Spider Women's Golf Starts Season at Bucknell
09/18/2015 | Women's Golf
Richmond women's golf begins the 2015-16 season this weekend at the Lady Bison Fall Classic, hosted by Bucknell. The 54-hole tournament will be contested at the Par-70 Bucknell Golf Club.
The tournament will start with a 36-hole opening day on Saturday. The teams will participate in a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. and finish with a final 18 holes on Sunday, also starting at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start.
The Spiders are in a field that features host Bucknell, Fairleigh Dickinson, Kutztown, Lehigh, LIU, Monmouth, Niagara, Princeton, Saint Francis (Pa.), St. Francis (N.Y.), St. John's, Seton Hall, Siena, and Valparaiso. Seton Hall is the defending champion of the event.
In addition to returning All-Patriot League performers senior Jessica Lydia and sophomore Elsa Diaz, the Spiders will feature a trio of freshmen seeing their first collegiate action. Annie Collom, Sophie DiPetrillo and Isabella Rusher are among the five golfers contributing to the team score this weekend.
Richmond finished in the top half in three tournaments played in the 2014-15 year. Diaz posted a pair of Top-10 and two more Top-20 finishes last year.
Fans can follow along this weekend with live results at Golfstat.com
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