Dapron and Kase set to make fourth Conference Championship appearances
Dapron, the 2021 Spring NE10 Championship runner-up, leads the Skyhawks with an 80.00 stroke average this season (PHOTO BY Ben Stockwell) |
EASTON, Mass. (April 21, 2023) – Stonehill College will make its Northeast Conference Championships debut when it competes at the 2023 edition of the Conference's Women's Golf Championships with the 54-hole event being held Sunday through Tuesday at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Stonehill, picked tenth in the NEC preseason coaches rankings, is among 11 teams set to compete for the NEC Championship over three rounds. Sacred Heart University is the defending champion and was picked first in the NEC preseason poll, receiving eight of 11 first place votes, while Fairleigh Dickinson was picked second with two first place votes and Howard University third with the remaining first place vote. Sacred Heart won its second NEC title in program history with a three-day score of 923 at LPGA International. FDU has won the title a Conference record nine times, including a Conference-record run of four straight from 2008-2011, having captured all nine of its crowns over the last 14 years. A Knight has won each of the last four individual NEC titles, including current senior Victoria Schroedl in 2022.
Stonehill, under the direction of head coach Nick Crovetti, in his seventh year, has three remaining players from the lineup that posted a runner-up finish at the 2021 Spring NE10 Championship, including senior captains Julia Dapron, who posted an individual runner-up finish and owns three top 20 championship finishes, and Emily Kase, who joined Dapron on the NE10 All-Championship Team in 2021 after finishing tied for fourth overall. Junior Hannah Pignato finished tied for 20th at the 2021 Spring NE10 Championship, while sophomore Mollie Thomas was part of the Skyhawks lineup at the 2021 Fall NE10 Championship.
Kase is also competing in her fourth Conference Championship, posting a top five finish at the 2021 Spring NE10 Champs (PHOTO BY Ben Stockwell) |
Dapron and Kase will both be competing in their fourth Conference Championship this weekend. Dapron has posted an 84.33 stroke average over her six previous Championship rounds, finishing tied for 16th at the 2021 Fall NE10 Championship (84-83=167) and 20th as a freshman at the 2019 NE10 Championship (84-85=169), while shooting 83-87/170 for her NE10 Championship runner-up finish. Kase has posted an 86.67 stroke average in her six career Championship rounds, carding a personal championship-best 82 in the second round of the Fall 2021 NE10 Championship as well as the first round of the 2019 Championship her freshman year. Thomas has an 88.5 stroke average in her two NE10 Championship rounds in 2021, finishing 25th overall (90-87=177), while Pignato has a 93.5 stroke average in her two career Championship rounds, shooting 98-89=187 in the 2021 Spring NE10 Championship.
Dapron leads Stonehill with an 80.00 stroke average over her ten rounds of competition during her senior year, posting three top 15 finishes, including a tie for second at the Franklin Pierce Invitational in September, carding a program-record low 72 in the second round and program-record two-day score of 147 at the event. She has four rounds in the 70s this season and has shot 85 or better in nine of her ten rounds total.
Kase has contributed an 84.75 stroke average in 12 total rounds during her senior year, posting three two 15 finishes, including a pair of top tens. She carded a career-low round 76 in the first round of the Franklin Pierce Invitational and finished tied for ninth at both the season-opening Wesleyan Fall Invitational (81-87=168) and Golden Knights Orlando Invitational (80-79=159 last month.
DeBoise has made an immediate impact for the Skyhawks in her freshman season, posting three top ten finishes and an 80.33 stroke average (PHOTO BY Brian Foley) |
Stonehill has been boosted by the addition of freshman Jaelyn DeBoise with an 80.33 stroke average over 12 rounds during her first collegiate season. She has three top ten finishes, including a tie for third in her collegiate debut at the Wesleyan Fall Invite (81-80=161), and then carding consecutive two-over-par rounds of 75 for a sixth-place finish (150) at the Golden Knights Orlando Invite, having carded four rounds in the 70s during her freshman season and shooting 85 or better in ten of 12 rounds overall.
Thomas has posted an 87.08 stroke average in 12 rounds this season, including a career-best 77 at the Franklin Pierce Fall Invite. Pignato has added a 91.00 stroke average in her 12 rounds this year.
Projected Stonehill Lineup
Julia Dapron, Senior
Fourth Conference Championship Appearance – First NEC Championship Appearance
2021 Spring NE10 Championship Runner-Up; 2021 Spring NE10 All-Championship Team
Career Championship Finishes: 2019 – 20th (84-85=169); 2021(S) – 2nd (83-87=170); 2021(F) – T16th (84-83=167)
Best Championship Round: 83 (2021 NE10 Spring, 1st Round Leader; 2021 Fall NE10 second round)
Best Championship Finish: 2nd (2021 NE10 Spring)
Best Championship Score: 167 (2021 NE10 Fall)
2022-23 Scoring: 80.00 (10 rounds)
Jaelyn DeBoise, Freshman
First NEC Championship Appearance
2022-23 Scoring: 80.33 (12 rounds)
Emily Kase, Senior
Fourth Conference Championship Appearance – First NEC Championship Appearance
2021 Spring NE10 All-Championship Team
Career Championship Finishes: 2019 – T24th (82-90=172); 2021(S) – T4th (85-91=176); 2021(F) – T21st (90-82=172)
Best Championship Round: 82 (2019 NE10, First Round; 2021 NE10 Fall second round)
Best Championship Finish: T4th (2021 NE10 Spring)
Best Championship Score: 172 (2019 NE10 & 2021 NE10 Fall)
2022-23 Scoring: 84.75 (12 rounds)
Hannah Pignato, Junior
Second Conference Championship Appearance – First NEC Championship Appearance
Career Championship Finishes: 2021 Spring – T20th (98-89=187)
Best Championship Round: 89 (2021 NE10 Spring second round)
Best Championship Finish: T20th (2021 NE10 Spring)
Best Championship Score: 187 (2021 NE10 Spring)
2022-23 Scoring: 91.00 (12 rounds)
Mollie Thomas, Sophomore
Second Conference Championship Appearance - First NEC Championship Appearance
Career Championship Finishes: 2022 NE10 Fall – 25th (90-87=177)
Best Championship Round: 87 (2021 NE10 Fall second round)
Best Championship Finish: 25th (2021 NE10 Fall)
Best Championship Score: 177 (2021 NE10 Fall)
2022-23 Scoring: 87.08 (12 rounds)
Stonehill All-Time Conference Championship Results
NE10 Fall 2021:4th (338-336=694) at Beaver Meadow Golf Course; Concord, New Hampshire
NE10 Spring 2021: 2nd (357-356=713) at Cold Spring Country Club; Belchertown, Massachusetts
2019 NE10: 6th (332-354=686) at Shenendoah Golf Course; Verona, New York
2018 NE10: 5th Place (352-347=699) at Capital Hills GC; Albany New York
2017 NE10: No Team Score at Haverhill Country Club; Haverhill, Massachusetts
Best Team Finish: 2nd (Spring 2021 NE10)
Best Team Round: 332 (2019 NE10 – 1st Round)
Best Team Score: 686 (2019 NE10)
Best Individual Finish: 2nd (Julia Dapron, Spring 2021 NE10; 83-87=170)
Best Individual Round: 81 (Emma Beaulieu, 2019 NE10 2nd Round)
Best Individual Score: 164 (Alexis Annarummo, 2018 NE10)
The NEC Championship will get underway with first round play on Sunday at approximately 7:30 a.m. Live results will be available golfstat.com and via stonehillskyhawks.com.
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