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Women鈥檚 golf has come to Adelphi. Started in the fall of 2014, the sport joined a growing array of women鈥檚 teams on campus. On last year鈥檚 small squad, one player stood out鈥擫ucy Stevens. A first-year transfer student, Stevens helped the Panthers make a strong debut. She finished fifth out of 21 at last spring鈥檚 Northeast-10 championship and racked up some individual titles at tournaments along the way.

Stevens, who grew up in Indiana, is serious about her golf, but refreshingly modest and affable in describing her love for the game and her achievements on the green.

Asked about how she became interested in golf, Stevens said, with a laugh, 鈥淲ell my mom was a [golf] pro.鈥� Stevens described her mom, who didn鈥檛 attend college and didn鈥檛 pick up a golf club until she was 24, as a 鈥済reat mentor.鈥� She said too that she has been fortunate to find excellent coaches and role models, including her Adelphi coach, Ann Obermeyer.

Stevens played other sports growing up, but golf stood out as her favorite. 鈥淚 was really into basketball, and every basketball court looks exactly the same whether you鈥檙e in Indiana or New York,鈥� she said. 鈥淏ut every golf course is so special and so unique and you鈥檙e outside and it鈥檚 just awesome. I think it鈥檚 the most unique sport out there.鈥�

In addition to the pure joy of playing golf, Stevens finds the game has prepared her for her life beyond the green. 鈥淭here鈥檚 something always waiting around the corner,鈥� she said. 鈥淪ay you鈥檙e having a really bad hole, but you have seventeen more. Or vice versa, you have a couple more holes, and you have to keep that positivity going so it can happen on the next one鈥�That鈥檚 kind of like life鈥攄ay by day you never know what can happen tomorrow.鈥