Zavagli Fuels Pirates at Navy on Saturday

Saturday, September 30

Annapolis, Md. / Navy Golf Club

All Day

Seton Hall University

First Round

Ginevra Zavagli takes a shot during a practice round in 2022.

9/30/2023 4:30:00 PM | Women's Golf

LIVE SCORING

ANNAPOLIS, MD. – Senior Ginevra Zavagli (Rome, Italy) shot a 3-over-par, 75, to lift the Seton Hall women's golf team to a ninth-place standing after round one of the Navy Fall Invitational on Saturday.

Zavagli had a birdie and 13 pars to fuel her team-best round. She enters Sunday's final round tied for eighth place. Towson's Madison Barber is currently the individual leader at even-par.

As a team, The Hall shot a 33-over-par, 321, in round one. The Pirates were forced to compete with only four players as Lara Todorovic (Belgrade, Serbia) was unable to play due to illness. Host Navy is currently the team leader after 18 holes at 14-over-par.

Newcomer Renee Rane (New Delhi, India) had three birdies in route to a 6-over-par, 78. She's currently tied for 19^th place overall.

Junior Ana Sarrias Pro (Cadiz, Spain) finished just one stroke behind Rane with a 7-over-par, 79. She's tied for 28^th.

Sophomore Anne-Sofie Ekman (Copenhagen, Denmark) rounded out the Pirates scoring with a 17-over-par, 89.

Tournament Details:
NAVY FALL INVITATIONAL
Host: U.S. Naval Academy
Location: Annapolis, Md.
Course: U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club
Course Vitals: Par-72, 6,084 yards
Dates: September 30 - October 1, 2023

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THE COURSE:
The Naval Academy golf course was realized in 1938, when the U. S. Navy purchased the surrounding land on Greenbury Point in order to expand their radio communications facility. The acquired land included the eighteen-hole golf course developed in 1928 by the Greenbury Point Yacht and Country Club, but had become abandoned during the Great Depression. Over the next two years, the Navy restored nine of the eighteen original holes and in 1940, the Naval Academy Golf Club opened for play. In 1942, William Flynn was contracted to design and develop a course composed around the existing nine holes. Flynn's selection was an ideal choice, given his uncanny ability to blend manufactured features with the natural landscape.

After two years, Flynn's redesigned Naval Academy course debuted in 1944. The finished course included eleven holes south of Greenbury Point Road and seven holes north of the main road, and incorporated the rolling terrain of inlets and surrounding tidal rivers of the Chesapeake Bay, along with views of the Bay Bridge in the distance. Further expansion of the radio facility eliminated two of the holes south of the road and two holes, the present numbers 13 and 14 were added. This completed the layout that exists today with the front nine south of the road and the back nine north of the road. Flynn's design emphasized his strategy of "preferred line of play" in which the golfer is encouraged to place his shot with thought for advantage on the subsequent shot.

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

THE FIELD:
In addition to Seton Hall and host Navy, the field is comprised of 15 other teams including: Bryant, Bucknell, Fairleigh Dickinson, Hofstra, Holy Cross, Howard, Lafayette, LIU, Maryland, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary's, Stonehill, Towson, Wagner and William & Mary.

THE SCHEDULE:
The tournament will begin with tee times beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. For round one, The Hall will be paired with golfers from Howard and William & Mary and will tee off hole No. 1 beginning at 9:45 a.m. On Sunday, the field will play one final round with a shotgun start at 9:00 a.m.

THE RESULTS:
Live scoring will be available throughout the tournament via Golfstat.com. Complete results of each day's events will also be available following competition at SHUpirates.com.

2023 NAVY FALL INVITATIONAL - Team Scores
Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	TOTAL	PAR
1	Navy	302		---	302	+14
2	Towson	305		---	305	+17
3	Hofstra	306		---	306	+18
T4	William & Mary	312		---	312	+24
T4	FDU	312		---	312	+24
T4	LIU	312		---	312	+24
7	Bucknell	314		---	314	+26
8	Howard	318		---	318	+30
9	SETON HALL	321		---	321	+33
10	Bryant	325		---	325	+37
11	Mount St. Mary's	326		---	326	+38
T12	Monmouth	328		---	328	+40
T12	Stonehill	328		---	328	+40
14	Holy Cross	329		---	329	+41
15	Wagner	345		---	345	+57