Women's Golf Completes Opening Rounds at Sunoco Campbell Oil Classic Monday in North Carolina

3/27/2017 12:00:00 AM

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WALLACE, N.C. – Playing against another field of some of the country's top teams, the Merrimack College women's golf team played a challenging 36-hole slate as part of the first two rounds of the Sunoco Campbell Oil Classic on Monday at River Landing in North Carolina.

The Basics
Team Finish (Strokes/Place): 322-325—647 (+71) | 9^th/9
Top Finisher: Krystal Knight (76-77—153/+9) | T-10^th
Location: River Landing (Landing Course) | Wallace, N.C.

How It Happened

• Merrimack endured its longest single day at any point this season after playing back-to-back 18-hole ledgers as part of the first two rounds of the tournament. The Warriors were only six strokes back of the next-closest team and 14 strokes back of the top-six teams.
• Sophomore Krystal Knight (Groveland, Mass.) enjoyed a solid first day of play, tallying back-to-back scores in the mid 70s. She carded a first-round score of 76 before carding a 77 in the second round and was tied for 10^th overall in the tournament at the end of the day with a nine-over-par 153.
• Junior Alessandra Ricigliano (Scarsdale, N.Y.) was as consistent as any other performer in the tournament, finishing with consecutive scores of 80 to account for Merrimack's second-best finisher and in a tie for 31^st in the tournament after a 16-over-par 160.
• Junior Jessica Wagner (San Diego, Calif.) also carded an 80 in her first round on Monday and then registered an 84 in the afternoon round, posting a 20-over-par 164 while ranking 42^nd in the tournament's individual field.
• Sophomore Olivia Dempster (Aukland, New Zealand) was also inside the tournament's top-50, cutting two strokes off her first round score after going 86-84—170 over the course of the afternoon to place 49^th with a 26-over-par 170.
• Senior Sam Monaco (Brewster, N.Y.) also improved in the second round, improving by three strokes to place 51^st overall after carding an 88-85—173 (+29).
• Junior Kristen Gamble (Manlius, N.Y.) competed as an individual and carded a 251 on the day.

Individual Scores/Standings
T-10^th – Knight (76-77—153/+9)
T-31^st – Ricigliano (80-80—160/+16)
T-42^nd – Jessica Wagner (80-84—164/+20)
49^th – Dempster (86-84—170/+26)
51^st – Monaco (88-85—173/+29)
53^rd – Gamble (117-134—251)

Team Scores
1^st – UNC Pembroke (303-304—607/+31)
9^th – Merrimack (322-325—647/+71)

Up Next
Merrimack concludes tournament play at the Sunoco Campbell Oil Classic tomorrow morning beginning at 9 a.m.

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