Maddie Sager inching closer to Big East success
The Seton Hall women’s golf team is off to its lowest Golfstat team ranking, 54th, since the program began in 2010, thanks to stellar play from top to bottom. Among the golfers having wonderful seasons is Maddie Sager. Two of the biggest goals coming into the season for the Phoenixville, P.A. native was to lower her scoring average – a feat she has accomplished every year – and win her first tournament. In her...
Fouratt, Sager off to dominant starts
The Seton Hall women’s golf is off to a torrid start to the fall season, receiving third and first place results in their first two tournaments. At the Nittany Lion Invitational on Sept. 21 and 22, the Pirates were especially clinical at the top, as Sarah Fouratt and Maddie Sager tied for first place as individual champions with one other competitor for the tournament. The duo each had their own successes throughout the two days....
Sammie Staudt leading the charge for women’s golf
Two personal-best results, two top-five finishes and one new Seton Hall record to start the season –Pirate golfer Sammie Staudt is locked in. The Pennsylvania native led Seton Hall as they topped a field of 13 programs at this weekend’s Princeton Invitational, held from Sept. 28-29. The Pirates’ one-under-par team score of 575 earned them top honors by seven strokes over host Princeton, followed closely by fellow Ivy League schools...
Pirates shine again at Princeton Invitational
The Seton Hall women’s golf team shined at the Princeton Invitational over the weekend, finishing first place among a field of 13, including two Big East opponents, St. John’s and Georgetown. The Pirates got off to a quick start with three players all shooting under-par through the first nine holes. Maddie Sager shot even through the first nine and improved her...
Freshman comes from family of Seton Hall golf champions
James Bosworth is Seton Hall royalty. Despite attending the University for less than a month, Bosworth is among the richest legacy of athletes to don the blue and white, as his father, uncle and grandfather played golf for the Pirates, with his father and uncle both capturing Big East titles for the men’s golf program. The family tradition has had him ready to attend the school since birth. “This was my number one dream my entire...
Women’s Golf Finishes Third at Nittany Lion Invitational
The Seton Hall women’s golf team kicked off its fall season at the Nittany Lion Invitational hosted by Penn State over the weekend, finishing third out of 12 teams. The field included Seton Hall and the hosts, Penn State, as well as multiple other teams, two of which were New Jersey rival, Rutgers and Big East opposition Georgetown. Through the first round of play Seton Hall was tied for third place with Rutgers at a score of 298. The...
Women’s Golf Finishes Third at Nittany Lion Invitational
The Seton Hall women’s golf team kicked off its fall season at the Nittany Lion Invitational hosted by Penn State over the weekend, finishing third out of 12 teams. The field included Seton Hall and the hosts, Penn State, as well as multiple other teams, two of which were New Jersey rival, Rutgers and Big East opposition Georgetown. Through the first round of play Seton Hall was tied for third place with Rutgers at a score of 298. The...
Xie Claims Top Spot Individually, Pirates Claim Third in Hartford
This year’s freshman class of golfers has been given extremely high expectations. After the losses of Gen Nagai and Chris Yeom, the new class of James Bosworth, Ian Lee, and Wenliang Xie have a tough four-year act to follow as it looks to make a splash in the collegiate golf world. Of the three newcomers, Xie is gotten off to the fastest start. The Chinese native, who attended high school in California, made his first collegiate...
Tait ready to step up as a leader for men’s golf
In a transition year for the Seton Hall men’s golf team, the young Pirates roster looks for someone to lead the 60% of upperclassmen that make up the roster. It is clear that Gregor Tait has become an apparent leader both in the locker room and on the course. Tait, who ranked 19th in scoring average in the entire Big East Conference a year ago, was also the Seton Hall Freshman Male Student Athlete in 2018-19. Now he is looking to make...
Pirates take 3rd in tournament
It was nearly exactly a year ago to the date that the Seton Hall men’s golf team registered a 4th place finish at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial Tournament in upstate Hamilton, New York. They were headed in their efforts by a freshman playing in his first ever collegiate tournament — Devin Ramachandran, whose heady play landed him in a tie for fourth place on the leaderboards, the top number for any Pirate in the tournament....
Men’s golf looks to start the season with a bang
While the 2018-19 PGA Tour season ended in late August, the 2019-20 Collegiate Golf season is just getting started. Seton Hall officially kicked off the year on September 7th at the 2019 Alex Lagowitz Memorial in Hamilton, New York, and the hype for the season could not be higher. Head coach Clay White’s squad will have a slew of experienced players, including seniors Alex McAuley and Alex Chalk, as well as juniors Gregor Tait and...
Pirates’ golf star Lizzie Win competes with world’s best
The Seton Hall women’s golf season takes a hiatus from late April until late September, but rising senior and team leader Lizzie Win kept busy competing this summer. Win, who earned Big East All-Tournament and All-Conference honors for the second straight season in 2018-19, played in the LPGA Marathon Classic from July 11-14. Win qualified for this year’s event by notching an even par-72 in a qualifying event earlier in that week,...