Rutgers Women's Golf Receives Invite to National Golf Invitational Championship
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Women's Golf Set for National Golf Invitational Championship
#85 Rutgers will be off the 1st Tee around 1030 EDT, paired with #82 Chattanooga and #88 Mercer, the 3 top ranked teams in the tourney.
Grad Cathi Graf, a starter all season is not playing. Frosh Emily James replaces her. She is joined by Grad, holder of a number of Rutgers records and 2 time Top 10 finisher in the B1G championship, Leigha Devine. Also playing are 2 Time tourney Individual Champ Senior Rikke Nordvik, and the Rossettin sisters, Junior Lucrezia and Frosh Lorena. Frosh Krystal Li will be the substitute. Like the vast majority events, this is a 5 player, best 4 scores count. In this event you are allowed to substitute 1 golfer prior to a round.
Grad Cathi Graf, a starter all season is not playing. Frosh Emily James replaces her. She is joined by Grad, holder of a number of Rutgers records and 2 time Top 10 finisher in the B1G championship, Leigha Devine. Also playing are 2 Time tourney Individual Champ Senior Rikke Nordvik, and the Rossettin sisters, Junior Lucrezia and Frosh Lorena. Frosh Krystal Li will be the substitute. Like the vast majority events, this is a 5 player, best 4 scores count. In this event you are allowed to substitute 1 golfer prior to a round.
Women's Golf Set for National Golf Invitational Championship
Shorter than my normal droning on but have to meet some friends in 10 minutes.
Rutgers started off with a fairly solid Round 1 and are 1 stroke off the Lead after a 2 Over Par Team 290. If someone just looked at the team scores after 5 holes they'd think after starting their round off on the 10th hole, UNCW was running away with it at 13 Under with the next closest team at -1. Not so slowly they came back to the field and were eventually passed by the Scarlet Knights who started on 1. Rutgers had the lead for a time but surrendered it back the last 2-3 holes.
Rutgers was led by Leigha Devine and Fr Emily James 1 Under 71's, good for a 4th Place tie, 2 strokes behind the leader from Chattanooga. Devine was tied for the lead after 16 holes but finished Bogey, Double Bogey. Sisters Lucrezia and Fr Lorena Rossettin both shot 2 Over 74's and are tied for 16th, and Rikke Nordvik a 6 Over 78.
Top 5
1. # 90 UNCW.................+1
2. #85 RUTGERS.............+2
3. #109 Santa Clara........+5
4. #82 Chattanooga.......+8
5. #104 Arkansas St.......+11
If they set it up the usual way, tomorrow RU should be Paired with UNCW and Santa Clara off the 1st Tee.
Rutgers started off with a fairly solid Round 1 and are 1 stroke off the Lead after a 2 Over Par Team 290. If someone just looked at the team scores after 5 holes they'd think after starting their round off on the 10th hole, UNCW was running away with it at 13 Under with the next closest team at -1. Not so slowly they came back to the field and were eventually passed by the Scarlet Knights who started on 1. Rutgers had the lead for a time but surrendered it back the last 2-3 holes.
Rutgers was led by Leigha Devine and Fr Emily James 1 Under 71's, good for a 4th Place tie, 2 strokes behind the leader from Chattanooga. Devine was tied for the lead after 16 holes but finished Bogey, Double Bogey. Sisters Lucrezia and Fr Lorena Rossettin both shot 2 Over 74's and are tied for 16th, and Rikke Nordvik a 6 Over 78.
Top 5
1. # 90 UNCW.................+1
2. #85 RUTGERS.............+2
3. #109 Santa Clara........+5
4. #82 Chattanooga.......+8
5. #104 Arkansas St.......+11
If they set it up the usual way, tomorrow RU should be Paired with UNCW and Santa Clara off the 1st Tee.
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In today's 2nd Round, RU will sit Rikke Nordvik in favor of Frosh Krystal Li, meaning they're starting 3 Freshmen. Don't know if this was planned all along.
Women's Golf in 2nd After First Round of NGI Championship
Rutgers and UNCW fought head to head, back and forth today. At one point UNCW was 4 strokes ahead, at another Rutgers led by 3. At the end they were exactly where they started with UNCW leading by 1 stroke after both shot +6, 294. Rutgers led by 3 after 16 but played 17 and 18 3 Over while UNCW played the holes -1. In the 2 Rounds UNCW is Even on 17 and 18 while RU is +6.
