Williams will host the inaugural NESCAC Women's Golf Championship at
Taconic Golf Club in Williamstown, Massachusetts this weekend in
conjunction with the Williams Fall Invitational. The first round starts
at noon on Saturday, October 10 with a shotgun start and play continuing
on Sunday, October 11 at 9:00 a.m. Previously, a NESCAC "Tournament"
was held each fall, but this year an official NESCAC Champion will be
crowned.
The host Ephs have been on a roll this fall, winning all three
tournaments they have competed in so far this season. Williams, which is
fresh off capturing the program's first NCAA Women's Golf Championship
last spring, boasts a deep squad that has produced different first-place
finishers at each tournament. Junior Sophie Kitchen started the year by
winning the NYU Invitational with a two-day score of 146 to help the
Ephs defeat host NYU by seven strokes with a team score of 614. At the
Mount Holyoke Invitational the following week, Williams set a new school
record by posting a 36-hole score of 605 following the team's first
sub-300 round in program history (297). First-year Cordelia Chan earned
medalist honors after carding a two-round score of 145. She also
established a new team single-round record by firing a 68 on the second
day of the tournament. Last weekend at the Middlebury Invitational,
sophomores Phoebe Mattana and Elizabeth Gudas were two of four golfers
to post matching rounds of 160 at the top of the leaderboard. Mattana
had also placed second at the NYU Invitational (150) and the Mount
Holyoke Invitational (148).
Amherst has emerged as one of the top contenders to take the
conference crown as well. The Jeffs are
