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Women's Golf

Middlebury Leads NESCAC at Historic NCAA Women's Golf Championship Event

For the first time in conference history, three NESCAC teams qualifed for the NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championsihp and all three teams made the cut after the first two rounds of play at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia.
 
Second-ranked Emory claimed the team title with a four-day total of 1168 (299-287-289-293). Carnegie Mellon was the runner-up (1181-302-303-283-293) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps rounded out the top three teams (1195-316-295-289-295). Emory’s Carys Code was the individual medalist with rounds of 73-71-70-71 for a 285 total.
 
The Middlebury Panthers, the NESCAC Champions, led the NESCAC contingent, finishing tied for sixth in the four-day 72-hole event (1208-296-300-299-313). The Panthers' sixth-place effort was their best in team history. Audrey Tir paced the Panther golfers, placing 15th overall with scores of 70-74-73-79, and was one of three Middlebury players to shoot in the 70s all four rounds.
 
Williams placed 10th (1211-302-305-298-306) and was led by NESCAC Golfer of the Year Euna Lee’s 17th place finish. Lee fired rounds of 71, 74, 78, and 76 to lead the Ephs.
 
Amherst was just behind in 12th place (1218-304-298-310-206). Mekhala Costello was the top finisher for the Mammoths with a four-day total of 297 (73-75-75-74).

Two individual golfers also represented the NESCAC. Bowdoin and Wesleyan sent golfers to the NCAA Championship for the first time in program history. Bowdoin first-year Emily Renoff represented the Polar Bears and is the first Polar Bear golfer – men or women- to qualify for the NCAA Championship. Renoff, the NESCAC Rookie of the Year, missed the cut but posted rounds of 83 and 78 for an 18-hole total of 161. Amanda Phillips also made history for Wesleyan as the Cardinals’ first individual qualifier for the NCAAs. The newcomer carded rounds of 80 and 78 to finish with a two-day total of 158.