FAYETTEVILLE, PA – Paige Diecidue (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown West) posted a top-10 finish for Monmouth University Women's Golf, as the Hawks placed fifth in the FDU Invitational this weekend at Penn National Golf Club in Fayetteville, PA.
Diecidue posted a pair of 79's to finish ninth, her fifth career top-10 finish.
Liddie McCook (Chester Springs, PA/Downingtown East) took off four shots between rounds, shooting 80 on Saturday to finish tied for 19
th.
Amanda Hart (Holmdel, NJ/Red Bank Catholic) was seven shots better on Saturday, finishing with an 81 and tying for 28
th, while
Isabel Vance (Huntington, WV/St. Joseph Central) placed 30
th and
Claire Orr (Mulberry, FL/Mulberry) was one shot behind her in 31
st. The Hawks took fifth as a team, and improved by 15 shots in the second round, carding a 321.
NOTES AND QUOTES
"First of all, I have been anxiously waiting for the FDU Invitational, as this was our first 36-hole event in over a year. Every day we are so grateful for our opportunity to play and compete for the blue and white. Golf is such a strange sport in that we don't react to a ball being thrown at us or to the play at hand. The amount of time we need to be prepared, to be ready for competition is a lot. Our players commitment to this process has been impressive and it certainly showed this weekend. We have raised a pretty high bar for being accountable, present and engaged. I'm so proud of them. This weekend, we made some key adjustments that resulted in a 12-shot swing during our first round, a 15-shot improvement in Day 2, and our lowest competitive round of the year. Exactly the type of progress we have been working so diligently on since February 1st. I'm very happy for
Paige Diecidue's Top 10 finish and I'm especially proud of her perseverance these last few weeks. Big confidence boost for her. We have had at least one player in the Top-10 at every event this year, showing both our depth and talent. Big shout out to
Isabel Vance, who after opening up her round with a triple bogey, dug in deep, and finished with 5 birdies on the day." – Head Coach
Michelle Melia
-Diecidue posted her first top-10 finish of the year and fifth of her career.
-With two rounds in the 70's, Diecidue now has eight career rounds below 80.
-Monmouth moved up a spot in the team standings on Saturday, shooting 15 shots better in the second round.
-The MU 15-shot improvement was the second best in the field.
-Through five tournaments, McCook is Monmouth's leader in stroke average (80.5).
UP NEXT
-Monmouth returns to action at the Sacred Heart Invitational on April 11 and 12.
