Saint Vincent College Women's Golf

Mallery, a former Lady Bearcat, helped Coach Cline reestablish the womens golf team, and earned medalist honors in many of their tournaments. She led the team as captain 2002-2004 and has been with the team as a coach ever since. After graduating in 2004 from SVC with a Bachelors in Business Management, she became the Assistant Golf Professional at Glengarry Golf Links, the Lady Bearcats home course. Laura is currently pursuing her Masters in Sports Management at California University (PA), and is also pursuing her PGA certification.

Cline has served as head golf coach for the Saint Vincent College Bearcats since 2004. Over the past decade, Cline has built a men's golf program that is a perennial contender for the conference championship.  In 2013-14, six Bearcat Golfers earned PAC Academic Honor Roll. In 2013-14, the mens golf team won the Presidents Athletic Conference and earned a berth at NCAA Nationals, their second in two years. Senior Captain Tim Barto was the first Bearcat to qualify for the finals at Nationals with a 72-71, 1-under par, in Greensboro, NC, while  Dr. Cline was named PAC Coach of the Year.  Micah Markantone won the individual PAC title in 2012-13, and in 2011-12, Samuel Cline earned PAC MVP.  Since 2005, eight Bearcats have won individual tournament championships, including Christopher Zamias (at Allegheny and Grove City) Jason Jones (at UPG), Devin Gmitter (at W&J), Doug Mehall (at PAC and Westminster), Steve Fiori (at Grove City and SVC), Samuel Cline (at PAC),  Micah Markantone (at PAC), and Derek Lingafelt (at SVC and PAC), and Jake Reed (at Allegheny). As coach of the women's team, Cline and assistant coach Mallery have built a golf program that is a contender for the conference championship. Mallery was Saint Vincents first captain.  Coach Mallery won an individual championship (at UPG), along with several runner-up finishes during her tenure as captain.  Former Bearcat Jamie Lute also captured individual titles (at Westminster and SVC), as did Laura McDermott, Taylor Bianco, and Natalie Caratelli.  In 2013, Senior Sarah Rebitch set a conference record with a 77 at the Fall Championship, where she earned second overall.  Since 2010, Bearcat women have won three individual titles, including Jayna Cline (at Thiel), Sarah Rebitch (at Thiel and PAC). In 1979, Dr. Cline won the PIAA State Golf Championship, the same championship that Arnold Palmer won twice. Cline was awarded a four-year golf scholarship at the University of Virginia, where he earned All ACC Academic honors from 1981-1984. Dr. Cline was Club Champion and Senior Club Champion at Latrobe Country Club in 2013.  He won the Palmer Match Play Tournament at Latrobe Country Club in 2003, 2005, 2006, and again in 2008 and holds the front-nine course record for members at Latrobe with a 6-under par 30.  

One of the top players in the history of the Saint Vincent women's golf program, Samm Firestone was named the Bearcats' head men's and women's golf coach in January 2020. Firestone competed for four years on the women's golf team, serving as team captain three times, and was named the college's Female Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2016-17. The Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, native was a four-time all-PAC selection, including three first-team nods in 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2016-17. Firestone posted back-to-back top five finishes in the PAC Championships in 2015-16 and 2016-17, and won individual tournaments at the Thiel College Spring Invitational (2015-16), the Saint Vincent Fall Invite, the Penn State Altoona Fall Invite and the Saint Vincent Spring Invite (2016-17).   She finished her athletic career as a captain of the inaugural women's bowling team in 2017-18, capturing all-tournament honors at the Muskingum University tournament. She earned her bachelor's degree in marketing in 2017 before completing her master's degree in instructional design and technology in 2019. Firestone has also spent the past two years at Saint Vincent working as an assistant to the Vice President of Student Affairs and the Dean of Students. She is also the Coordinator for the Center for Catholic Thought and Culture and the Coordinator for Benedictine Leadership Studies and will continue to serve in those roles at Saint Vincent.