2017-18 Merrimack College Women's Golf Roster

Jodi Andruskevich

Alessandra Ricigliano

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Scarsdale, N.Y.
  • High School / Prep (Previous College) The Ursuline School
  • Major Criminology

Biography

Career

  • Graduated as one of the most decorated student-athletes in the history of the program
  • Finished as a two-time Northeast-10 Conference medalist, winning the league tournament's individual championship both as a sophomore (2015-16) and again as a junior (2016-17) in addition to a third-place finish as a senior (2017-18)
  • Became only the third student-athlete in program history to qualify as an individual to the NCAA Super Regional in 2016-17
  • Four-time NE10 All-Conference First Team selection
  • Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District accolades and was an NE10 All-Academic Team and Sports Excellence Award winner as a junior in 2016-17

2017-18

  • NE10 All-Conference First Team selection
  • Competed in all 19 rounds and nine events the team participated in
  • Rounded out her decorated career with one tournament victory, four top-five finishes and four more top-10 performances
  • Was an eight-over-par average on the year, ranking third on the team averaging 80.05 strokes per round
  • Tied the program's record with a 70 early in the first round of the season at the Penmen Labor Day Classic, an event she went on to win (9/3-4)
  • Carded eight scores in the 70s over the course of the year
  • Finished in third place overall at the NE10 Championship, posting a 76-74--150 ledger over the two-day tournament to finish six-over-par (9/24-25)
  • Started the spring with a fourth-place performance at the Browngolf Intercollegiate, finishing 20-over-par 164 (3/16)
  • Concluded her career with a fifth-place outing at the Saint Rose Spring Classic (4/20-21)

2016-17

  • CoSIDA Academic All-District selection
  • NCAA East Super Regional individual qualifier for the first time in her career
  • NE10 All-Conference First Team
  • NE10 Tournament Individual Champion/Medalist
  • NE10 Academic All-Conference Team and Sports Excellence Award winner
  • Competed in 22 rounds, averaging a team-low 79.4 strokes per round
  • Fired 70s in 11 rounds, tied for the most such rounds by anyone on the team
  • Shot a career low of 71 at the NE10 Conference Championship (9/26)
  • Also was the medalist at the Southern NH Dual Match (9/3)
  • Tied for 15th at the NE10 Fall Preview (9/4)
  • Won the NE10 Conference Championship (9/26)
  • Tied for 11th at the Dr. Edwin Cottrell Invitational (4/10)
  • Tied for second at the St. Rose Women’s Spring Classic (4/22)
  • Finished tied for 27th at the NCAA East Super Regionals (5/10)

2016: Spring: Competed in four events and nine rounds … Fired 70s in two rounds … Averaged 84.2 strokes per round, which was the third lowest on the team … Carded season-low rounds of 79 on two occasions … Fired a season-low, two-round match score of 161 (82-79) at the Cavalier Classic (4/16-17) en route to finishing in a tie for 20th overall … Finished in a tie for 19th overall at the Dr. Edwin B. Cottrell Invitational (4/10-11).

2015: Fall: Named to the NE-10 All-Conference First Team … Named NE-10 Golfer of the Week (9/9) … Earned individual-champion honors at the NE-10 Championship (9/25-26) … Competed in all 11 rounds as a sophomore … Finished in the top-two overall in three events … Carded 70s in five rounds, while shooting 74 or lower on three occasions … Averaged 79.6 strokes per round, which was second best on the team … Team’s top-finisher in two events and four-specific rounds … At the NE-10 Championship, recorded the lowest single round in the tournament with a 74 on Day 1 and posted a season-low two-round match score of 152 … At the Southern N.H. Dual (9/5), earned medalist honors with a 72, which is tied for a career-low round, tied for the second-lowest single round in program history and stood as the lowest round by any Warrior during the fall … Finished second overall with a 74-80-154 ledger at the Lady Penmen Invitational (9/19-20), with the opening-round performance being good for the lowest round by any competitor on Day 1 … Fired a 77 on Day 1 at the William Bing-Beall Fall Classic (10/11-12), which was tied for the lowest round by any Warrior in the tournament. 

2014-15: NE-10 All-Conference First Team ... Three-time NE-10 Golfer of the Week (9/16, 9/30, 10/21) ... Also a four-time NE-10 Rookie of the Week (9/9, 9/16, 9/30, 10/21) ... Enjoyed a phenomenal rookie campaign, especially during the fall semester, when she led the team in all nine rounds ... Averaged 80.4 strokes per round, the second-lowest average on the team ... Was the individual champion at the Wellesley Dual (9/6) ... Carded a 74 to highlight performance at the Dartmouth Invitational (9/13-14) ... Finished the fall with the best round of her career, totaling a 72 while finishing tied for fourth at the Pioneer Invitational (10/19) ... Finished with eight rounds in the 70s and nine in the 80s.

Before Merrimack: Named to All-Section team as a freshman and NY Division I All-Star Team all three years ... Recipient of Coaches' Award as a sophomore and earned all-section and all-league honors ... Team MVP, low medalist and earned All-State, all-section and all-league honors as a junior ... Also recruited by Albany, Quinnipiac and Montana State.

Personal: Born Sept. 13, 1996 ... Daughter of Anthony and Laurie ... Has one sibling, Francesca ... Criminology major at Merrimack.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    5'2"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    5'2"
  • 2016-17Junior

    5'2"
  • 2017-18Senior