Rutgers was led by the trio of Leigha Devine, Lucrezia Rossettin, and Lorena Rossettin shooting 1 Over 73's. Individually Devine is in 6th with the Rossettin's T11. Emily James shot 75 and stands in a tie for 8th Place. Krystal Li, playing her 1st Round of the tournament, also shot 75.
Tomorrow morning will again see UNCW and RU going head to head along with 3rd Place Santa Clara who isn't all that far behind.
Rutgers Scores
6. Leigha Devine...............71-73 (E)
T8. Emily James................71-75 (+2)
T11. Lorena Rossettin......74-73 (+3)
T11. Lucrezia Rossettin...74-73 (+3)
--- Krystal Li......................XX -75
--- Rikke Nordvik..............78-XX
Top 5 After Round 2
1. #90 UNCW........................+7
2, #85 RUTGERS...................+8
3. #109 Santa Clara............+13
4, #104 Arkansas St...........+16
T5. #88 Mercer....................+24
T5. #133 Jacksonville St.....+24
Rutgers was led by the trio of Leigha Devine, Lucrezia Rossettin, and Lorena Rossettin shooting 1 Over 73's. Individually Devine is in 6th with the Rossettin's T11. Emily James shot 75 and stands in a tie for 8th Place. Krystal Li, playing her 1st Round of the tournament, also shot 75.
Tomorrow morning will again see UNCW and RU going head to head along with 3rd Place Santa Clara who isn't all that far behind.
Rutgers Scores
6. Leigha Devine...............71-73 (E)
T8. Emily James................71-75 (+2)
T11. Lorena Rossettin......74-73 (+3)
T11. Lucrezia Rossettin...74-73 (+3)
--- Krystal Li......................XX -75
--- Rikke Nordvik..............78-XX
Top 5 After Round 2
1. #90 UNCW........................+7
2, #85 RUTGERS...................+8
3. #109 Santa Clara............+13
4, #104 Arkansas St...........+16
T5. #88 Mercer....................+24
T5. #133 Jacksonville St.....+24
Golfweek article on Rutgers Women's team....
golfweek.usatoday.com
National Golf Invitational: Rutgers remembering to find the joy of postseason while chasing a title
A certain kind of magic happens when the textbooks close at the end of the spring. Suddenly the calendar is open.
golfweek.usatoday.com
Yup. Great Win. I decided to give it a bump the news a bit so posted on the RT.
Only disappointment was after 5 Birdies from 11-17, Leigha Devine was tied for 1st. Unfortunately she Tripled 18 and finished 4th. It would have been a nice ending to her Rutgers career if she won her last event at a member of the team.
Here's what I posted over there........
RUTGERS WINS!
RU and UNCW battled back and forth for 3 days, both leading on and off throughout the last 36 holes. Today Rutgers trailing by 1 after 2 Rounds, took the lead on the Back 9 and never gave it back, winning by 3 strokes with a 5 Over 293 while shooting the 2nd best round of the day all 3 days.
This was ther 2nd Team win of the Spring portion of the season
Leigha Devine led RU's surge to the lead with a stretch of 5 Birdies in 7 holes (11-17) and was tied for 1st until an unfortunate Triple on 18, shooting an Even Par 72 and Even for the Tourney, good for 4th Place out of 48 participants who played all 3 rounds. This was her last match as a Scarlet Knight and leaves holding a number of school records. Frosh Lorena Rossettin shot 1 Over and finished Tied for 7th with teammate, Frosh Emily James who shot 74. Junior Lucrezia Rossettin shot 2 Over 74 and finished Tied for 11th. Senior Rikke Nordvik and Fosh Krystal Li alternated the 5th slot with Nordvik shooting 81 today after Li shot 75 yesterday. The play of the Freshmen this weekend may signal good things in the future.
Now no one is going to confuse this with the NCAA's. It's a lot closer to the NIT in Hoops but when you come from where the team was just a year ago, it's a big step in the right direction. Without knowing how much this affects their ranking if at all, but before this weekend they had improved their National Ranking by 28 spots to #85 out of 276 D1 teams since February.
1. RUTGERS........+13
2. UNCW..............+16
3. Santa Clara.....+19
4. Arkansas St....+24
5. FAU...................+34
Rutgers has 2 recruits arriving in the Fall. RU loses 2 menbers of the team who have no more eligibility. Depending on what happens with 2 upperclassmen, they may need 1 or 2 transfers to fill out the team this Fall.
To add here, is it a concern with Devine and Graf out of eligibility, Nordvik graduating, and according to the Golfweek article Lu Rossettin graduating in 3 years, will they need 2-3 more players?If so, from where? Don't know.
