Men’s golf tops Qualifier, women bring home second

After days of rain, the weather finally cleared last weekend and both the women’s and men’s golf teams competed in tournaments; with the sun shining on them, both teams enjoyed successful results at their respective events. The women played at home in the Middlebury Invitational, while the men traveled to Trinity College for the NESCAC Qualifier.

The women were able to achieve a second place finish, falling only to Williams. After coming out tied with Williams after one day of competition, the men’s team was able to come out victorious in the second day of competition.

On Saturday, both Williams and Middlebury had combined scores of 295. Rob Donahue ’14 led the competition after the first day with a score of 69, two below par. During the second day of play, the panthers edged ahead of the Ephs finishing with a combined two-day score of 585.

Brian Cady ’11 broke away on the second day with a score of 68, three strokes under par. Combined with his score of 74 from the previous day, Cady won the individual competition with a two day combined score of 142. After two days, Donahue tied for third place with Wesleyan player Peter Taylor. Jimmy Levins ’11 finished the weekend in ninth place, Andrew Emerson ’13 tied for 15th place and William Prince ’13 tied for 23rd place.

This win at the NESCAC qualifiers means that the team will get to host the Spring Championships on April 30 and May 1. Amherst, Trinity and Williams will compete against Middlebury in this spring tournament.

The women’s team finished only behind Williams at their own tournament with a two-day score of 692. Williams finished with a score of 652. Vassar rounded out the top three with a overall score of 706.

“Based on the conditions of the course on both Saturday and Sunday it would have been hard for us to reach our full potential. Saturday the course was drenched and Sunday it was so windy that the course played a lot longer,” Caroline Kenter ’14 said. “Overall it was a tough tournament but we played well enough to clench the second place title.”

Georgina Salant of Williams won the individual competition with a score of 155. Middlebury’s Flora Weeks ’12 led the panthers with an overall score of 163. Keely Levins ’13 placed 12th, Jessica Bluestein ’11 placed 13th and Caroline Kenter ’14 placed 15th with scores of 175, 176 and 178 respectively. Kait Surdoval ’12 rounded out the Middlebury players with a score of 250.

Both teams will compete again this weekend. The women will compete at Williams and the men at Hamilton.