WILLIAMSTOWN, MA –
It was nothing short of a battle today for day one of the NESCAC Championships, hosted at Taconic Golf Club. Pouring rain and gusts of wind added to the challenge of the course, leading to higher than anticipated scores for all participants. Shooting a 311, +27, the Ephs currently sit at solo second, five shots behind the Amherst Mammoths. On the individual level, four players sit tied for first at 74, +3, including senior
Catalin Yturralde.
Yturralde led the pack with a solid round in the tough conditions. She carded three birdies, including two back-to-back birides on the par-4 13
th and par-3 14
th. Following Yturralde was first-year
Victoria Kim. After a tough start to the round, V. Kim brought it back with two birdies on the par-3 9
th and par-4 12
th, shooting a 77, +6. Her classmate
Euna Lee was next with a 79, +8. Lee came back strong with two birdies, allowing her to score only +1 on the difficult back nine. Junior
Tianyi Zhuang followed with an 81, +10. Zhuang's lone biride of the day came on the approachable par-5 18
th. Rounding out the team was sophomore
Gio Kim with an 82, +11. While G. Kim did not have any birdies, she made some strong pars on some of Taconic's most difficult holes.
Head Coach
Tomas Adalsteinsson comments, ""We had a tough start to our round today, and we know we can play the front nine better. Mid way through the round we started to hit more greens and see putts drop. The back nine was stronger for us as a team, and we'll take that with us into tomorrow's round. We're always excited for MOO-ving day! We also want to thank all friends and family members that put on a few layers and watched the team play today. We are grateful for the support!"
The Ephs tee it up tomorrow for the final round of the NESCAC Championships, starting at 9:10 am. Looking to win tomorrow, the team hopes to secure their place in this year's NCAA DIII National Championships, hosted at Mission Inn Golf Resort in Florida. Follow along with live scoring tomorrow on Golfstat.
