COLTS NECK, NJ – Monmouth University Women's Golf defeated Wagner College in the 2023 Vanessa Picciotto Perrine Memorial Intercollegiate, a match play event held at Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck. MU won 5-2, winning four matches and tying two.
The teams competed in seven individual matches, with Monmouth winning four and tying two, with Wagner winning one along with the two ties. None of Monmouth's wins reached the 17
th hole, with
Brooke Bothwell winning three and two,
Liddie McCook coming out on top four and three,
Ava Lozito winning five and four and
Sophia Ramirez Velandia victorious four and three.
Jess Brehm and
Angela Hyoju An each tied their matches, with MU's only loss coming in the second group, with
Mary Gersec falling four and three.
NOTES AND QUOTES
"Was a great team effort today, fueled by some great individual performances, we played some of our best golf of the year today. Looking forward to carrying the momentum to Lehigh early next week." – Head Coach
Mark Bryson
-This marks Monmouth's lone match play event of the fall.
-Monmouth won five total points, winning four matches outright.
-None of MU's four wins reached the 17
th hole.
-This marked the second year in a row the teams competed in a match play event, splitting the two meetings.
RESULTS
| Group |
Team |
Player |
| 1 – 1:00 PM |
Wagner |
Rileigh Leighton |
| |
Monmouth |
Jess Brehm- Match Tied |
| 2 – 1:10 PM |
Wagner |
Lilly McNally |
| |
Monmouth |
Mary Gersec L 4&3 |
| 3 – 1:20 PM |
Wagner |
Josephine Sawyer |
| |
Monmouth |
Angela An Match Tied |
| 4 – 1:30 PM |
Wagner |
Emma Shelby |
| |
Monmouth |
Brooke Bothwell W 3&2 |
| 5 – 1:40 PM |
Wagner |
Elise Fujita |
| |
Monmouth |
Liddie McCook W 4&3 |
| 6 – 1:50 PM |
Wagner |
Aisha Rodriquez |
| |
Monmouth |
Ava Lozito W 5&4 |
| 7 – 2:00PM |
Wagner |
Ximena De La Garza |
| |
Monmouth |
Sophia Ramirez-Velandia W 4&3 |
UP NEXT
-Monmouth wraps up the fall on October 23 and 24 at the Lehigh Invitational at Saucon Valley CC.