Ephs second to Amherst at Fall Golf Classic

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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA – Host Williams fired the best round of the two-day Williams Women’s Fall Golf Classic (323), but was only able to slice four shots off the 8-stroke Day 1 lead established by Amherst.

Amherst won the event with a team score of 655. Williams was second (659) and SUNY Cortland took third (686).

Middelbury’s Flora Weeks was the medalist in the event closing out today with a 78 to go with a first round score of 78 for a 155 total.

Playing in partly sunny skies with the temperature reaching near 60 degrees and almost a complete lack of wind aided the field in improving its scores from Sunday’s round.

Kinne Schwartz of Amherst was second individual play adding a 78 today to her first round of 80 (158). Amherst’s Haley Milbourn (163) tied for third and Elaine Lin tied for fourth (166). Second place Williams placed four players in the top seven with Anne O’Leary tied for third (13), Mary Gelber tied for fifth with teammate Becky Miller  (165) and Victoria Student tied for seventh at 166.

"We rose to the challenge today, beating Amherst in the second half,” noted Eph head coach Erika DeSanty. “Still, we need to become more consistent throughout. I am happy with the way we competed today, certainly taking a step in the right direction."

Amherst opened up an eight shot lead after the first day of competition at the Williams Women’s Fall Classic played under difficult conditions on Sunday at the Waubeeka Golf Links. Frigid temperatures accompanied by gusting and swirling winds seemed to pose less of a problem for Amherst than the other teams they carded a 328 to lead second place Williams (336).

The Amherst Lord Jeffs placed three players in the top five with Elaine Lin and Kinne Schwartz tying for third with an 80 and Haley Milbourn shooting an 81 good, which was enough for fifth place.

The top performer on Day 1 was Middlebury’s Flora Weeks who shot a seven over par 77. Weeks went out on the front nine in 40 and came back on the final nine with a 37 to lead Vassar’s Alex Bello (79) by two. Weeks and Bello were the only two golfers in the field to break 80 on Sunday.

The Ephs best round Sunday was turned in by first year Aliza Shatzman who tallied an 82 playing for the Eph B Team. Leading the Eph A Team was senior Anne O’Leary who seventh overall with an 83.

Summing up Day 1 DeSanty commented, “To score in the 70s or low 80s today, given the difficult playing conditions, was a very good round. Amherst did that better than us today."

Williams will close out the fall portion of its schedule on October 17 and 18th at the Wellesley Invitational.