Girls Go Golfing Alumni Off to Great Start in Dickinson College Invitational

Kara McNulty claimed her 10th title in 29 career events.

Complete Results

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Girl GO Golfing alumnus, current Copper Hill Country Club Women's Champion Senior Kara McNulty (Flemington, N.J./Hunterdon Central) scratched off another Gettysburg College women's golf record by claiming her 10th career individual title at the Dickinson College Invitational at the Blue Ridge Country Club on Saturday, Sept. 14.
 
McNulty fired a 78 – her program-record fourth career round in the 70s – to win medalist honors by three strokes. She broke the previous career wins record set by Merrill Fortier '08. 

McNulty owns  nearly all of the golf program's records, including career scoring average (82.92), season average (82.9), and best 36-hole score (158). Still left on the docket is Fortier's single-round record of 76 set on Sept. 25, 2004.
 
As a team, Gettysburg tied Division II Millersville University for the top spot in the eight-team field with a 351. Millersville took home the team title by winning the tiebreaker after matching up the scorecards. McDaniel College shot 379 to finish a distant third.
 
Freshman Sarah Hansen (Cumberland, Maine/Greely) finished in a tie for fifth with an 89. Another GIrls Go GOlfing alumnus and fellow first-year Nicole Petrocchi (Whitehouse Station, N.Y./Hunterdon Central) and sophomore Kate Schwartz (Blairstown, N.J./North Warren Regional) each shot 92 to finish tied for 11th.
 
Gettysburg resumes action at the McDaniel Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 12:30 p.m. 

Former GGGer & HC Red Devil Repeats as CC Player of the Year and Scores a First Team All-Centennial Team "Hat Trick!"

 

McNulty, Rowlands Highlight All-Centennial Women's Golf Team

Complete All-CC Team

ALL-CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE
Kara McNulty, Gettysburg +, Jr, Flemington, N.J. / Hunterdon Central
Morgan Koopman, McDaniel ++, Sr, Finksburg, Md. / McDonogh School
Molly Nulty, Gettysburg #, Sr, Cortland, N.Y. / Homer
Lauren Sobotka, Gettysburg *, Soph, North Caldwell, N.J. / Mount St. Dominic Academy
Emily Rowlands, Susquehanna, Fr, Honeoye Falls, N.Y. / Honeoye Falls-Lima

++ 1st team All-Centennial in 2010, 2011 and 2012
+    1st team All-Centennial in 2011 and 2012
*    1st team All-Centennial in 2012
#    1st team All-Centennial in 2011

Player of the Year – Kara McNulty, Gettysburg, Jr
Rookie of the Year - Emily Rowlands, Susquehanna, Fr
Coach of the Year – Sue Konstalid, Gettysburg

Notes

• McNulty is the third Gettysburg player to earn Centennial Player of the Year, joining Merrill Fortier (2008) and Caroline Nathan (2009), and first player to repeat since McDaniel's Kelly Cramp (2002-05). She becomes the eighth player to earn first-team All-Centennial laurels three times.
• Koopman is the fifth player to earn first-team All-Centennial honors four times.
• McNulty, Koopman and Sobotka were repeaters from the 2012 first team. Nulty was a first-team selection in 2011.
• Rowlands becomes the 20th freshman to earn first-team All-Centennial honors by finishing in the top five.
• McDaniel leads all schools with 28 first-team All-Centennial selections, followed by Gettysburg (17), Franklin & Marshall (9), Dickinson (6), Muhlenberg (5) and Susquehanna (1). Ursinus has not had a first-team selection.