Lake Buena Vista, FL (Apr. 23, 2023) –Quinnipiac University claimed the 2023 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Women’s Golf Championship Sunday afternoon at Disney’s Palm Golf Course.
The Quinnipiac Women’s Golf team took home its third consecutive MAAC Championship after shooting an 873 over the three-round tournament. The Bobcats held the lead each round of the tournament to cruise to the title. Quinnipiac saved its best team performance for the last round, shooting 290 as a team.
Quinnipiac’s, Fuge Zhang, led all players atop the women’s individual leaderboard with an overall score of 214(-2). Zhang would take home this year’s McLeod Trophy with her strong performance. Fellow Bobcats, Kaylee Sakoda and Leeyen Peralta, would finish just behind Zhang on the leaderboard in the second and third positions with scores of 215(-1) and 216 (E).
University at Albany freshman, Lucia Esteban, claimed MAAC Rookie of the year honors after recording an overall score of 224(+8), which was good enough to place eighth overall on the individual leaderboard. Esteban recorded the second highest score for UAlbany helping to lead the Great Dane’s to a second place finish.
Fairfield’s Doug Holub was named 2023 MAAC Coach of the Year after leading the Stags to a fourth-place finish. The Stags would place one member on the 2023 All-MAAC team with, Julia Towne, occupying the fifth place on this year’s team.
| 2023 Women’s Golf Major Award Winners |
| McLeod Trophy |
Fuge Zhang, Quinnipiac |
| MAAC Rookie of the Year |
Lucia Esteban, UAlbany |
| MAAC Coach of the Year |
Doug Holub, Fairfield |
| Women’s Team Scores |
|
School |
Round 1 |
Round 2 |
Round 3 |
Total |
| (18 Holes) |
(36 Holes) |
(54 Holes) |
| 1 |
Quinnipiac University |
291 |
292 |
290 |
873(+9) |
| 2 |
University at Albany |
292 |
306 |
303 |
901(+37) |
| 3 |
Loyola University Chicago |
307 |
303 |
299 |
909(+45) |
| 4 |
Fairfield University |
298 |
302 |
312 |
912(+48) |
| 5 |
University of Dayton |
308 |
307 |
300 |
915(+51) |
| 6 |
Mount St. Mary's University |
308 |
314 |
305 |
927(+63) |
| 7 |
Siena College |
328 |
322 |
322 |
972(+108) |
| 8 |
La Salle University |
325 |
321 |
334 |
972(+116) |
| 9 |
Niagara University |
338 |
335 |
339 |
1012(+148) |
| Women’s All-MAAC Team |
|
Player, School |
Round 1 |
Round 2 |
Round 3 |
Total |
| (18 Holes) |
(36 Holes) |
(54 Holes) |
| 1 |
Fuge Zhang, Quinnipiac |
70 |
72 |
72 |
214(-2) |
| 2 |
Kaylee Sakoda, Quinnipiac |
73 |
73 |
69 |
215(-1) |
| 3 |
Leeyen Peralta, Quinnipiac |
72 |
72 |
72 |
216(E) |
| 4 |
Sarah Frazier, Dayton |
72 |
72 |
74 |
218(+2) |
| T5 |
Mariel Tee, UAlbany |
70 |
73 |
78 |
221(+5) |
| T5 |
Julia Towne, Fairfield |
67 |
76 |
78 |
221(+5) |
| 7 |
Cate Reisinger, Loyola Chicago |
72 |
74 |
77 |
223(+7) |
| 8 |
Lucia Esteban, UAlbany |
73 |
79 |
72 |
224(+8) |
| T9 |
Grace Suter, Loyola Chicago |
77 |
76 |
72 |
225(+9) |
Zhang and The Bobcats will find out what NCAA Regional they are headed to on Wednesday, April 26 at 1pm during the Division 1 Women’s Golf selection announcement. For more information, visit NCAA.com.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 42nd year of competition during the 2022-23 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
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