Pirates Win St. John's Invitational with Strong Final Round

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The Seton Hall women's golf team poses after winning the St. John's Invitational

Pirates Win St. John's Invitational with Strong Final Round

4/11/2023 4:04:00 PM | Women's Golf

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Busetto, Sarrias Pro and Zavagli all finish in the Top-7 among 66 individual golfers.

HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – Three Pirates finished among the Top-7 individuals and the Seton Hall women's golf team won the St. John's Invitational on Tuesday.

The team victory is the Pirates' first since taking the title of the Princeton Invitational on Sept. 29, 2019 and the program's 17^th all-time. It springboards The Hall into the season-ending BIG EAST Championship next week.

Ludovica Busetto (Padova, Italy), Ana Sarrias Pro (Cadiz, Spain) and Ginevra Zavagli (Rome, Italy) all finished in the Top-7 among 66 individual golfers.

Busetto was brilliant again on Tuesday, using three birdies to shoot her second consecutive 1-over-par, 72. She led the way for the Pirates finishing second overall with a 2-over-par, 72-72-144. St. John's Jessie Kweon won the individual title at 3-under-par.

It's Busetto's second career Top-5 finish and her third Top-10.

Sarrias Pro also had a monster final round, collecting only one birdie, but 15 pars in route to a 1-over-par, 72. She vaulted 10 spots up the leaderboard to tie for seventh overall with a 6-over-par, 76-72-148.

Zavagli had two birdies and 11 pars in round three for a 4-over-par, 75. For the tournament, she tied Sarrias Pro for seventh with a 6-over-par, 73-75-148.

As a team, The Hall saved its best performance for round two, shooting an 11-over-par, 295, on Tuesday to vault two teams for the title. The Pirates finished with a 25-over-par, 298-295-593. Host and fellow BIG EAST competitor, St. John's, finished second, only two stroke behind The Hall.

Seton Hall's 593 is the second-lowest par-72, two-round score in Seton Hall history.

Graduate student Sarah Fouratt (Santa Maria, Calif.) had a 5-over-par, 76, on Tuesday, which was highlighted by an eagle on the par-5, No. 17 hole. She finished tied for 15^th with an 11-over-par, 77-76-153.

Rounding out the Pirates' lineup, freshman Lara Todorovic (Belgrade, Serbia) shot a 12-over-par, 83, on Tuesday. For the tournament, she was 28-over-par with an 87-83-170.

Freshman Anne-Sofie Ekman (Copenhagen, Denmark), competing as an individual, also shot 28-over-par for the tournament. She had an 85-85-170.

Tournament Details:
ST. JOHN'S INVITATIONAL
Host: St. John's University
Location: Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
Course: Saint Andrew's Golf Club
Course Vitals: Par-71, 5,815 yards
Dates: April 10-11, 2023

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THE COURSE:
The magnificent golf course of The Saint Andrew's Golf Club has been shaped by the skill and imagination of three renowned designers over the course of its nearly 135 years of operation. Today's layout, a challenging 6614 yard, par 71,18 hole course rated at 145, is largely the product of a Jack Nicklaus Signature redesign undertaken over the years 1983-85. But a number of the original holes remain in play, largely unchanged. And a number of holes have been subsequently refined in an unceasing effort to enhance the aesthetic beauty of the course and enrich the playing experience.

THE FIELD
In addition to Seton Hall and host St. John's, the field was comprised of nine other teams including: Albany, Bucknell, Columbia, Fairfield, Hartford, Holy Cross, Quinnipiac, Siena and Wagner.

UP NEXT
Seton Hall will return to action for the marquee event on the calendar, the BIG EAST Championship, April 17-19, at Riverton Pointe Country Club in Hardeeville, S.C.

2023 ST. JOHN'S INVITATIONAL - Team Scores
Pos.	Player	R1	R2	TOTAL	PAR
1	SETON HALL	298	295	593	+25
2	St. John's	291	304	595	+27
3	Columbia	294	302	596	+28
4	Albany	295	309	604	+36
5	Quinnipiac	301	305	606	+38
6	Hartford	303	324	627	+59
7	Bucknell	317	317	634	+66
8	Fairfield	320	322	642	+74
9	Holy Cross	327	328	655	+87
10	Wagner	331	334	665	+97
11	Siena	336	333	669	+101

2023 ST. JOHN'S INVITATIONAL - Seton Hall Individual Scores
Pos.	Player	R1	R2	TOTAL	PAR
2	Ludovica Busetto	72	72	144	+2
T7	Ginevra Zavagli	73	75	148	+6
T7	Ana Sarrias Pro	76	72	148	+6
T15	Sarah Fouratt	77	76	153	+11
T55	Lara Todorovic	87	83	170	+28
T55	Anne-Sofie Ekman (Ind.)	85	85	170	+28