SANDS POINT, N.Y. – On Saturday afternoon Adelphi University junior Lucy Stevens earned All-Conference honors for the second straight year, finishing sixth overall at the 2015 Northeast-10 Women's Golf Championships at the Village Club of Sands Point.
Also, for the second straight year, the Merrimack Warriors captured the Northeast-10 Women's Golf Team Championship. The individual champion also came from Merrimack for the second year in a row, as Alessandra Ricigliano earned Medalist honors. The Warriors cruised to victory by posting a 638 team score, putting up identical scores of 319 in both the first and second rounds, while finishing 51 strokes ahead of the next team.
Franklin Pierce was the runner-up with a team score of 689, posting a 334 on day two, which was 21 strokes better than its opening round score. Le Moyne finished third with a team score of 708, followed by Southern New Hampshire in fourth (727) and Assumption in fifth (828).
Ricigliano set an NE-10 record for lowest round score (74 on day one) and overall score, shooting a 152 over the two-day event. Fellow Warrior Krystal Knight earned Outstanding Rookie of the Championship honors, finishing second overall with a score of 153, while Franklin Pierce's Camden Morrison finished in third with a 159, while teammate Anna Haynes (164) also finished in the top-5. Merrimack's Jessica Wagner, the individual champion back in the inaugural championship in the spring, came in fourth with a 163 overall score.
Adelphi freshman Deanna Dempsey was 11 strokes better in round two, turning in a 36 hole score of 193 (102-91), which earned her 20th overall, while teammate Julie Chen posted a two day total of 239 (115-124), placing her 27th in the field. Stevens was just two strokes back of fourth place, with a total score of 165( 79-86), earning a solo sixth place finish.
This year's tournament, hosted by Adelphi at the Village Club of Sands Point, marked the second-ever NE-10 Women's Golf Championship. The Northeast-10 Conference added women's golf as its 24th league sport in 2014.
Individual Champion: Alessandra Ricigliano, Merrimack
Outstanding Rookie: Krystal Knight, Merrimack
Coach of the Year: Nick Crovetti, Merrimack
2015 Northeast-10 First Team All-Conference
1. Alessandra Ricigliano, Merrimack – 152
2. Krystal Knight, Merrimack – 153
3. Camden Morrison, Franklin Pierce – 159
4. Jessica Wagner, Merrimack – 163
5. Anna Haynes, Franklin Pierce – 164
2015 Northeast-10 Second Team All-Conference
6. Lucy Stevens, Adelphi – 165
7. Emily Stickel, Le Moyne – 167
t-8. Jaclyn Drew, Merrimack – 170
t-8. Kaitlyn Lutinski, So. New Hampshire – 170
10. Kailey Coleman, So. New Hampshire – 178
About Adelphi Athletics
Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the Fall of 2009 and in the past six seasons has collected 12 regular season conference titles, 18 tournament championships, 27 individual crowns and captured the Northeast-10 President's Cup twice (2013 and 2014), while winning five NCAA Division II National Championships.
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