| SAINTS FIFTH AT WILLIAMS; SKIDMORE SNOWED OUT April 22: John Pezdek shot 36-39 for a 75 total to lead the Saint men's golf team to a fifth place finish at the Spring Challenge at Williams College's Taconic Golf Course on Sunday. A tournament at Skidmore scheduled for Monday was snowed out and the women's golf tournament at Delhi Saturday was cancelled at the last minute. The Saint men finished with a 316 total at Williams and trailed Amherst, Williams, Middlebury and Hamilton in the 13-team field. Pete Wilson shot 39-40 for a 79 and Randy Todd shot 38-42 for 80 for the Saints. Complete results were not provided by Williams. The Saint men will return to Williams for the District Shootout Saturday and Sunday while the Saint women will play in the Northeast Championships at Amherst this weekend. COACH MARY LAWRENCE WINS WOMEN'S SENIOR TOUR QUALIFIER April 19: St. Lawrence University men's and women's golf coach Mary Lawrence finished first at the first-ever Women's Senior Golf Tour Q-School in Daytona Beach, FL and is one of five players advancing from the qualifying tournament to play on the WSGT this season.
Lawrence opened competition with back-to-back rounds of 72 and was tied for third after three rounds, shooting a two-under 69 on Thursday. One of three players to shoot an even par 71 in Friday's round, Lawrence finished atop the leader board, winning a tie-breaker on a scorecard comparison with Kay Kennedy and earned her WSGT card. The Women's Senior Tour open to LPGA Tournament Division or LPGA Teaching or Club Professional Division members 44 or older, features many of the top familiar names in women's golf including Patty Sheehan, Amy Alcott, Hollis Stacey, Jan Stephenson and Joanne Carner. Stacey leads the career money list on the tour which will enter its third season of competition this summer. The WSGT opens with the Fidelity Investments Classic in Plymouth, MA, May 16-19 and includes the Hyvee Classic in Johnston, IA June 13-16 and the Copps Great Lakes Classic in Green Bay, WI, August 7-11. Lawrence, a Canton native, returned to her home town to coach the St. Lawrence men's and women's golf teams when St. Lawrence reinstituted men's golf and added women's golf as collegiate teams in 1999. She also set up and runs St. Lawrence's Indoor Golf Training Center during the winter months. An All America and member of two NCAA championship teams at the University of Miami, she played on the LPGA tour from 1978-83 and has played in nine US Opens and the British Open. Daytona Beach News Journal Coverage MONSELL
FINISHES THIRD AT HARTFORD TOURNAMENT April 15: St. Lawrence University's Kristen Monsell followed an opening round 79 on the par 73 Wampanoag Country Club course at West Hartford, CT. with and 85 on Monday and finished third as an individual in a 71-player field at the Wellesley Inn Hartford Invitational. Monsell was one of only two golfers in the field to break 80, following up a 41 on the front nine with a 38 on the inward loop in Sunday's round. Kristy Finlayson of Hartford shot 76-77 to win medalist honors. The Saints finished 13th as a team and second among Division III teams after the opening round. Amherst won the tournament title. Patty Bresnahan shot 99 and came back with a 93 on Monday and was tied for 39th overall while Katri Natti and Bridget Everly complete the Saint team. SAINTS WIN HAMILTON TOURNAMENT April 13: St. Lawrence University's men's golf tournament picked up a tournament victory in its spring opener on Friday, winning the eight-team Hamilton Invitational. John Pezdek led the Saints with a 78 and was second overall to Tom Farraro of Hamilton, who shot a 77 on his home course. Only three golfers broke 80 in the competition. Saint freshman Simon Watson shot 81, Pete Wilson shot an 82 and Joe Keniston an 84 as the Saints had a team score of 325 with Plattsburgh second a stroke back. Hamilton was third with 332 strokes followed by Oswego, Hamilton B, Cazeovia, Utica and Utica-Rome. SAINT
GOLFERS TIE FOR FIFTH IN ECAC TOURNEY; Oct. 7: St. Lawrence University's men's golf team concluded its fall season with a tie for fifth in the ECAC Championships at Middlebury Saturday and Sunday. The Saints shot a two day total of 621 for their best four out of five scores and were tied with Salem State. Skidmore, behind medallist Joey Pohle's 72-73-145, won the team title with a team score of 608 while Rochester was second with 613, Babson third at 616 and Middlebury fourth at 620 in a 17-team field.
Pezdek's even-par 72 in the Sunday round matched the low round of the day and was one of only six par or better rounds in the two days of the tournament. Rochester's Joe Quijano, who tied Pohle for low score at 145, but lost in a playoff for medallist honors, shot the lone-sub par round, a 71, out of 340 rounds played in the tournament. The Saints shot 316 on Saturday under blustery conditions and were tied for 12th in the tournament, but their team score of 305 on Sunday was the day's third best, just three strokes behind Babson's 302, to jump them seven spots in the final team standings.
