Results

WINDSOR, Conn. -- Abby Flanagan drained a delicate, right-to-left breaking, 12-foot putt for birdie on the second playoff hole to emerge from a three-way tie with the inaugural individual crown at the 2025 Conference of New England (CNE) Women's Golf Championship, which concluded in a chilling rain and darkness on Sunday (Oct. 12) at Keney Park Golf Course. The University of New England placed fourth as a group.

From the field of 30 golfers that started the tournament, the Nor'easters had two-thirds of the playoff covered, as Flanagan and Amanda Forziati finished alongside Suffolk University's Krisna Mahendran with a 36-hole total of 164. Flanagan was first in the clubhouse after knocking in clutch putts on the 17th (4 feet) and 18th (13 feet). Forziati had a tough three-putt bogey from a long distance on the last to match Flanagan, and then Mahendran left a birdie bid short on the 18th to wind up with par.

The trio returned to the par-3 18th, left their tee shots short of the green, chipped to within 10 feet, but all made bogeys. On the second go-around, Flanagan hit her tee shot just past the hole and Mahendran played to pin-high on the right side of the green, but outside of Flanagan. Once Forziati's third shot from off of the green rolled by the pin, and Mahendran's bid from inside 20 feet just stayed on the high side of the cup, it left the door open for Flanagan to pour it in the center for the walk-off win [Watch].

It was Flanagan's third first-place finish of the season, following September 24 at Gordon College and earlier in the week during the UNE Invitational. The victory in the league championship comes with the notation, the CNE Golfer of the Year.

By virtue of being in the CNE's top four and ties, Flanagan and Forziati land 1st Team all-conference honors.

On the team competition side of things, Suffolk totaled 695 (342-353) to earn the CNE automatic berth into the 2026 NCAA Division III Championship in May. The Rams turned a five-shot overnight cushion into 16 over the weekend hosts, the University of Hartford (711), while Nichols College came in third at 750 and the Nor'easters next at 763.

Flanagan's Sunday 81 (11 over par) was the low round of the tournament, and was aided by pars on the first five holes of the back nine to recover a bit from a bogey-heavy front side. Saturday's 83 included a pair of birdies; overall, she tied for that category lead with three -- all coming on par 4s, and Flanagan paced the field in par-4 scoring average (4.70).

Forziati shared the best total of pars over the two days at 16, and added one birdie in each round. She was in a three-way tie atop the leaderboard after Round 1 with an 82.

Mahendran joined Forziati by going 82-82, while Suffolk's Brooke Bugajewski went 82-84 to finish alone in fourth.

UNE's opening round received scoring contributions from Danielle DeJon (106) and and Eadie Nadeau (112). Nadeau posted 103 to support the team in the final round, and Ella Lemieux added 114.

The Nor'easters wrap up the fall season next weekend in their first go at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) Championship on Cape Cod.