Women's Golf Fall Season Wrap-Up
11/10/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - The Seton Hall women's golf program enjoyed a successful debut fall season, which recently wrapped up at the Spider Invitational hosted by the University of Richmond. Head coach Sara Doell took time to reflect on the Pirates' accomplishments.
"I am proud of this team," Doell started. "We went into this season with an intention of starting this program off on a positive note. We stressed positive attitude, hard work and solid representation of the university at home and on the road. I believe this team accomplished that."
"This team that includes five freshmen, a junior and a senior found a way to bond right from the time they all set foot on campus," Doell continued. "With the upperclassman guidance from Erica Fitzpatrick and Nicole Longobardo, the freshman transitioned very smoothly to Seton Hall. Team unity is something that I find to be very important and directly correlated to success of a program. We have that unity and will continue to develop that in the off-season."
On the course, freshman Hannah Basalone turned into the Hall's top performer.
"Hannah came in and very quickly made her mark on this program," said Doell. "She had a very impressive fall season of her freshman year which included a 78.14 scoring average and two top-10 finishes. Hannah finished the fall on a strong note, shooting 74 in the last round to secure a fifth place finish at the Spider Invitational. Not only has she led the team on the golf course, but she has been a silent leader off the course for her teammates. She has a very consistent and positive attitude."
Promising freshman Christina Cantú dealt with injuries right from the start, cutting her fall season short.
"It is unfortunate for Christina to have had to deal with two separate injuries," Doell said. "Starting the season with a wrist injury, she played through the pain in the first three events and played well. She averaged 78.22 in these events with her best finish coming at the Bucknell Invitational where she placed 15th. A season-ending back injury occurred after the Yale tournament, but Christina has been working with our trainers and strength and conditioning coaches to rehab and should be ready to compete again in the spring."
With a number of bright spots from the fall, including a hole-in-one by freshman Samantha Massei, the spring season holds even more promise for the Seton Hall women's golf program.
