Doell collects her second straight award after guiding Seton Hall to back-to-back BIG EAST titles.
Sara Doell
April 30, 2015
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Seton Hall women's golf head coach Sara Doell was named BIG EAST Coach of the Year for a second straight year on Thursday. Doell led the Pirates to back-to-back BIG EAST Championships, the second of which completed last week.
"I am honored to be recognized again by a group of coaches whom I respect so much," Doell said. "Coach Brophy and Coach Elfers were certainly worthy of this award as well, especially considering just how close this year's championship was. Our ladies have worked so hard this year and I'm proud to be able to share in some of their success."
Doell started the program in 2010, and in four short years led the Pirates from a last place finish, 172 strokes over par at the BIG EAST Championship in 2011, to the pinnacle of the conference just three years later.
This year, Doell's Pirates were able to succeed in a new role... the favorite. The Pirates entered the 2015 BIG EAST Champion as the #1 seed and were able to hold on to win the event by just one stroke over Georgetown to become the first Seton Hall program to win back-to-back BIG EAST titles since softball in 2004-05.
During the 2014-15 academic year, Seton Hall won four tournaments, doubling the amount the program had won in its four-year history prior. It placed among the top six teams in nine of 10 tournaments it participated in and registered a new team-low with a 305.18 stroke average for the year. Doell successfully added two newcomers to a veteran core, who paid immediate dividends and helped lessen the blow of losing All-BIG EAST performer Hannah Basalone. One of the newcomers, Cassie Pantelas, ranked third on the team in stroke average and became the fourth golfer in history to win an individual title.
In all, Doell has guided Seton Hall to eight team tournament titles in five years, and four different individual champions.
http://www.shupirates.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/043015aab.html
Sara Doell
April 30, 2015
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Seton Hall women's golf head coach Sara Doell was named BIG EAST Coach of the Year for a second straight year on Thursday. Doell led the Pirates to back-to-back BIG EAST Championships, the second of which completed last week.
"I am honored to be recognized again by a group of coaches whom I respect so much," Doell said. "Coach Brophy and Coach Elfers were certainly worthy of this award as well, especially considering just how close this year's championship was. Our ladies have worked so hard this year and I'm proud to be able to share in some of their success."
Doell started the program in 2010, and in four short years led the Pirates from a last place finish, 172 strokes over par at the BIG EAST Championship in 2011, to the pinnacle of the conference just three years later.
This year, Doell's Pirates were able to succeed in a new role... the favorite. The Pirates entered the 2015 BIG EAST Champion as the #1 seed and were able to hold on to win the event by just one stroke over Georgetown to become the first Seton Hall program to win back-to-back BIG EAST titles since softball in 2004-05.
During the 2014-15 academic year, Seton Hall won four tournaments, doubling the amount the program had won in its four-year history prior. It placed among the top six teams in nine of 10 tournaments it participated in and registered a new team-low with a 305.18 stroke average for the year. Doell successfully added two newcomers to a veteran core, who paid immediate dividends and helped lessen the blow of losing All-BIG EAST performer Hannah Basalone. One of the newcomers, Cassie Pantelas, ranked third on the team in stroke average and became the fourth golfer in history to win an individual title.
In all, Doell has guided Seton Hall to eight team tournament titles in five years, and four different individual champions.
http://www.shupirates.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/043015aab.html
