MIDDLEBURY, VT. - The Williams women’s golf team finished off day two of the Middlebury Invitational with an overall score of 654 (323,331), the best two-day finish of the season. The Ephs came in second out of seven teams. Amherst took top honors with a team score of 643.
Playing conditions were pleasant, yet the fast greens still remained a challenge for the Ephs.
Anne O’Leary led Williams with a 79 for the day and she finished tied for second overall with Elaine Lin of Amherst with a two-day total of 156, four shots in back of Amherst’s Hayley Milbourn.
Victoria Student followed with an 82, while Mary Gelber shot an 85. Student’s two-day score of 161 was god for a tie for eighth place, while Gelber tied at 11th with a score of 165. Becky Miller (85) and Kaitlyn O’Brien (91) rounded out the team scoring. Miller was the lone Eph to shoot a better round on day two than on the first day as she sliced three shots of her first round total to card the 85.
“This weekend has taught us so much,” said head coach Erika DeSanty. “It showed the potential we have and the areas where we need to improve.”
Next up for the Ephs is their Williams Invitational to be contested on Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th.
