Rutgers Womens Golf Travels To City Of Oaks.Final Results RU 5th, Grace Lu 9th

[knightfan7]

City of Oaks Collegiate is hosted by NC State at their Lonnie Poole GC. The Par 72, 6,325 course is the only college course designed by Arnold Palmer. There will be 17 teams competing with #39 NC State and #48 Campbell the only teams ranked in the Top 50. At #121 as of 3/12, Rutgers comes in the 8th ranked team in the field. Among others competing are #75 Boston Coll, ODU, #85 ECU, UNCG, #86 Charlotte, and Georgetown.

There are 3 Top 75 ranked players led by NC State's duo of #38 Marie Madsen and #74 Lauren Olivares, and Campbell's #53 Alicia Olsson.

The lineup has not been announced by RU but reportedly it will be the same 5 led by Fr Joline Truong, RU's highest ranked player at #433. Appears joining her will be Sr Capt Lucrezia Rossettin, RsSo Grace Lu, So Lucrezia Rossettin, and Fr Judy Amano with Sophs Krystal Li and Emily James playing as individuals. The team will be looking to get back on track after finishing last 2 out of 3 Spring events.

Note: Grad Kayla Diaz, who spent her undergrad years at Drew winning double digit events and a Top 20 finisher at the D3 NCAA's in '23 before Rutgers, has just been added as a 3rd RU individual participant, Diaz, a California native, is playing in a D1 event for the first time. To clarify, I used "events" because in D3 a number are 2 or 3 school, not a large number of teams.

Teams will play 36 holes Friday with the 18 hole final Saturday.

 

[knightfan7]

The Knights more than held their own in Round 1 standing 2nd behind East Carolina. ECU had 3 players in the Top 5, shooting a team +3, and 12 strokes ahead of Rutgers

Rutgers was led by Sr Lucrezia Rossettin's 1 Over Par 73, good for a tie for 4th, 3 team member finished in the Top 20...Lu Rossettin, Grace Lu 75 (T9), and Lorena Rossettin 76 (T11). They were followed by Judy Amano with a 79 and Joline Truong 82. Playing as individuals Emily James shot 76, Krystal Li 84, and Kaiyla Diaz an 87.

Top 5 Teams

1. #85 East Carolina...............+3
2, #121 RUTGERS....................+15
3. #48 Campbell.....................+18
4. #196 Richmond..............;...+19
5. #118 Coastal Carolina..;...+24

Individually ECU's Nicole Nash leads at 4 Under, followed by Campbells Mira Berglund's 2 Under, ECU's Zoe Allaux at Even and , and Lu Rossettin T4 with NC State's Marie Madsen.

Playing in the same groups with players from NC St, ECU, and Coastal Carolina,, the 2nd round is well under way.

 

[knightfan7]

Rutgers shot a second +15, 303 in the afternoon, In the process, they were passed by Campbell and now stand 3rd going into tomorrow's 18 hole final. East Carolina continues to hold a significant lead.

Rutgers was led this round by the other Rossettin sister, Soph Lorena, with a 2 Under Par 70. Her 5 Birdie, 3 Bogey round tied for the 2nd best in Round 2 and tied for 3rd best out of the 190 rounds shot so far. At +2, She is in a 3 way tie for 4th, 3 strokes behind the leader. Behind her, Grace Lu shot her second 3 Over 75 and stands in a 5 way tie for 10th at +6. Lucrezia Rosswttin shot 79 and at +8 is T18. Judy amato also shot 79 standing T43 at +14. Joline Truong carded an 81. At +19 she is T62. Playing as individuals, Emily James shot 4 Over and is T18 at +8. Krystal Li shot 82 and at +22 is 76th. Kaiyla Diaz, at +30 after a second 87, is 93rd.

Top 5 Teams

1. #85 East Carolina.................+12
2. #48 Campbell........................+27
3. #121 RUTGERS.....................+30
4. #41 North Carolina St.........+35
5 #86 UNC Charlotte..............+37

Mira Berglund (Campbell) leads at -! with Danielle Modder (ECU) 1 stroke back. There are 4 aditional golfers including Lo Rossettin within 3 strokes.

Final round tomorrow will be an 8:30 Shotgun start. RU will play along side same 3 teams as rounds one and two.

 

[knightfan7]

On this seemingly very difficult course, Rutgers put themselves behind the 8 Ball with a chance to improve their standing early with a very rough 3rd hole, a 505yd Par 5. The 5 players shot +11 on this hole alone en route to a 31 Over 319. The 5 scores were Bogey, Bogey, Bogey, Triple Bogey 8, and Quintuple Bogey 10. Now, it was the 3rd toughest hole for the 3 rounds according to scoring, but nowhere near averaging 7.2 strokes. The team +61 was good for 5th out of 17 entered so all was not bad as the Knights came in as the 8th ranked team of 17. It was their 2nd best finish of the Spring and 3rd best of the entire '24-'25 season.

Rutgers 31 Over Par was more Over than the combined over par total of Rounds 1 and 2 but still good enough to drop only 2 spots. Only 1 Player, Grace Lu, contributing to team score, shot under 80 with a 75. She finished a very respectable 9th (out of 95) overall for the weekend. Judy Amato and Lucrezia Rossettin shot 80, Lorena Rossettin shot 84 and Joline Truong shot 85. Playing as individuals Krystal Li shot 73, Emily James 83, and Kaiyla Diaz an 85. Lucrezia Rossettin finished T22 while Lorena finished T17.

Top 7 Teams

1. #85 East Carolina.............+22
2. #48 Campbell....................+39
3, #41 North Carolina St.....+47
4. #86 UNC Charlotte.........+57
5. #121 RUTGERS..................+61
6. #118 Coastal Carolina.....+64
7. #75 Boston College...........+74

There was a tie for Individual Champion. ECU's Danielle Moddar and Charlotte's Pimchompoo Chaisilprungruang both finished +2, 1 stroke ahead of 2 others.

Next for the Knights is the Rutgers Invitational Apr 5-6. Among the 17 entrants are Seton Hall, St Johns, Monmouth, LIU, Sacred Heart, Dartmouth, Lehigh and FDU,

Last year Rutgers, against many of the same teams, won by 26 strokes. Unfortunately 3 of RU's players who finished 1st, T6th, and 8th graduated. The do have Lorena Rossettin who finished 5th and Emily James who finished T6th playing as an individual.