MONSELL 33RD IN PRINCETON GOLF INVITATIONAL Oct. 7: St. Lawrence University sophomore Kristen Monsell shot rounds of 84 and 89 on the par-72, 5813 yard course at Springdale Country Club in Princeton and tied for 33rd overall in a 119-golfer field as the Saint women's golf team concluded its fall season with a 22nd place showing in a 24-team field. The tournament, which included just four Division III teams among its 24 teams, was won by Yale with host Princeton second, William and Mary third, Brown fourth and Penn fifth. Monsell was tied for 21st after the opening round and shot her sixth sub-90 round of the season in the Sunday concluding round. Patty Bresnahan was the Saints' second golfer with rounds of 104 and 98 for a 202 total. Freshmen Katri Natti and Reva Brandt each shot 214 and Bridget Everly shot 220 for the two-day event.
Sept. 30: Kristen Monsell tied for fourth with an 83 after the first round of the Mt. Holyoke Invitational and came back with an 86 on Sunday to finish 11th in the 20-team, 98-golfer event. Monsell's 83 on the 5,803 yard par-72 The Orchards course matched her low round of the year. She finished with a 169 total and was tied for fourth among Division III players in a field which included NCAA Division III champion Methodist College and several Division I and II teams. Only two golfers in the entire field broke 80 in the tournament. Central Connecticut won it with the help of medallist Colleen McDonald's 81-80-161 total and a 662 team score. Methodist was second with 663 strokes followed by Dartmouth, Amherst, Boston College and Harvard. St. Lawrence finished 14th as a team with a 778 total and was fifth among Division III teams. In addition to Monsell's 169, Andrea Mercurio shot 94-93-187 and was 50th, Patty Bresnahan shot a 211 total, Katri Natti a 212 and Brdiget Everly a 221 on a challenging course.
SAINTS THIRD IN UCAA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS; QUALIFY FOR ECAC CHAMPIONSHIP Sept. 27: St. Lawrence University's men's golf team shot a team score of 302 and finished third behind champion Skidmore and second place Rochester in the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association Golf Championships held in conjunction with the ECAC Qualifier at the Saratoga Spa State Park Course on Thursday. The Saints qualified for the ECAC Division III Tournament for the first time by finishing fourth in the regional event and will play at Middlebury October 6-7. Ian Coryea and Joe Keniston tied for seventh with 75 and earned UCAA second-team All Conference honors. The tournament was won by Joey Pohle of Skidmore, who shot 68 on the par-72 layout. In addition to Coryea and Keniston, counting scores for the Saints included Pete Wilson and John Pezdek, who each shot 76 and tied for 11th in a tightly bunched field. Drew Burdick was also in at 76 and tied for 11th while Nick Politi and Randy Todd shot 83 and were tied for 35th. Skidmore placed four golfers in the top 11 and finished with a 292 total while Rochester was eight strokes back at 300. The Saints trailed Rochester by two, but had a seven stroke lead on fourth place RPI. Clarkson was fifth at 310 followed by Hamilton with 311 and Hobart at 325. Skidmore's 295 was four strokes better than second-place Plattsburgh's 299 in the regional qualifier. Rochester and the Saints will join those teams plus St. John Fisher (5th, 307), Nazareth (6th, 308), Clarkson and Hamilton at Middebury. Just four golfers from each team were designated as part of the ECAC qualifier which led to the two-stroke increase in Skidmore's score. Counting scores
for the Saints in the ECAC qualifier were turned in by Coryea, Keniston, Pezdek
and Burdick.
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SHOOT TEAM RECORD 295 Sept. 23: St. Lawrence University's men's golf team broke the 300 barrier for its top four scores for the second straight round Saturday, shooting a team record 295, but fell off the pace on Sunday to finish sixth in the 21-team Williams Invitational. The Saints 295 trailed only host Williams and Rochester which tied at 293 after Saturday's round, but while Williams shot a team record 290 on Sunday to finish with a 583 total, the Saints had a round of 311. Skidmore jumped into second with a 592 total, followed by Rochester 597, Colgate 598, Emory at 605 and the Saints at 606.
