Johnson, Bison Sit in Second Place After 36 Holes at the Quinnipiac Classic

Monday, October 12

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Johnson, Bison Sit in Second Place After 36 Holes at the Quinnipiac Classic

10/12/2026 6:09:00 PM | Women's Golf

WALLINGFORD, Conn. – The Bucknell women's golf team sits comfortably in second place after the first two rounds of the Quinnipiac Classic on Monday at The Farms Country Club. Joelle Johnson is tied for second at 2-over-par heading into Tuesday's final round.

Johnson highlighted her first two rounds with a 1-under-par 71 in the first round. Quinnipiac's Sophia Fujita leads the field at 1-under-par while the Bobcats leads their home tournament by 23 strokes. Fairfield sits in third place 15 strokes behind the Bison.

Bucknell turned in a 308 (+20) in the opening round before the ladies shot eight strokes better for a 300 in the second round. The four counting scores for the Bison in the second round were all 75s.
Johnson played a bogey-free round in the morning, birdieing the sixth hole to finish 1-under-par. She then carded a 75 (+3) with one birdie in the afternoon.

Sophia Bardunias is tied for seventh and turned in a pair of 75s in the first two rounds. Bardunias was 1-under-par through 15 holes before a bogey and a triple-bogey upended a solid round. She battled back with a par on the par-5 18th hole to finish the round. She then turned in another solid round, making one birdie on the second hole for another 3-over-par finish.

Nicole Yun went 79-75 in her first two rounds to sit in 12th place, making three birdies on the day. Yun was 1-over-par in her back nine of the second round.

Mattea Issa shot an 83 (+11) in her opening round but came back with a 76 (+4) in her second round. Katherine Vice carded an 85 in the first round, but battled back to best her opening round by 10 strokes in the second round. Vice birdied the seventh to finish the day with a 75 (+3). Issa is tied for 23rd and Vice is tied for 26th heading into the third round.

Darcy Wright sits in a tie for 18th place as an individual. She turned in a solid 77 (+5) with three birdies in the first round before an 80 (+8) in the second round.

The Bison continue play at the Quinnipiac Classic with 18 more holes on Tuesday at The Farms Country Club. The Bison are slated to tee off at 9 a.m. tomorrow.