6/19/06 --
Long Island University freshman Natalie Desjardins was selected
Northeast Conference Women’s Golf Rookie of the Year
in a vote by conference head coaches and released on Monday.
The first-year player finished tied for fifth at the 2006
NEC Tournament with a two-day score of 161 (87-74). On the
season, the Haileybury, Ontario product tallied six top-10
finishes, including a runner-up finish at the ECAC Championship
in October.
In addition, she captured her first career victory at the
Fairfield Invitational in March. The All-NEC performer and
two-time NEC Player of the Week averaged 81.1 strokes per
round with eight sub-80 scores.
Joining Desjardins on the all-conference squad is teammate
Erica Chong. The only returnee on this year’s team,
Chong finished third individually at the NEC Championships
with a two-day score of 157 (78-79). The Blackbirds0 - as
a team - fired an NEC tournament-low final-round 319 to finish
second.
On the men’s side, junior Matt Wilson (Toronto, Canada)
had a final-round 73 at the NEC Men’s Golf Championships
to tie for second and earn all-conference honors. Freshman
Greg Nicolson (Edinburgh, Scotland) joins Wilson on all-conference
squad with his tie for tenth place at 154.
The Blackbird men took third at the two-day event, four strokes
behind first-place St. Francis (Pa.).
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