DELMAR, N.Y. – FDU battled to a 4th-place finish at the Doc Sauers Invitational, finishing with a score of +45 for the two rounds. This was enough to beat all three fellow NEC members in the field. Normanside Country Club proved to be a tough test, with the field recording just three under-par scores.
Senior
Abbey Baker once again led the line for the Knights this week, building on her individual title in the previous tournament. She put together rounds of 76 and 72 to finish on +8 and earn 7
th place. After a tough first 15 holes, Baker was 7 over through her first 15 holes without a birdie. She responded with three birdies over the remaining 21 holes and closed with a 2-over 72, the fourth-lowest score of the day.
Stefaniya Mosyagina closely followed Baker with a tied-13
th finish. Similar to Baker, she would struggle early on but show great resilience in the second round with a +3, 73. This was Mosyagina's third consecutive top-15 finish individually.
Tanishka Prithvi Domnic finished third for FDU on a total of 11-over-par. A consistent showing that contained no double bogeys or worse saw her shoot rounds of 76 & 75.
Fiorella Franco Harder and
Alexandra Malikova rounded out the lineup for the Knights, finishing tied for 28th and 53
rd, respectively.
Abbey Baker: 76, 72 (+8, 7th)
Stefaniya Mosyagina: 77, 73 (+10, T13)
Tanishka Prithvi Domnic: 76, 75 (+11, T18)
Fiorella Franco Harder: 77, 79 (+16, T28)
Alexandra Malikova: 80, 89 (+29, 53rd)
The Knights will conclude their fall season in two weeks at the Lehigh Invitational. This will take place in Bedminster, New Jersey, at Trump National Golf Club beginning on October 26.
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