Women's Golf Co-Preseason Favorite In Northeast Conference Poll |
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LIU captured its first-ever NEC team title in 2005, while St. Francis (PA) has won the championship in five of the seven years the NEC has sponsored women’s golf. Head coach Michael Michaelides will have to replace 2005 NEC Golfer of the Year Shauna Wilde and three other seniors as the Blackbirds look to defend their crown. Junior Erica Chong (Hilo, Hawaii/Hilo) is the lone upperclassman on the Blackbird roster. A 2004 all-NEC selection, Chong finished tied for 17th at the 2005 NEC Championship. The rest of the LIU line-up features two sophomores in Heather Wolfe (Honeoye Falls, NY/Monroe CC) and Heather Pothier (Truro, Nova Scotia/St. Andrew’s) and three freshmen. Rookie Natalie Desjardins (Haileybury, Ontario/Ecole Secondaire Ste) was the Blackbirds top performer in the fall, including a second place finish at the ECAC Championship. LIU continues its spring schedule at the Fairfield Spring Invitational in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Mar. 12-14. |
3/9/06 -- The
Long Island University women's golf team, along with St.
Francis (PA), have been selected co-favorites to
win the 2006 NEC Women’s Golf Championship in a poll of
league head coaches. The Blackbirds and Red Flash received three
first place votes each.