Ella Moores

Feature Article: SU Women’s Golf Team

One of the newer, lesser known of the varsity sports at Susquehanna University is the women’s

golf team. Current players include Kira Hunter, Sarah Rieder, and Ella Moores. They are led by

Coach Kevin Jamieson, who joined the athletics department in the 2017-2018 season. Coach

Jamieson played college golf at McDaniel College, went on to coach at Bucknell University, and

is now the PGA professional and manager of Lost Creek Golf Course.

Hunter is a senior Strategic Communications-Advertising & Marketing major, who has been a

member of the team all of her years at SU and now acts as senior captain, maintaining the team

as a cohesive unit. A powerhouse on the tee, Rieder is junior Accounting major with a Finance

minor, and holds the varsity #2 spot. Finally, Moores is a Marketing major with a Public

Relations minor, taking the varsity #1 spot in her second year of play as a sophomore.

Notable alumna of the team includes Rachel Villano Sauerzopf ’10, who was a previous team

captain and led her team in her time at SU. Sauerzopf also holds program low 18-hole score of

84, which was tied by Moores in 2018. Another standout alum is Emily Rowlands ’15, who

holds the program’s two-day low score of 170. Rowlands tied for fourth and was named rookie

of the year at the 2013 Centennial Conference Championships. Finally, the most recent

graduate, Samantha Thompson ’18, who beat cancer during her junior year while still attending

school and competing when able. In her senior year, Thompson acted as team captain and was

recognized for her accomplishments both on and off the course, being named the Landmark

Conference women’s golf scholar athlete (the 31st Susquehannan to win such an award) and

earning the Courage Award at the annual Suskys event.

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As its history demonstrates, the women’s golf program is best characterized by the Shakespeare

quote, “though she be little, she is fierce,” flying under the radar of most at SU but packing a

punch on the course. This team culture was only magnified by Jamieson’s leadership, seeing

huge successes in last year’s (2018-2019) season. The team had a strong fall taking the

program’s first ever win and besting the school’s team-low score record. In 2019 Jamieson

established the team’s tradition of a spring break trip to kick-start the spring season. Women’s

golf also traveled to Prescott, Arizona to play a range of teams from different divisions while

preparing for competition on the east coast. The season culminated in a 4th place finish at the

Landmark Conference Championship, a program low score. Moores and Thompson highlighted

their seasons by earning first team and second team all-conference honors respectively.

This past year Moores saw her first collegiate win at the Penn State event in the fall, and the

team played a variety of matches to prepare for spring competition. Over the recent spring

break, women’s golf traveled to the McDaniel Invitational in Myrtle Beach, North Carolina.

This trip included a week of training and practice for the spring, ending with a match between

the three attending teams. Unfortunately, this would be the first and last tournament of the

season, cutting short a promising spring season. SU Athletics looks forward to the future

successes of Susquehanna’s women’s golf program, and expect that the loss of this season will

fuel the team going into next season.