Kness Paces Pirates to Ninth Place After Round One

Friday, October 6

New Haven, Conn.

All Day

Seton Hall University

First Round

10/6/2017 7:32:00 PM | Women's Golf

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NEW HAVEN, CONN. – Freshman Mia Kness (Venetia, Pa.) fired a 3-over-par, 74, in Friday's first round of the 2017 Yale Women's Intercollegiate and has guided the Seton Hall women's golf team to a ninth place team standing with two rounds remaining.

Kness had double-bogeyed her first and last holes of the day, but offset them with four birdies. She is currently tied for 18^th place overall. Kness trails the individual leader, Stirling's Hazel MacGarvie by six strokes.

Collectively, the Pirates shot an 18-over-par, 302, in the first round and trail the team leader, Stirling, by 17 strokes.

Sophomore Sammie Staudt (Coatesville, Pa.) is currently only one stroke behind Kness following a 4-over-par, 75. Staudt had three birdies on the day, and used a strong back nine to push her to a solid score. She was only 1-over-par in her final nine holes.

Lizzie Win (Sylvania, Ohio) is only one stroke behind Staudt after a 5-over-par, 76. Win only had one birdie, but she also only had one double-bogey. Her strong effort was due in large part to 12 pars in the first round. As opposed to Staudt, Win's excellence came on the front nine. She started the day only 1-over-par at the turn.

Senior Cassie Pantelas (Canton, Ohio) fired a 6-over-par, 77, on Friday. The highlight of her round was an eagle on the par-5, 16^th hole.

Sophomore Maddie Sager (Phoenixville, Pa.) rounded out the Pirates' team scoring with an 8-over-par, 79. She finished her round strong with four straight pars.

A trio of Pirates also made the trip to compete as individuals. Junior Jamie Greene (Troy, Mich.) matched her career-low round with a 7-over-par, 78. Senior Macky Fouse (Aliquippa, Pa.) and Gianna Tomeo (Bradenton, Fla.) each finished just one stroke behind Greene with a pair of 8-over-par, 79's.

Tournament Details:
YALE WOMEN'S INTERCOLLEGIATE
Host: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Conn.
Course: Yale Golf Course
Course Vitals: Par-71, 6,008 yards
Dates: October 6-8, 2017, Three Rounds

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The Course:
Designed by champion golfer and co-founder of the USGA Charles Blair Macdonald, the par-71, 6,008-yard Yale Golf Course is an exemplar of the early American golf course and has consistently been voted the number one college golf course in America.

The Field:
In addition to Seton Hall and host Yale, the field is comprised of 14 other teams including: Albany, Boston College, Boston University, Bucknell, Columbia, Delaware, Fairfield, Harvard, Lamar, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Quinnipiac, Stirling and UNC-Charlotte.

Tee Times:
The field will play one round each day for three days. For Friday's first round, Seton Hall will be paired with golfers from Yale and UNC-Charlotte and will tee off of the first hole with tee times beginning at 9:40 a.m.

Results:
Complete results will be available following each day's competition at birdiefire.com and SHUpirates.com.

2017 YALE WOMEN'S INTERCOLLEGIATE - Team Scores
Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	TOTAL	PAR
1	Stirling	285			285	+1
2	Boston College	294			294	+10
T3	UNC-Charlotte	296			296	+12
T3	Lamar	296			296	+12
5	Albany	297			297	+13
6	Yale	300			300	+16
T7	Princeton	301			301	+17
T7	Delaware	301			301	+17
9	SETON HALL	302			302	+18
10	Harvard	303			303	+19
11	Boston University	306			306	+22
T12	Columbia	308			308	+24
T12	Pennsylvania	308			308	+24
14	Quinnipiac	309			309	+25
15	Bucknell	313			313	+29

2017 YALE WOMEN'S INTERCOLLEGIATE - Seton Hall Individual Scores
Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	TOTAL	PAR
T18	Mia Kness	74			74	+3
29	Sammie Staudt	75			75	+4
T30	Lizzie Win	76			76	+5
T39	Cassie Pantelas	77			77	+6
T62	Maddie Sager	79			79	+8
T53	Jamie Greene (Ind.)	78			78	+7
T62	Macky Fouse (Ind.)	79			79	+8
T62	Gianna Tomeo (Ind.)	79			79	+8