Zavagli Guides Pirates into Fourth After Two Rounds at BIG EAST

Friday, April 22

Pine Mountain, Ga. / Callaway Resort and Gardens

All Day

Seton Hall University

Second Round

Zavagli Guides Pirates into Fourth After Two Rounds at BIG EAST

4/22/2022 5:11:00 PM | Women's Golf

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Sarah Fouratt remains Seton Hall's individual leader and is tied for ninth overall entering Saturday's final round.

PINE MOUNTAIN, GA. – Sophomore Ginevra Zavagli (Rome, Italy) fired the top Pirate round of the tournament so far, a 1-over-par, 73, to lift the Seton Hall women's golf team to a fourth-place standing after 36 holes of the 2022 BIG EAST Championship.

Zavagli set the positive tone on her round early, birdying the first two holes. She went on to collect four birdies in all in the second round and was able to shave off seven strokes from her first-round score. For the tournament, she's tied for 15^th place at 9-over-par with an 80-73-153.

The Pirates improved as a team as well, shaving four strokes off their first-round score and carding a 14-over-par, 302. Whereas it was the back nine that proved costly to The Hall in round one, it was the front nine today that prevented the Pirates from making a major move up the leader board. Still, The Hall's 302 enabled it to hop over Butler into fourth place with 18 holes remaining. The Pirates are 32-over-par with a 306-302-608, and trail the team leader, Xavier by 26 strokes. Georgetown is in second place at 15-over-par, while Creighton in third at 25-over-par.

The top Pirate of the tournament continues to be senior Sarah Fouratt (Santa Maria, Calif.), who is still in line for her first career BIG EAST Championship Top-10 finish. On Friday, Fouratt struggled on the front-nine, carding a 3-over-par, 7, on the ninth hole, but bounced back in a big way on the back nine. Fouratt opened the second nine with birdies on holes 10, 11 and 13 and went on to card a 4-over-par, 76.

For the tournament, Fouratt is tied for ninth place overall with a 6-over-par, 74-76-150. Creighton freshman Katherine Lemke is the individual leader at 4-under-par with 18 holes remaining.

Graduate student Margot Bechadergue (Aix-En-Provence, France) provided the most-exciting moment of the day for Seton Hall, an eagle on the par-3, second hole. It followed a birdie on the first hole, which got Bechadergue off to a strong start. She finished the day with a 6-over-par, 78. For the tournament, she is tied for 13^th place with an 8-over-par, 74-78-152.

Only one stroke behind Bechadergue, and tied with Zavagli, is freshman Ana Sarrias Pro (Cadiz, Spain), who continues to impress in her first BIG EAST Championship. The Pirate newcomer shaved three strokes off her first-round score and used 14 pars, including nine of her last 10 holes, to shoot a 3-over-par, 75, on Friday. For the tournament, she's tied for 15^th with a 9-over-par, 78-75-153.

Rounding out the Pirates' lineup today was junior Ludovica Busetto (Padova, Italy), who had a strong 2-over-par back nine in route to an 8-over-par, 80, for round two. For the tournament, she is 16-over-par with an 80-80-160.

Tournament Details:
2022 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP
Host: BIG EAST Conference
Location: Pine Mountain, Ga.
Resort: Callaway Resort and Gardens
Course: Mountain View
Course Vitals: Par-72, 6,182 yards
Dates: April 21-23, 2022

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THE COURSE
Callaway Resort & Gardens' golf pedigree stretches back more than six decades to 1949, when architect J.B. McGovern, with considerable input from Cason Callaway, designed the first nine holes of the Lake View Course. Completed and opened in 1951, Lake View perfectly captured Mr. Callaway's vision that "playing golf should be a pleasant experience in beautiful surroundings."

The Callaways understood the beauty and importance of golf. Mr. Callaway was on the founding Board of Trustees of the Georgia State Golf Association. Almost from the beginning, the Gardens served as a competition venue, with Jack Key of Columbus, Ga. winning Callaway's first-ever tournament, the 1951 Men's One-day Golf Tourney.

This challenging, but playable layout on the Mountain View course will test your strategic and shot-making abilities, just as it did for PGA Tour pros when it hosted the Buick Challenge from 1991 to 2002. The list of winners is a who's-who of Tour stars, with champions including Davis Love III, David Duval, Steve Elkington, David Toms, and Jonathan Byrd.

THE FIELD
The field will be limited to only the six member schools of the BIG EAST Conference. Below are the teams in order of their by their Golfstat ranking.

Xavier – 96
SETON HALL – 134
Georgetown – 140
Creighton – 165
St. John's – 176
Butler – 199

THE FORMAT
Teams will play five golfers and count the four lowest scores per round.

THE STAKES
The BIG EAST will crown a team champion, which earns an automatic berth to the 2022 NCAA Championship. The individual champion also receives an NCAA Championship invitation.

TEE TIMES
The field will play one round (18 holes) over each day for three days. Competition on each day will begin at 8:00 a.m. Seton Hall will again be paired with golfers from Butler and St. John's in round three on Saturday. Ludovica Busetto will get the Pirates started with a tee time of 8:00 a.m. on the first hole.

THE RESULTS
Live scoring will be available at GolfStat.com. Full day results will also be available at SHUPirates.com.

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