Blairsville, PA -- St. Francis (PA) captured its third straight NEC Women's Golf Championship and fifth in the six years the event has been contested, rolling to a 19-stroke victory over runner-up Long Island at Chestnut Ridge Golf Club in Blarsville, PA.  As a team, the Red Flash posted a two-day score of 662 at the par-72, 5,840 yard course.

Long Island, which shaved 29 strokes off its first round score, finished second with 681.  Central Connecticut State (696) took third, followed by Wagner (704), Monmouth (722), Mount St. Mary's (744), Sacred Heart (796) and Robert Morris (1,111).

Wagner sophomore Alysse Sweeney (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills) was crowned individual champion, winning by three strokes with a two-round score of 161.  She fired a 77 on Tuesday, the low round of the tournament.  There was a three-way tie for second place among Central Connecticut State's Sue Gleeson (Petersborough, Ontario/St. Peter's Secondary), who held a two-stroke lead entering second round play, St. Francis (PA)'s Tarah Schloss (Bloomsburg, PA/Bloomsburg) and teammate Megan Schaeffer (Richland, PA/Eastern Lebanon).  Each of the three players carded a 164 over the two rounds.

All five St. Francis (PA) competitors were selected to the ten-player all-conference team at the conclusion of the tournament.  Besides the aforementioned top-four finishers, other players named all-NEC were St. Francis (PA)'s Kaci Daniels (Port Allegany, PA/Port Allegany) (fifth place; 165), Long Island's Shauna Wilde (Mississauga, Ontario/Clarkson Secondary) (sixth; 166) and Erica Chong (Hilo, HA/Hilo) (seventh; 167), Central Connecticut State's Leah Steinmiller (Wethersfield, CT/Wethersfield) (eighth; 168) and St. Francis (PA)'s Mary Kate Williams (Somerville, NJ/Immaculata) (ninth; 170) and Katie Thorne (Bracebridge, Ontario/Bracebridge & Muskoka Lakes) (tenth; 171), who was the 2003 individual champion.

St. Francis (PA) head coach Darrell Jones was tabbed NEC Coach of the Year for the second straight season in a vote by his peers at the conclusion of the event.

 
Northeast Conference Champ.   
Chestnut Ridge G.C.      Blairsville, PA
Tournament Dates: 04/19 - 04/20
           
Par:72                   
Yardage: 5840                 

 Fin Team                     Scores
   1 St. Francis Univ.-PA     339  323    662   +86 
   2 Long Island U-Brklyn     355  326    681  +105 
   3 Central Conn. St. U.     353  343    696  +120 
   4 Wagner College           361  343    704  +128 
   5 Monmouth University      377  345    722  +146 
   6 Mount St. Mary's         370  374    744  +168 
   7 Sacred Heart Univ.       396  398    794  +218 
   8 Robert Morris U.         567  544   1111  +535 
 
IndiFin  Name               School       Scores

   1  Alysse Sweeney        Wagner       84   77    161   +17 
T  2  Megan Schaeffer       St Fran-PA   85   79    164   +20 
T  2  Sue Gleeson           CCSU         81   83    164   +20 
T  2  Tarah Schloss         St Fran-PA   82   82    164   +20 
   5  Kaci Daniels          St Fran-PA   86   79    165   +21 
   6  Shauna Wilde          LIU          87   79    166   +22 
   7  Erica Chong           LIU          87   80    167   +23 
   8  Leah Steinmiller      CCSU         85   83    168   +24 
   9  Mary Kate Williams    St Fran-PA   86   84    170   +26 
  10  Katie Thorne          St Fran-PA   88   83    171   +27 
T 11  Kathleen Cummings     Sac. Heart   88   84    172   +28 
T 11  Veronica Lopes        LIU          87   85    172   +28 
  13  Jessica Rickert       Wagner       90   85    175   +31 
  14  Lauren Jackson        CCSU         93   83    176   +32 
T 15  Meghan Henning        Monmouth U   97   81    178   +34 
T 15  Rebecca Frizzel       Wagner       93   85    178   +34 
  17  Amy Kitchen           LIU          98   82    180   +36 
  18  Tracey Chew           LIU          94   87    181   +37 
T 19  Anne Marie McMillan   Monmouth U   91   91    182   +38 
T 19  Valerie Centanni      Monmouth U   93   89    182   +38 
  21  Maria Oristaglio      The Mount    92   91    183   +39 
  22  Shannon Prettyman     The Mount    92   92    184   +40 
  23  Morgan Reynolds       Monmouth U   96   89    185   +41 
T 24  Bethany Pierce        CCSU         94   94    188   +44 
T 24  Kelly Leonard         The Mount    93   95    188   +44 
  26  Sari Miller           Monmouth U  103   86    189   +45 
  27  Rowena Pedrena        The Mount    93   97    190   +46 
  28  Elizabeth McGrath     Wagner       94   97    191   +47 
  29  Thea Tharp            The Mount   101   96    197   +53 
T 30  Kathleen Norton       Wagner      103   96    199   +55 
T 30  Lauren Stanley        CCSU        102   97    199   +55 
  32  Meghan Kelley         Sac. Heart  100  101    201   +57 
  33  Ashleigh O'Rourke     Sac. Heart  104  105    209   +65 
T 34  Ashleigh Nyborg       Sac. Heart  104  108    212   +68 
T 34  Jena Toscano          Sac. Heart  104  108    212   +68 
  36  Nikki Miller          R Morris    149  123    272  +128 
  37  Christine Gallagher   R Morris    131  142    273  +129 
  38  Stefanie Hamilton     R Morris    142  134    276  +132 
  39  Jessica Markham       R Morris    145  145    290  +146 
 
 
                   Round 1  Round 2     Total
 
Team Statistics
Average Score:      389.75   374.50    382.13
Rounds Below Par:        0        0         0
Rounds Even Par:         0        0         0
Rounds Above Par:        8        8        16
 
Player Statistics
Average Score:       97.87    93.77     95.82
Rounds Below Par:        0        0         0
Rounds Even Par:         0        0         0
Rounds Above Par:       39       39        78