Pirates Take On Low Country Intercollegiate

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The Seton Hall women' golf team will return to the course this weekend with two rounds of golf at the 2018 Low Country Intercollegiate, March 17-18.

Tournament Details:
LOW COUNTRY INTERCOLLEGIATE
Host: Wofford College
Location: Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Course: Moss Creek Golf Club (North Course)
Course Vitals: Par-72, 5,922 yards
Dates: March 17-18, 2018, Two Rounds

The Course:
Golf at Moss Creek is some of the finest in all of the Low Country, with its two championship courses, Devils Elbow South and Devils Elbow North. Both courses were Fazio-designed more than 30 years ago, with the intention of making the game challenging for the low handicap golfers, as well as fair and playable to the higher handicap golfers.

Both of these courses are truly hidden treasurers. There is a real beauty to each of them as you ride or walk down the fairways. Each course is lined with magnificent oak trees and tall airy pines, with strategically-placed sand traps, large ponds and water tributaries, and last but not least are the salt marshes which change twice daily with the tides. All this beauty, and there is still more! While you are playing your round of golf you may see alligators sunning on the banks, or you might spot an egret or hawk, or even an eagle swooping down to snatch a fish out of one of the many ponds, and on occasion you could see a family of wild turkeys scampering across a fairway trying to avoid a barrage of tee shots coming down on them.

For the purposes of the Low Country Intercollegiate, the golf course will play a par of 72 over 5,922 yards.

The Field:
In addition to Seton Hall and host Wofford, the field is comprised of 11 other teams including: Albany, Appalachian State, Bethune-Cookman, Citadel, Findlay, Gardner-Webb, Indiana State, Presbyterian, Quinnipiac, USC Beaufort and USC Upstate.

The Lineup:
Seton Hall will bring the following golfers to Hilton Head, in order as listed:

Mia Kness, Freshman
Lizzie Win, Sophomore
Cassie Pantelas, Senior
Sammie Staudt, Sophomore
Maddie Sager, Sophomore

Individual – Macky Fouse, Senior

Last Time at the Low Country Intercollegiate:

Staudt shot a team-best 5-over-par, 77, in Sunday's final round to finish second overall and lift the Pirates to a third place team finish at the Low Country Intercollegiate in 2017.

Staudt turned in a career-best performance with an 11-over-par, 78-77-155, to place second among 95 individual golfers. She finished just five strokes behind the individual champion, Presbyterian's Celia Mansour. It was Staudt's first career top-10 and top-5 finish.

Collectively, Seton Hall placed third with a 68-over-par, 320-324-644. The Pirates finished only six strokes behind the team champion, High Point, and only three strokes behind second-place Gardner-Webb.

Last Time Out:
Win and Kness each shot an even-par, 72, in the final round of the 2018 River Landing Classic to propel the Seton Hall women's golf team to a 10th place finish.

Kness had 16 pars on the round, one bogey and one birdie. She finished the round with 10 straight pars. For the tournament, she tied for 33rd place with an 8-over-par, 78-74-72-224. One of the golfers she tied was Win, who was equally as brilliant in round three, notching 14 pars, two bogeys and two birdies. She was also 8-over-par with a 75-77-72-224.

Collectively, the Pirates had by far their best team round on Tuesday. After shaving off 13 strokes from round one to round two, The Hall shaved off nine more strokes in round three to finish with a 5-over-par, 293. Only four teams had a better third round. The Pirates finished 10th, with a 46-over-par, 315-302-293-910. Campbell won the team title, running away from the field at 7-under-par.

Tee Times:
The field will play 18 holes on both Saturday and Sunday. Both days of competition will begin with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. ET.

Results:
Complete results will be available after each round's completion at www.SHUpirates.com.