Warwick senior Katie Krahulik looks to repeat as champion when the 36-hole Section 9 tournament, begins Monday at Apple Greens Golf Course in Highland.
Krahulik, who will play for Division I Hofstra in the fall, is expected to receive a challenge from Fallsburg senior Madison Levine and four newcomers.
Pine Bush freshman Pasqualina Tartaglione and James I. O’Neill sophomore Kristen Scali played on boys’ team last spring. Warwick eighth-grader Charlotte Stanton and Ellenville seventh-grader Amber Pennington, who attends Rondout Valley, will play in their first section tournament.
The top 18 plus ties advances to the second and final round Wednesday at Apple Greens.
Here’s a list of section qualifiers:
Katie Krahulik (Warwick, Sr.); Pasqualina Tartaglione (Pine Bush, Fr.); Madison Levine (Fallsburg, Sr.)
Charlotte Stanton (Warwick, Eighth-grader); Kristen Scali (James I. O’Neill, Soph.); Amber Pennington (Ellenville, Seventh-grader).
Lexie Maier (Valley Central, Sr.); Kasey Barber (Liberty, Sr.); Olivia Klugman (Goshen, Eighth-grader).
Daphne Muzuruk (Sullivan West, Sr.); Krissy Buermeyer (Valley Central, Sr.); Gabbie Budd (Ellenville, Jr.)
Rachel Menoutis (Warwick, Jr.); Abby Boylan (James I. O’Neill, Fr.); Paige Roseo (Roscoe, Soph.)
Taylor Roseo (Roscoe, Eighth-grader); Hayley Weiner (Fallsburg, Eighth-grader); Katie Biagi (Goshen, Jr.)
Devon Greig (Monroe-Woodbury, Sr.); Fiona Milmoe (Washingtonville, Soph.); Camryn Hoar (Ellenville, Fr.)
Justine Kelly (New Paltz, Sr.); Gabby Hodges (Monroe-Woodbury, Jr.); Madison Sanok (Port Jervis, Sr.)
Jessica Rallo (Monroe-Woodbury, Jr.); Hope Erlwein (Sullivan West, Fr.); Sarah Fishman (Newburgh Free Academy, Sr.)
Gillian Donohue (Ellenville, Jr.); Madison Ackerly (Roscoe, Eighth-grader)