WORCESTER, Mass. - Hartford Women's Golf finished their fall season, on Tuesday, coming off a Conference of New England Championship. The Hawks would place 12th out of 13 teams at the Holy Cross Crusader Invitational. 
 

Rapid Recap:

• Hartford opened with a team score of +124 in round one. Sophomore Maris Branyan (Trumbull, Conn.) led the Hawks with a +15. Sophomore Lilly Sprister (Rutland, Mass.) and freshman Mackenzie Pothier (Killingly, Conn.) each carded a +36, and sophomore Leah Petruzzi (Southington, Conn.) added a +37 to complete the counting scores. Senior Abigail Crabtree (Bellport, N.Y.) shot a +48, and junior Gabby DeBenedetto (Southbury, Conn.) competed as an individual with a +38.
• The Hawks turned in a much stronger second round, posting a +97.  Branyan followed up with a +16, while Sprister and Petruzzi each improved by double digits to a +26. Pothier shot a +29 as the fourth counting score. DeBenedetto had the biggest turnaround in the lineup with a +25, a 13-stroke improvement, and Crabtree shot a +34, 14 strokes better than round one.
• Branyan finished as the top Hawk at +31, tied for 39th in the field. Sprister placed 69th (+62) and Petruzzi tied for 70th (+63) along with DeBenedetto, who also finished at +63 as an individual. Pothier took 72nd (+65), and Crabtree was 77th (+82).

Inside the Numbers:

• Branyan would stay consistent in both rounds with an 85 and 86 respetively. 
• The Hawks would come back in round two in a big way posting a 13 stroke advantage between rounds one and two. 
• Stonehill College would take home team first place, and Manhattan's Miren Ontanon would secure individual first place (+8).

Up Next:
This concludes the Women's Golf Fall season, stay tuned for more information in the Spring. 
 

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