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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The LIU Brooklyn women's golf team will make their way to Daytona Beach, Florida for the third and final time this season for the 2016 Northeast Conference Championships, where the women will play the Hills Course at LPGA International.

LAST TIME OUT
The team posted an eighth place finish at the end of day two at the Hartford Hawk Invitational, carding 740 for both days. Freshman Emma Paschal paced the Blackbirds throughout the tournament, standing alone in the 23rd overall spot following her 85 performance in the second round to total 168. Finishing one stroke behind Paschal for the weekend is sophomore Lauren Rutherglen, who also turned in an 85 on day two to tie for 24th.

LOOKING BACK
Rutherglen boasts the lowest round for the Blackbirds this season, shooting 75 in the third and final round of the Yale invitational in October. The British Columbia native also posted the best individual finish for the women's team, garnering a third place finish at the Wagner Invitational, where the sophomore carded a pair of 78's for both rounds. Paschal and fellow freshman Sara Ciliberto shot the second lowest rounds for LIU so far, both having shot 80 in the first round of the Rutgers Invitational. A late addition to the women's golf roster, Mya Jones joined the team this spring and has been able to improve her score consistently throughout her rookie season, recording a personal best round of 114 at the final regular season tournament, the Hartford Hawk Invitational.

LAST YEAR AT LPGA INTERNATIONAL
Last season, the LIU Brooklyn women's golf team fell just short of winning its fourth-straight Northeast Conference Championship, placing second by three strokes at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla. The Blackbirds battled back from sixth place on day one and were third coming into the final round. The women carded their best round of the tournament on day three (304) for a total of 942. Winner Fairleigh Dickinson, also carding a 304 in the final round, finished three strokes ahead with 939. Wagner was third with 948, followed by Sacred Heart, Saint Francis U., Central Connecticut and St. Francis Brooklyn.

CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT
The conference championship is a three-day, 54-hole event. Team scores are calculated by adding the team's four lowest scores from each day. The top-10 finishers are named to the all-tournament team.