RUTGERS WINS!
RU and UNCW battled back and forth for 3 days, both leading on and off throughout the last 36 holes. Today Rutgers trailing by 1 after 2 Rounds, took the lead on the Back 9 and never gave it back, winning by 3 strokes with a 5 Over 293 while shooting the 2nd best round of the day all 3 days.
This was ther 2nd Team win of the Spring portion of the season
Leigha Devine led RU's surge to the lead with a stretch of 5 Birdies in 7 holes (11-17) and was tied for 1st until an unfortunate Triple on 18, shooting an Even Par 72 and Even for the Tourney, good for 4th Place out of 48 participants who played all 3 rounds. This was her last match as a Scarlet Knight and leaves holding a number of school records. Frosh Lorena Rossettin shot 1 Over and finished Tied for 7th with teammate, Frosh Emily James who shot 74. Junior Lucrezia Rossettin shot 2 Over 74 and finished Tied for 11th. Senior Rikke Nordvik and Fosh Krystal Li alternated the 5th slot with Nordvik shooting 81 today after Li shot 75 yesterday. The play of the Freshmen this weekend may signal good things in the future.
Now no one is going to confuse this with the NCAA's. It's a lot closer to the NIT in Hoops but when you come from where the team was just a year ago, it's a big step in the right direction. Without knowing how much this affects their ranking if at all, but before this weekend they had improved their National Ranking by 28 spots to #85 out of 276 D1 teams since February.
1. RUTGERS........+13
2. UNCW..............+16
3. Santa Clara.....+19
4. Arkansas St....+24
5. FAU...................+34
Rutgers has 2 recruits arriving in the Fall. RU loses 2 menbers of the team who have no more eligibility. Depending on what happens with 2 upperclassmen, they may need 1 or 2 transfers to fill out the team this Fall.
To add here, is it a concern with Devine and Graf out of eligibility, Nordvik graduating, and according to the Golfweek article Lu Rossettin graduating in 3 years, will they need 2-3 more players?If so, from where? Don't know.
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That's what NJ.com called it. Including Rutgers there were 4 teams ranked between 80 and 90 out of 276 in D1. The field coud have been stronger. I imagine a number of schools were finished for the semester, in Finals, or jusr didn't want to enter.
It was only the events 2nd year. I imagine if it continues with a golf publication as it's sponsor, fields will get stronger.
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I have said the new schools entering the B1G will make the conference much stronger in golf, especially on the Women's side and here's an example.
Thre NCAA Womens Championship is being played. This weekend 30 teams who advanced thru the Regionals played for the 15 Stroke Play Finalist spots. The '24-'25 B1G had 6 playing. 4 teams have made the Finals led by Northwestern who made it thru....
5th Northwestern
6th UCLA
T7th Oregon
10th USC
Elminated
17th Michigan State
29th Purdue
The B1G will now join the traditional conferences is overall top end strength.. Only 3 conferences as they'll be constituted in the Fall are represented in the Medal Play Finals....
SEC 6 teams
ACC 5 teams
B1G 4 teams
Thre NCAA Womens Championship is being played. This weekend 30 teams who advanced thru the Regionals played for the 15 Stroke Play Finalist spots. The '24-'25 B1G had 6 playing. 4 teams have made the Finals led by Northwestern who made it thru....
5th Northwestern
6th UCLA
T7th Oregon
10th USC
Elminated
17th Michigan State
29th Purdue
The B1G will now join the traditional conferences is overall top end strength.. Only 3 conferences as they'll be constituted in the Fall are represented in the Medal Play Finals....
SEC 6 teams
ACC 5 teams
B1G 4 teams
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The West Coast B1G additions gives RU access to recruiting locations that they did not have in the past. I can see RU getting better athletes in sports like tennis, golf, volleyball, softball, baseball, etc., now that they will regularly be in the West Coast.
That would take a major change in recruiting philosophy in volleyball and golf where many come from Europe, especially Eastern Europe in volleyball.
Golf plays regularly in Cali, along with Arizona. 5 of their 13 tourneys were west of the Rockies this past season. They haven't had a Freshman recruit from the west or USA for that matter, in years. Devine from Colorado and Ewing from Arizona, were the last two and that was 2019.
Golf plays regularly in Cali, along with Arizona. 5 of their 13 tourneys were west of the Rockies this past season. They haven't had a Freshman recruit from the west or USA for that matter, in years. Devine from Colorado and Ewing from Arizona, were the last two and that was 2019.
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