Seton Hall University
Third Round
Zabrosky, Kruse Lift WGolf to 4th Place at Yale
9/28/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
NEW HAVEN, CONN. - Senior Ali Kruse (Overland Park, Kan.) and junior Karlie Zabrosky (Erie, Pa.) each shot a 2-over-par, 73, in Sunday's final round to help lift the Seton Hall women's golf team to a fourth place finish at the Yale Intercollegiate.
Collectively, Seton Hall registered its second straight sub-300 round with a 13-over-par, 297, on Sunday. The Pirates finish the three-round event at 46-over-par with a 306-295-297-898, 11 strokes behind the team champion and host, Yale. Harvard finished second, six stroke ahead of the Pirates, while BIG EAST foe Xavier placed third, four strokes ahead of The Hall.
Zabrosky turned the best tournament performance of her career. The junior placed third among 89 individual golfers with a 5-over-par, 71-74-73-218. Zabrosky's third place finish is the best in her career and her +5 is four strokes lower than her previous best tournament vs. par. She finished just four strokes behind the individual champion, Yale's Elisabeth Bernabe.
"Karlie has really stepped up her game this year," said head coach Sara Doell. "I'd love to say I'm surprised, but I'm not. I always knew she was capable of this kind of play. She has shown flashes of excellence, but she has lacked consistency. So far this fall, she has been very consistent."
Kruse shaved five strokes off her second round score to also shoot a 73 in round three. The Pirates' senior finished with a 15-over-par, 77-78-73-228, to tie for 21st place overall. Among those Kruse is tied with is teammate Cassie Pantelas (Canton, Ohio). Pantelas used a second round 69 as the catalyst to shoot a 15-over-par, 82-69-77-228.
Senior Erin McClure (Tucson, Ariz.) completed the three-round event with an 18-over-par, 77-74-80-231. Two strokes behind McClure, McKenzie Cutter used a third round, 74, to finished at 20-over-par with an 81-78-74-233.
Seton Hall's second-best competitor this weekend played as an individual. Junior Megan Tenhundfeld (Loveland, Ohio) followed up her 3-over-par, 74, in the second round with an identical score in round three. She tied for 15th overall with a 13-over-par, 78-74-74-226.
Freshman Macky Fouse (Aliquippa, Pa.), also competing as an individual, finished the tournament with a 42-over-par, 89-87-79-255.
Seton Hall has now registered top-5 finishes in all three of its fall tournaments so far in 2014.
"I'm really pleased with how we've performed so far this season," Doell said. "We're playing and conducting ourselves like a defending champion ought to. I'm excited to see what the rest of this season has in store for us."
Seton Hall will return to the links on Monday, Oct. 6 for the first and second rounds of a the three-round St. John's Invitational.
