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Women's Golf Opens '24-'25 at Badger Invitational - Final Results....Truong and Rutgers finish 6th.

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Like the Men, the Women's Team opens the season at a tourney hosted by a B1G rival. Along with RU and Wisc, B1G teams competing are Iowa and Nebraska. Last year's champ USF is also entered in the 13 team field.

Also like the men, the team will be replacing 4 year starters in multiple RU record holder Leigha Devine and 2 time tourney champ, Rikke Nordvik.

Last season saw the team struggle thru the Fall dropping at 1 point to I believe a ranking of #113. The Spring saw major improvement with team championships at the Rutgers Inv and in their first ever post season appearance, winning the Golfweek National Invitational out in Arizona and a final national ranking of #84 out of 276 D1 programs.

Returning for her senior year is Lucrezia Rossettin (Italy). She will be joined by her sister, Sophmore Lorena. Both were major contributors to the Spring success and will be leaned on heavily this season. Lorena had 3 Top 10's in the Spring while Lucrezia finished Top 20 twice. Joining them will be Sophmores Emily James and Krystal Li. James, from Wales, played her best in the 2 Wins with Top 10 finishes. Li, from Canada, contributed a Scoring Round in the Golfweek National win.

Joining them are 2 transfers and 2 Frosh. Grace Lu, from Edison, comes back to NJ from William and Mary where she had the 3rd best Frosh scoring average in school history. She sat out '23-'24. Grad Transfer Kayla Diaz (Calif) come to RU after a great career at D3 Drew U. D3 formats are different than D1. Many events are 1 or 2 round with some 1 vs 1 rather than multiple team 3 Rounders. Diaz shined in all formats, finishing 1st 16 times including 9 in 1 season. She was conference rookie, champ, and player of the year. In her 1 appearance in the NCAA D3 championship, she finshed 17th out of over 150 entered and a final ranking of 18th.

The 2 Frosh are Judy Amano (Japan by way of HS in Fla) and Canada's Joline Truong. Truong Has multiple Top 5's in Am tourneys across Canada and the US. She also represented Ontario in team events. Amano rose thru the rankings between her Jr and Sr years. She was ranked #44 International HS Sr by Junior Golf Scoreboard.

Last year the B1G was a decent conference with 7 teams selected to play in the NCAA's. All 4 new members also qualified. UCLA, USC, and Oregon all made the Final 4 with UCLA losing to Stanford in the Finals. The conference is now a bear with 6 teams in the Golfweek preseason Top 25....

#2 USC
#4 UCLA
#8 Northwestern
#11 Oregon
#24 Michigan St
#25 Ohio St.

RU will face UCLA and Washington this Fall.
 
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Lineup posted a little while ago. One surprise in Lorena Rossettin not there.

1, Lucrezia Rossettin
2. Joline Truong
3. Grace Lu
4. Emily James
5. Crystal Li

Entered as individual participant - Judy Amano
 
Buoyed by the play of Senior Lucrezia Rossettin and Frosh Jolie Truong, Rutgers is in 3rd Place after Round 1 with a Team 298.

Rossettin is tied for 1st after shooting a 3 Under 69 at the Par 72, 6297 yard University Ridge Golf Club. Truong closely followed with a 1 Under 71, good for 4th.

Rutgers Team

Lucrezia Rossettin 69
Jolie Truong 71
Emily James 75
Grace Lu 83
Krystal LI 84

Mami (Judy) Amato 82 playing as an individual.

Top 5

UTSA........................+7
Delaware.................+9
RUTGERS..............+10
Yale..........................+11
Wisconsin..............+12
Sam Houston St..+12

Iowa +14
Nebraska +25

2nd Round is tomorrow, with the final Tuesday.
 
The team didn't have a good 2nd Round compared to many, shooting a +14, 302. In doing so, they dropped from 3rd to a tie for 6th with Iowa. 1st round leader Lucrezia Rossittin shot +4 dropping to a tie for 8th with Jolie Truong (+2) among others. Emily James shot +9 , 81. Krystal Li shot +3, Grace Lu +5, and , Playing as an individual, Judy Amano shot +4.

Rutgers 298-302

Players

T8. Lucrezia Rossettin 69-76 (+1)
T8. Jolie Truong 71-74 (+1)
T45. Emily James 75-81 (+12)
T60, Krystal Li 84-75 (+15)
T63. Grace Lu 83-77 (+16)

Judy Amano 82-76 (+14) playing as an Individual

Top 7

1. Delaware......................+3
2. UTSA............................+15
3. Sam Houston St.......+17
T4, Yale.............................+21
T4. South Dakota St....+21
T6. RUTGERS................+24
T6. Iowa...........................+24

In tomorrow's Shotgun Start final, RU will be paired with Wisconsin and FIU.
 
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So Rutgers shot a Team +15 but remained in 6th, tying Yale. Their score for the 3 Rounds was +39. The team 3 day total was 903. Last year in the same tourney, Rutgers shot 900 and finished 11th.

The highlight would be Frosh Joline Truong, playing in her 1st college tourney, led the team with a 3 day total of 219 (+3) after shooting a final 74 (+2,) The 219 was good for a tie for 6th. Lucrezia Rossettion shot 77 and finished tied for 13th. Grace Lu shot 73, Krystal Li 77, and Emily James 83.

Playing as an individual, July Amano shot 78.

Rutgers Players

T6. Joline Truong 71-74-75 (+3)
T13. Lucrezia Rossettin 69-76-76 (+6)
T53, Grace Lu 83-77-75 (+19)
T55, Krystal Li 84-75-77 (+20)
T60 Emily James 75-81-83 (+23)

T56 Judy Amano 82-76-78 (+20)

Top 7

1. Delaware.......................+22
2. Sam Houston St........+29
3. UTSA............................+31
4. South Dakota St.......+32
5, Wisconsin....................+35
T6. RUTGERS..................+39
T6. Yale..............................+39

10. Iowa..............................+44
11. Nebraska......................+54

The team has a quick turnaround with their next event Friday - Sunday at The Cardinal Cup hosted by Louisville.
Other teams competing include Coastal Carolina, Cincinnati, East Carolina, and WKU.
 
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