Day One Release
Frederick, MD - Long Island senior Shauna Wilde (Mississauga, Ontario/Clarkson Secondary) won the Northeast Conference (NEC) Women's Golf Championship to lead the Blackbirds to their first-ever NEC team title on Tuesday. The two-day event was held at Clustered Spires Golf Course.
Long Island posted a 322 in the first round and a 323 in the final round for a total of 645 to claim its first championship. St. Francis (PA), the five-time NEC Champions, finished 10 strokes behind the Blackbirds in second place with 655 and were followed by Monmouth (677), Central Connecticut State (677), Wagner (677), Mount St. Mary's (697) and Sacred Heart (733) rounded out the competition. Monmouth head coach Sherri McDonald, in her fourth season with the Hawks, was named NEC Coach of the Year.
Wilde, who set a conference championship single-round record score of 73 on Monday, carded a 76 to finish with an NEC Championship record score of 149. The previous mark was held by the Red Flash's Michele Raymond, who shot a 156 in the 2002 NEC Championship. Wilde, who was the runner up to Raymond in the 2002 event, becomes Long Island's first individual champion.
Wagner junior Alysse Sweeney (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills), the 2004 conference champion, finished in second place with a score of 152, the second-best two-round total in tournament history. Blackbirds senior Veronica Lopes (Mississauga, Ontario/St. Paul Catholic) and Central Connecticut State sophomore Leah Steinmiller (Wethersford, CT/Wethersford) both ended three strokes behind Sweeney in third place with a 155, while St. Francis (PA) junior Tarah Schloss (Bloomsburg, MD/Bloomsburg) placed fifth with a two-round score of 157.
Monmouth freshman Rylee Plitz (Innisfall, Alberta/Innisfall) (6th place, 158), St. Francis (PA) freshman Samantha Milosh (Aliquippa, PA/Center) (7th place, 159), Monmouth junior Rae Johnson (Edgewater, NJ/St. Winfreds {Barbado}) (8th place, 160), Central Connecticut State senior Lauren Jackson (Collingwood, Ontario/Collingwood Collegiate Institute) (9th place, 162), Wagner junior Caitlin Miller (Sutter Creek, CA/Amador) (10th place, 164) and St. Francis (PA) sophomore Megan Schaeffer (Richland, PA/Eastern Lebanon) (10th place, 164) rounded out the top-10 finishers to earn all-NEC honors.
Team Scoring:
1. Long Island 322-323-645
2. St. Francis (Pa) 328-327-655
3. Monmouth 330-346-677
Cent- Coun. St. 341-336-677
Wagner 330-347-677
6. Mount St. Mary’s 349-348-697
7. Sacred Heart 355-368-733
Fin. Name School Scores 1 Shauna Wilde* LIU 73 76 149 +5
2 Alysse Sweeney* Wagner 77 75 152 +8
3 Leah Steinmiller* CCSU 75 80 155 +11
Veronica Lopes* LIU 74 81 155 +11
5 Tarah Schloss* St Fran-PA 79 78 157 +13
6 Rylee Plitz* Monmouth U 80 78 158 +14
7 Samantha Milosh* St Fran-PA 80 79 159 +15
8 Rae Johnson* Monmouth U 80 80 160 +16
9 Lauren Jackson* CCSU 81 81 162 +18
10 Caitlin Miller* Wagner 83 81 164 +20
Megan Schaeffer* St Fran-PA 82 82 164 +20
12 Shannon Prettyman The Mount 81 85 166 +22
13 Emily Noelker Wagner 81 86 167 +23
14 ^Heather Mulvaney R Morris 81 88 169 +25
^Rachel Malenich R Morris 85 84 169 +25
16 Tracey Chew LIU 85 85 170 +26
17 Maria Oristaglio The Mount 85 87 172 +28
Erica Chong LIU 91 81 172 +28
19 Mary Kate Williams St Fran-PA 87 88 175 +31
20 Lauren Foster Sac. Heart 88 88 176 +32
21 Anne Marie McMillan Monmouth U 83 94 177 +33
22 Amy Kitchen LIU 90 88 178 +34
23 Danielle Duque CCSU 92 87 179 +35
Stephanie Switzer St Fran-PA 88 91 179 +35
25 Rowena Pedrena The Mount 92 88 180 +36
26 Jennifer Weber CCSU 95 88 183 +39
27 Megan Wertner The Mount 91 93 184 +40
Melissa Lowder The Mount 96 88 184 +40
Ashleigh O'Rourke Sac. Heart 91 93 184 +40
30 Ali Hayes Sac. Heart 90 95 185 +41
Annie Pollock Monmouth U 91 94 185 +41
32 Morgan Reynolds Monmouth U 88 99 187 +43
33 Susan Leventakos Sac. Heart 96 92 188 +44
34 Kristen Videtto CCSU 93 102 195 +51
35 Kathleen Norton Wagner 103 105 208 +64
36 ^Jessica Markham R Morris 132 121 253 +109
WD Whitney Drumright Wagner 89 WD
* All-NEC selections
^ Competed as individuals