The Sacred Heart University women’s golf team finished third at the Intercollegiate at Prospect Bay, which concluded on March 29 in Grasonville, Maryland.
The tournament saw Sacred Heart end with a combined score of 621 (+45) after rounds of 310 and 311. The team was tied for first place after the opening round but slipped to third as Dartmouth moved into second with a score of +33. Penn secured the win with a total score of +30. Sacred Heart outperformed Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opponents Fairfield (+46), Niagara (+120), and Iona (+124).
First-year player Maegan Pungsuwan led the Pioneers, tying for eighth place overall. She posted scores of 78 (+6) in the first round and improved to a 76 (+4) in the final round for a total of 154 (+10). Nahia Paulerena and Maite Cantu both finished tied for twelfth with scores of 156 (+12). Cantu scored a 79 (+7) in the final round compared to Paulerena’s 81 (+9).
Garance Gueubel overtook teammate Jessie Burch by one stroke to finish tied for twenty-first after shooting a final-round score of 77 (+5), totaling 158 (+14). Burch ended up in twenty-fourth place following her final-round score of 79 (+7). Jade Haylock rounded out Sacred Heart’s competitors, finishing tied for fifty-seventh.
The team will have a brief break before participating in their next event, the Rutgers Invitational on April 11, which will be their last competition ahead of the MAAC Championship.
