BIG EAST Announces Women's Golf All-Conference Teams
NEW YORK – St. John’s senior Anna Kim, Xavier senior Shane Crutchfield and Georgetown sophomore Jacquelyn Eleey are repeat selections on the 2016 All-BIG EAST Teams in women’s golf. This year, the conference named a first and second team prior to the BIG EAST Women’s Golf Championship Presented by the Jeep Brand April 22-24 at Callawassie Island, S.C. The selections were made by the league’s head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own players.
The BIG EAST Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Coach of the Year will be announced after the BIG EAST Championship.
In addition to Kim, Crutchfield and Eleey, Hanna Lee of Xavier and Christina Parsells of Georgetown were named to the All-BIG EAST First Team. Kim and Crutchfield are three-time All-BIG EAST selections.
The All-BIG EAST Second Team includes: Cassie Pantelas and Megan Tenhundfeld of Seton Hall, Lauren Tibbets of Butler, Kelsey Petersen of Creighton and Alexa Popowitz of Georgetown.
Kim, a native of Toronto, Ontario, is the highest ranked player by the Golfstat Player Head-to-Head Rankings going into this weekend’s BIG EAST Championship. She has won three tournaments this year and has posted five top-five finishes. Kim’s last win was at the Hoya Invitational on April 4-5.
Crutchfield is second on the Xavier team in stroke average at 76.33. A native of St. Petersburg, Fla., she has five top-10 finishes in 10 tournaments this year. Her teammate, Lee, leads the team this spring with a 76.08 stroke average. A Cincinnati, Ohio, native, Lee recorded a win at the Rio Verde Invitational and a second place finish in the Florida Gulf Coast Eagle Invitational this spring.
Eleey, a sophomore from Quincy, Mass., was the BIG EAST Freshman of the Year in 2015 and the BIG EAST Championship individual winner last year. This spring, she leads the Hoyas with a 76.27 stroke average and has posted five top-20 finishes for the year, including three in the top 10.
Parsells, a freshman from Bernardsville, N.J., has averaged 77.26 strokes for the year and has had two top 10 finishes. She tied for ninth at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational and tied for 10
th at the Yale Intercollegiate.
Seton Hall’s has two honorees on the All-BIG EAST Second Team with Tenhundfeld being the only senior in the group. She leads the Pirates with a 77.52 stroke average. Tenhundfeld finished seventh in last year’s BIG EAST Championship. Pantelas is a sophomore who has a 78.19 stroke average for the year. She took 11
th in last year’s championship.
Butler’s Tibbets, a freshman, has been the Bulldogs’ top performer with a 78.0 stroke average and won the Indiana State Spring Invite. Creighton’s Petersen leads her team with a 78.6 stroke average. The junior has posted five rounds of 74 or better. Popowitz is one of three freshmen on the all-conference teams. This spring, her top finish was a fifth at the Hoya Invitational. Her stroke average is 77.55 for the year and she owns two top 10 finishes.
All-BIG EAST First Team
Jacquelyn Eleey, Georgetown, So., Quincy, Mass.
Christina Parsells, Georgetown, Fr., Bernardsville, N.J.
Anna Kim, St. John’s, Sr., Toronto, Ontario
Hanna Lee, Xavier, So., Cincinnati, Ohio
Shane Crutchfield, Xavier, Sr., St. Petersburg, Fla.
All-BIG EAST Second Team
Lauren Tibbets, Butler, Fr., Converse, Ind.
Kelsey Petersen, Creighton, Jr., Loveland, Colo.
Alexa Popowitz, Georgetown, Fr., Boca Raton, Fla.
Cassie Pantelas, Seton Hall, So., Canton, Ohio
Megan Tenhundfeld, Seton Hall, Sr., Loveland, Ohio