Blue Golf Wraps Up Play at Vassar Invitational

Photo Courtesy Millie Cunningham

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Wellesley College golf wrapped up play on day two of this weekend's 2016 Vassar Invitational at the Casperkill Golf Club.  Wellesley shaved four strokes off the team's round one score but remained in tenth place with a team score of 748 at the conclusion of play at the 5,852 yard, Par 72 course.
Williams College, led by individual champion Phoebe Mattana (Demarest, NJ) took home the team championship with a score of 627. The 12-team tournament also included squads from host Vassar College, Amherst College, Middlebury, SUNY Cortland, Saint Lawrence University, Ithaca College, Union College (NY), Mount Holyoke College, Hamilton College, and William Smith College.

The Blue recorded a final round 372 after putting up a score of 376 on Saturday. First-year Amy (Zilin) Jin (Shenzhen, China) and junior Lei Wei (Brentwood, Calif.) recorded the low scores of the weekend for Wellesley, finishing at 174 and 182, respectively.  Both Jin and Wei improved by four strokes from their day one totals.

Williams and Amherst finished with the top five golfers for the tournament; with Williams golfers securing the team win with first, second, and fifth-placed individual finishes.

Wellesley golf will continue the spring season next weekend at the two-day Jack Leaman Invitational, hosted by Amherst College.

Amherst Prepares for Inaugural NESCAC Women's Golf Championship

NESCAC WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL
AMHERST, Mass. – This weekend, the Amherst College women's golf team will compete in the inaugural NESCAC Women's Golf Championship at the Taconic Golf Club in Williamstown, Mass. Williams will host the tournament, which will begin Saturday, Oct. 10 at noon with a shotgun start, and play continuing Sunday, Oct. 11 at 9 a.m.

Through three tournaments, the Purple & White have emerged as one of the top contenders to take the conference crown. After placing fourth at the NYU Invitational (642) and the Mount Holyoke Invitational (651), Amherst posted its best finish of the early season last weekend when it claimed second overall at the Middlebury Invitational (656).

Senior co-captain Devyn Gardner is off to a terrific start for the Purple & White and is coming off a

Golf in Fifth Place After Day One of the NECC Championships

Stow, Massachusetts - The Springfield College golf team competed in the first day of the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship at the Stow Acres Country Club on Saturday. After the first day of competition, the Pride sits in fifth place with 354 strokes.

Greg Allen (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) leads the Pride in a tie for fifth place overall with 80 strokes, while Travis Price (Reading, Mass.) holds tenth place with 81 strokes.

Rounding out the top five spots for the Pride are Chris Paradis (Westfield, Mass.) in 23rd place with 95 strokes, Ryan Blain (Longmeadow, Mass.) in 25th place with 98 strokes, and Brent Poulin (Astacadero, Calif.) tied for 26th place with 99 strokes.

Both Allen and Price each had 10 pars on their rounds, the second-best total among the 35 players in the field.

Babson is currently in first place with 313 strokes. Elms follows Babson in second place with 326 strokes, while Becker College and Daniel Webster College are tied in third with 351 strokes.

The winner of the NECC Championship wins an automatic-bid into the NCAA Championships at Mendon Golf Club/Midvale Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. during May 10-13, 2016.

The Pride continue their championship play today, October 4th at 10:30 am.

Cejnarova Named Patriot League Golfer of the Month

Junior Adela Cejnarova is a four-time Patriot League Golfer of the Month.

Junior averaged a 76 over five rounds, finished second at Dartmouth

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Junior Adela Cejnarova of the Boston University golf team was named Patriot League Golfer of the Month, as announced by the conference on Thursday.

Cejnarova averaged a 76 over five rounds in September, highlighted by a one-under 71 in the final round of the Dartmouth Invitational this past weekend. She finished second in that tournament after she opened the season at the Diane Thomason Invitational, carding a pair of under-80 rounds at the 54-hole event.

This is the fourth time in her career that Cejnarova has been selected as the Patriot League Golfer of the Month. She was twice honored last season (April, October) and also recognized for her play in March 2014.

BU will be in action this weekend at the 54-hole Forest Oaks Fall Classic hosted by UNC Greensboro. Play is scheduled to begin Friday.