SHAWNEE ON THE DELAWARE, PA - Susquehanna University's women's golf team has plenty to hang their hat on after a productive fall season. They look to carry that momentum into their fall finale this weekend at the Landmark Conference Previews at the Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort.
Head coach Aaron Ettinger enters his third full season at the helm, welcoming two first-year players, Lyla Jones and Reese Walizer, to what has been the program's strongest roster yet. The River Hawks captured one tournament victory and recorded two additional top-three finishes throughout the fall season. The team continued to rewrite the record books, highlighted by Kennedy Petrovich breaking her own program record for the lowest 18-hole score with a three-under-par 69. Additionally, the River Hawks set a new team program record by shooting a 304 in the second round of the Hamilton Invitational. Susquehanna enters the Landmark Conference Preview ranked No. 57 nationally and No. 13 regionally, with a scoring average of 320.73.
The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort will once again host the Landmark Conference Preview and Championship, marking the fourth consecutive year the course has served as the site of the event. Last spring the women finished in second place behind Catholic University with a team score of 678 (+102). This year they look to take over the conference and break Catholics four year winning streak.
Cailyn Schall enters the Landmark Conference Preview ranked No. 25 regionally and No. 145 nationally, with a scoring average of 77.87. Schall has recorded two individual victories and one additional top-three finish this fall. She opened the season by earning medalist honors with a 79 in the dual match against Marywood University before finishing second at the Shenandoah Invitational with rounds of 71 and 75. She tied for first at Susquehanna's Fall Invitational with a 77 and followed with rounds of 72 and 78 at the Hamilton Invitational. Schall wrapped up the fall season at the Golfweek October Classic, carding rounds of 87, 80, and 89.
Kennedy Petrovich enters the Landmark Conference Preview ranked No. 33 regionally and No. 166 nationally, with a scoring average of 78.53. She has recorded three top-three finishes this fall, highlighted by a second-place finish at the Hamilton Invitational. Petrovich opened the season with an 83 against Marywood before shooting rounds of 75 and 84 at the Shenandoah Invitational. She added an 80 at Susquehanna's Fall Invitational before making program history at the Hamilton Invitational, shooting a program-record 69 in the second round, featuring seven birdies, to finish tied for second. She concluded the fall season with rounds of 86, 76, and 83 at the Golfweek October Classic.
Lyla Jones enters the Landmark Conference Preview ranked No. 61 regionally and No. 322 nationally, with a scoring average of 81.42. Jones has earned one individual victory this fall, tying for first at Susquehanna's Fall Invitational with a 77. She opened her collegiate career with an 89 against Marywood before recording rounds of 78 and 82 at the Shenandoah Invitational. Jones followed her victory with rounds of 79 and 80 at the Hamilton Invitational before closing out the fall season with rounds of 90, 78, and 87 at the Golfweek October Classic.
Reese Walizer enters the Landmark Conference Preview ranked No. 73 regionally and No. 783 nationally, with a scoring average of 87.94. Walizer has recorded one top-three finish during her first collegiate fall season. She opened her career with an 87 against Marywood before shooting rounds of 87 and 91 at the Shenandoah Invitational. She added a 90 at Susquehanna's Fall Invitational before improving by 20 strokes in the second round of the Hamilton Invitational, shooting a 77 after opening with a 97. Walizer finished the fall season with rounds of 84, 85, and 83 at the Golfweek October Classic.
Mylee Lorigan enters the Landmark Conference Preview ranked No. 115 regionally and No. 828 nationally, with a scoring average of 88.42. She opened the season with a 90 against Marywood before carding rounds of 90 and 85 at the Shenandoah Invitational. Lorigan followed with an 87 at Susquehanna's Fall Invitational and rounds of 86 and 92 at the Hamilton Invitational. She rounded out the fall season at the Golfweek October Classic, shooting rounds of 94, 90, and 89.