Drew Burdick shot 73 on Saturday and came back with a 75 on Sunday for a 148 total while Ian Coryea shot 75-80 for a 155 total and freshman Joe Keniston followed a 76 on Saturday with an 82 on Sunday and finished at 158 for the Saints' 606 total. Randy Todd was the fifth man for the Saints and shot 77 on Saturday and 88 on Sunday to finish at 165. Pezdek finished in a four way tie for third, trailing only Williams' Will Sicks, who shot 69-68-137 for a tournament record and second place finisher Joey Pohle of Skidmore who shot 70-74 for a 144 total. Burdick's two round total of 148 also made the top ten, tying for eighth. "I was pretty happy with the results," said Saint coach Mary Lawrence. "Saturday was an outstanding job by everyone.we would have liked to have done better Sunday, but we're still a young team and on the learning curve as far as competition in big tournaments. "I think the guys know they can compete with the top teams, and our next goal is a strong finish Thursday at the UCAA/ECAC Qualifier and a trip to the ECAC's to end the fall season." The Saints will try to wrest the UCAA title from perennial champion Skidmore, and earn their trip to the ECAC Championships when they play the league championship and qualifier on the Saratoga Spa Course Thursday. Skidmore has won six straight UCAA titles. The top three teams in the regional qualifer plus the top two individuals and ties not on qualifying teams will advance to the ECAC Championships at Middlebury.
MONSELL, MERCURIO LEAD SAINTS TO WIN IN ELMIRA INVITATIONAL Sept. 21: St. Lawrence University golfers Kristen Monsell and Andrea Mercurio each shot 88 and led the Saints to a convincing win in the Elmira Invitational on Friday. Monsell won the tie-breaker to take medallist honors in the tournament while the Saints easily outdistanced second place Brockport for the team title with a 371 total for the top four scores. Patty Bresnahan shot 95, and freshman Katri Nattie shot 100 to give the Saints the win with Brockport second with 444 and host Elmira third with 459. Bridget Everly shot 113 to complete the Saint scoring. PEZDEK
PACES SAINTS TO FOURTH AT MIDDLEBURY SAINTS BREAK 300 BARRIER AS A TEAM ON SUNDAY
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was a great weekend for us," said coach Mary Lawrence. "Definitely the best we
have had in the short time we have had a team." The Saints were eighth after Saturday's opening round with a four-golfer score of 317, but shot the third best team round on Sunday, trailing only Skidmore and Williams which shot 295 and ended up tied for the overall tournament lead with team totals of 610. Skidmore was awarded the tie-breaker on the basis of the best fifth player score. Babson finished third with a two-day total of 613 with the Saints just two strokes back with a 615 total. Host Middlebury finished fifth with a 617 total. Pezdek shot 77 on Saturday to pace the Saints and the team came through with four rounds in the 70s on Sunday. Pezdek shot even-par 72 while Drew Burdick, who was fighting injury on Saturday when he shot 85, came back with a one-over 73 on Sunday to finish with a 158 total, tied for 27th overall. Freshman Joe Keniston followed a Saturday 78 with a 76 on Sunday to finish at 154, tied for 14th overall while Randy Todd shot 79-77-156 and finished tied for 21st. Pete Wilson was the Saints' fifth golfer and shot 83-83-166 to tie for 59th. "Skidmore, Williams and Babson are all ranked teams and we were right there with them this weekend," said Lawrence. "We've got another big tournament as far as rankings go coming up at Williams this weekend.we just want to build on what we have done so far." MONSELL LEADS SAINT
WOMEN AT BRYANT INVITATIONAL MONSELL
LEADS SAINT WOMEN AT WILLIAMS Albany and St. Lawrence are varsity teams while Williams is a club team heading for varsity status a year from now. The Saints' top four scores combined for a 391 total while Albany had a 354, led by Jill Friedman's 82. Williams had a 448 team total. In addition to Monsell's 90, Andrea Mercurio shot 96, Patty Bresnahan 98 and Bridget Everly 107 for the top four Saint scorers. Katri Nattie shot 108 and Reva Brandt 110 to complete the Saint scoring. The Saint women will play at Elmira on Friday.
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total of 31 golfers competed for the five exempt spots at the LPGA International
Course in Daytona and Lawrence led the field with a 284 total for her four rounds
of competition on the 5,812 yard par 71 course. 
John
Pezdek led the Saints, finishing in a tie for fifth with rounds of 78 and 72 for
a 150 total. Drew Burdick also made the top 20, finishing tied for 14th with identical
77's for a 154 total. Freshman Joe Keniston shot 84-75-159 to tie for 36th while
Ian Coryea shot 78-82 and tied for 42nd with a 160 total and Pete Wilson tied
for 57th with rounds of 83 and 81 and a 164 total. 
All
five Saint golfers shot below 80 on Saturday, led by John Pezdek's (left) even-par
71 on the 6,640 yard layout at the Taconic Golf Club. Pezdek came back with a
74 on Sunday for a 145 total, the best of the season for the Saints. 