GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo competed in the two-day Northeast Women's Golf Conference Fall Invitational, playing Oct. 19 at Foxfire Golf Club and Oct. 20 at Camillus Country Club in Camillus, N.Y. The Knights placed second as a team on the first day and fourth on the second.
At Foxfire (par 72), Geneseo posted a team score of 419 (+131) to finish second behind SUNY Cortland (+59). SUNY Delhi was third at +237. Avery Smith led the Knights with a 101, good for ninth place individually, and closed her round with a par on the par-5 18th. Lydia Hickey shot a 102 for 10th, making pars on holes 3, 4, 6 and 7. Hanna Bechard carded a 107 to tie for 13th and Annabel Barberich shot a 109 for 16th. Avery Keller finished with a 112 to tie for 17th, making pars on Nos. 7 and 17. Samantha Petroci, competing as an individual, shot 133 to place 23rd.
At Camillus (par 73), Geneseo finished fourth with a team score of 381 (+89). SUNY Cortland won at 336 (+44), followed by Nazareth at 353 (+61) and St. John Fisher at 360 (+68). Smith again led Geneseo, shooting an 89 (+16) to tie for ninth, with pars on holes 3, 9, 14, 16 and 18. Hickey carded a 96 to tie for 18th, making six pars (Nos. 1, 2, 4, 11, 13 and 18). Bechard and Keller each shot 98 to tie for 21st. Bechard made four pars (Nos. 2, 10, 15 and 16), while Keller recorded a birdie on the par-3 third hole and added pars on Nos. 8 and 18. Barberich shot a 101 to place 24th, with pars on Nos. 3 and 8. Petroci, again competing as an individual, shot 108 to place 28th.
Geneseo will next compete at the St. John Fisher Invitational on April 11-12 at Cobblestone Country Club.