Northeast-10 Women's Golf Championship Preview

MANSFIELD, Mass. (October 7, 2021) -- The two-time defending Northeast-10 Conference champion, the Franklin Pierce University women's golf team, has been picked to once again claim the top spot at this weekend's league championship, as announced on Thursday afternoon by the NE10 office. The Ravens were a unanimous pick to claim their third straight, and record-tying fourth overall, conference crown.

Franklin Pierce collected five of six available first-place votes to record 25 points in the poll, which put the team eight points in front of Adelphi, which was picked second. Assumption (16 points) was selected third, while Stonehill (15 points) was picked to finish fourth. With coaches unable to vote for their own teams, the five first-place votes made the Ravens unanimous favorites. Franklin Pierce head coach Tyler Bishop '08, '10 cast his own first-place vote for Stonehill.

Saint Rose, with nine points, and Le Moyne, with eight points, rounded out the six-team coaches' poll.

Franklin Pierce is the 2017, 2019 and 2021 (spring) NE10 champion, which leaves the team one shy of tying Merrimack's record of four league titles. The Ravens and Warriors are the only two winners of the NE10 Women's Golf Championship, which was first contested in the spring of 2015, which makes Franklin Pierce the only active league member with a title to its name.

The Ravens have taken first place in each of the three tournaments they have competed at this fall, and are led by freshman Kesinee Prukmathakul (Bangkok, Thailand), who has medaled in all three events. Franklin Pierce's low returning scorer from the spring's championship squad is sophomore Kayla Schuberth (Wrentham, Mass.), who turned in an 84-87--171 (+29) to take third place.

The NE10 Championship is set for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 8-9, at the Beaver Meadow Golf Course in Concord, N.H. The 36-hole event will be hosted by Southern New Hampshire.