an 87.
Schapira led the tournament with 19 pars, with Fitzgerald and Sovring tied for second with 14 pars each. Haley was the tournament leader with three birdies, followed by Scali with two birdies. As a team, Cortland recorded 70 pars and seven birdies during the 36-hole event.
Elmira's
Audrey Clarke, who began the final round in fourth place, slipped two spots down the leaderboard to finish in sixth, making her the highest-rated player in the tournament not from SUNY Cortland. Clarke amassed a two-day score of 179 (+35) after carding a 19-over-par 91 in the second round. Although she was 12-up at the turn, Clarke cleaned up nicely on the back nine. She began the final stretch by parring the 10th and 11th holes, and the senior standout was also even on the 483-yard, par-5 13th and the 128-yard, par-3 17th.
Second Team All-Conference
For her efforts, Clarke received E8 All-Conference Second Team accolades.
Joining Clarke on the second team was Keuka's Holly Reynolds. Reynolds posted a 180 for the tournament, finishing in 7th place. She opened with an 89 on day one and shot a 91 on Sunday.
Rhode Island College's Megan Mahan and Nicole Langella tied with St. John Fisher's Emily Schultz for eighth overall with a two-day score of 184.
EMPIRE 8 FALL CHAMPIONSHIP (Oct. 14-15, 2017)
FINAL TEAM SCORES:
Place, School Day 1-Day 2-Total Score
1) Cortland . 344-338-682
2) Suffolk 381-384-765
3) St. John Fisher 397-379-776
4) Johnson & Wales 400-389-789
5) Keuka 403-398-801
6) Elmira 414-396-810
7) Rhode Island College 426-386-812
8) Utica 447-400-847
9) Westfield St. 444-409-853
10) Husson 461-421-882
11) Canton 480-460-940
Nazareth 454-inc.
INDIVIDUAL SCORES (TOP 10)
(Top 5 are first team all-conference; Places 6-10 are second team)
Place, Name (School) Day 1-Day 2-Total Score
1)
Tiffany Schapira (Cortland) 82-82-164
2)
Hannah Fitzgerald (Cortland) 86-85-171
3)
Kristin Scali (Cortland) 89-84-173
T4)
Anna Haley (Cortland) 87-89-176
T4)
Brianna Sovring (Cortland) 89-87-176
6) Audrey Clarke (Elmira) 88-91-179
7) Holly Reynolds (Keuka) 89-91-180
T8) Nicole Langella (RIC) 98-86-184
T8) Megan Mahan (RIC) 95-89-184
T8) Emily Schultz (St. John Fisher) 99-85-184
(61 golfers competed)