Complete
Results and Scores
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. – The Williams women's golf
began the final day of play hoping for consistency. After finishing
in 4th place following yesterday's round one, the team was in
a good position to improve. Unfortunately, the reliable performance
the Ephs were all striving for overall didn't manage to
completely materialize on the difficult 18 holes of the Orchards as
they had to contend with a few high scores from the previous day.
The Ephs finished 5th out of 13 teams.
Senior Melissa Barton, however, did continue her
steady play and ended the day with a score of 79, one stroke less
than her first day score of 80. She concluded her weekend with a
total of 159 which placed her tied for third as an individual team
player. Barton as well as junior Anne
O'Leary and sophomore Aimee Weber
helped keep the Williams women inside the top five competitors at
the invitational. O'Leary fared much better on day two,
hitting a 75, thirteen strokes less than her day one result. Weber
added on to the positive showings of her fellow golfers by bouncing
back from her score of 102 the previous round to hit a respectable
87.
The Ephs finished with a team score of 331, a seven stroke
improvement from their team score of 338 from Saturday. Completing
the two-day competition with a sum score of 669, Williams ended up
in fifth place at the 33rd Annual Mount Holyoke College
Invitational. Amherst College clinched the title with a score of
657 (328, 329). The hosts Mount Holyoke finished in a close second
(663 – 329, 334) with University of Hartford just behind in
third (664 – 329, 335). St. Lawrence University was also
close behind with a score of 665 in the event.
Although they did not achieve the desired result, the Ephs are
determined to improve upon their showing at Mount Holyoke.
“It's great but we're better golfers than that.
We'll get there; we're working on it,” commented
Coach Herman.
