Bagnoli Takes Home Individual Title in Owls’ Debut

Sunday, September 12

Williamsburg, Va.

All Day

Florida Atlantic

William & Mary Fall Invitational

9/13/2021 4:44:00 PM | Women's Golf

FINAL RESULTS

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Letizia Bagnoli carded a 3-under 69 on Monday, and coupled with her first two rounds being 5-under-par, won the William & Mary Fall Invitational by four strokes, in the first fall tournament of the season for Florida Atlantic University women's golf.

Bagnoli, a senior transfer from Wake Forest, notched her first collegiate tournament win, and it comes in her FAU debut. She totaled an 8-under 208 to outpace Tiffany Kong of Princeton, while second round leader Mallory Fobes (UNC Wilmington) finished third, five back.

The Florence, Italy, native shot under par in each round (68-71-69), was the tournament's top scorer on Par-4 holes (4-under), and was second best on Par-5's (4-under as well). She totaled 38 pars and 12 birdies among her 54 holes, with the dozen birdies tying for most among the field.

Blanka Decker was next for the Owls, in a tie for 17th place at 5-over. She had shot even par in each of Sunday's first two rounds. One stroke behind her, and amongst a group in 22nd, was Olivia Bergner. Kacey Walker wrapped up the scoring portion for the Owls. Here is a look at the five members of the squad that competed this weekend:

Player	Finish	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
Letizia Bagnoli	1	68	71	69	208 (-8)
Blanka Decker	T17	72	72	77	221 (+5)
Olivia Bergner	T22	72	76	74	222 (+6)
Kacey Walker	T55	77	75	81	233 (+17)
Rosa Barnak	T70	81	79	81	241 (+25)

As a team, the Owls finished in sixth place out of the 15 teams competing, 14 strokes behind James Madison. Princeton, UNC Wilmington, Boston University and Old Dominion rounded out the top five.

Quotable:
"Congratulations to Leti on a great week," said head coach Heather Bowie Young. "All facets of her game were on point. It feels good to get our first event under our belt competing as a team. We did a lot of things well this week but also have areas to improve. We are looking forward to a good week of practice before heading to Birmingham for the UAB Fall Invite. Go Owls!"

What's Next:
As Coach Young alluded to, starting a week from today, the Owls will compete in the UAB Fall Invite. The two-day tournament takes place in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Hoover Country Club.