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| 2013 NCAA
Ephs (l. to r.): Georgi Salant, Emily Wickstrom, Becky Miller, Shelby Shote, Paige Whidbee & head coach Erika DeSanty |
| Year | Place | Coach |
| 2013 | 5th | Erika DeSanty |
| 2012 | 5th | " |
| 2011 | T 8th | " |
| 2010 | 7th | Erika DeSanty |
| 2008 | 8th | Kris Herman
& Fran Vandermeer |
| 2007 | 10th | Cathy Pohle |
About the
Program
Since the program’s inaugural varsity season in the fall of
2004, women’s golf at Williams College has quickly become a
top competitor in the northeast and nationally, winning four NESCAC
Tournaments and earning a top ten finish in all five NCAA
Championships they have appeared in.
Though varsity play began in 2004, women’s golf began competitive play in the fall of 1998, when they competed in their first tournament at Middlebury College as a club team. After only two short seasons under the leadership of Cathy Pohle the Ephs began their winning tradition, earning third place at Wellesley College’s Inaugural Tournament and building a foundation for a successful future to come.
The evolution of the program continued in the 2006-2007 season as the Ephs finished second in the first two tournaments of their season. More success followed as they went on to post an all-time team best score to capture the Columbus Day Tournament, winning their first NESCAC Tournament. Their overall season performance earned the team a place in the NCAA Tournament, where women’s golf would represent Williams for the first time at the national level. The season concluded with the team finishing in tenth place and Pohle receiving the East Region Coach of the Year honors for her commitment to and influence in the vision of the women’s golf program at Williams.
The winning tradition carried on in the 2007-2008 season as the
Ephs recorded their most successful season to date. The team,
led by Kris Herman and Fran Vandermeer, claimed top honors at
Middlebury, Vassar, the Massachusetts State Championship, and the
NESCAC Tournament for the second year in a row. Additionally,
women’s golf earned a place once again in the NCAA
Tournament, finishing 8th overall.
The 2010 season found the Ephs stepping it up yet another notch
under rookie head coach Erika DeSanty with a seventh place finish
at the NCAA Championships along with compiling a team-best single
round of 314 and a team-best two-day total of 628 at home in the
Williams Invitational at Taconic Golf Club.
In September of 2010 at the Mount Holyoke Invitational the Ephs
posted their best team score in round one (304) and followed that
up with a 311 for their best two-round score in program history
(615).
On October 9, 2010, in the first round of the Williams Fall
Classic at Taconic Golf Club, freshman Alex Groetsema carded an
even par round of 71 on the famed layout, marking the lowest round
ever by an Eph woman. Groetsema's effort was both the lowest round
ever recorded by an Eph woman and the first even par round. She was
one under on the front (34) and one over on the back (37).
Highlighting Groetsema's record round were the windy and tricky
conditions in which the round was played. "Alex made a course that
played incredibly difficult and nearly impossible for some look
easy today," praised Eph head coach Erika DeSanty. "She hit shot
after shot at her target and was so impressive to watch." On the
day the next best round on the layout was an 82.
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Record setters: 2010
Mount Holyoke Invite saw Ephs record 1st and 2nd |
At the Williams Fall Invitational on October 6-7, 2012, junior Georgiana Salant shot 73-71 for a 144 total (two over par) to register the best two-round score ever by an Eph woman and to claim medalist honors for the third time in a row that season.
Excellence at Williams is not only a tradition, but also an expectation and in the short history of women’s golf the program has become a part of this tradition, winning conference tournaments and competing well into the national tournament. Still, the expectations remain high for the Ephs as they hope to expand on the foundation that has already been built, reinforcing the tradition of excellence at Williams.
| 2012 Honors | |
| Georgi Salant | East Region Team |
| NGCA Scholar-Athlete Team | |
| Victoria Student | East Region Team |
| Becky Miller | NGCA Scholar-Athlete Team |
| Emily Wickstrom | NGCA Scholar-Athlete Team |
| 2011 Honors | |
| Georgi Salant | NGCA Second Team All-American |
| East Region Team | |
| Becky Miller | East Region Team |
| Erika DeSanty | East Region Coach of the Year |
| 2010 Honors | |
| Anne O'Leary | East Region Team |
| NGCA Scholar-Athlete Team | |
| Becky Miller | NGCA Scholar-Athlete Team |
| 2009 Honors |
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| Anne O'Leary | NGCA Scholar-Athlete Team |
| 2008 Honors |
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| Laura Koplik | East Region Team |
| NGCA Scholar-Athlete Team |
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| Anne O'Leary | East Region Team |
| NGCA Scholar-Athlete Team | |
| 2007 Honors | |
| Melissa Barton | East Region Team |
| Anne O’Leary |
East Region Team |
| NGCA Scholar-Athlete Team |
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| Laura Koplik | NGCA Scholar-Athlete Team |
| Cathy Pohle | East Region Coach of the Year |
| Individual and Team Bests | |
| Best NCAA Team Finish | 5th, 2012 at The Zollner Golf Course in Anglola, IN -- 1,265 |
| Team Best Round | 304 (Sept. 25-26, 2010) at The
Orchards, South Hadley, MA |
| Team Best 2-day Score | 615 [304-311] (Sept. 25-26,
2010) at The Orchards, South Hadley, MA |
| Individual Best Round |
71 -- Georgi Salant crafted a one-under par round at the Dutchess Golf & Country Club on first day of Vassar Invitational, April 13, 2013 |
| Individual Best 2-Round Score | 144 -- (73-71 [two over par] by Georgi Salant Oct. 6 & 7, 2012 at Taconic Golf Club, Williamstown, MA |
| Best Individual NCAA Tourney Score One Round |
72
-- Georgi Salant '14 (37-35) even par at The Zollner Golf Course in
Angola, IN May, 8, 2012 |
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Best Individual NCAA FINISH |
5th -- Georgi Salant '14 (310/77.5) Destin, FL - Baytowne GC - May 14-17, 2013 |
| Best Team Score One Round NCAA Tourney |
304 -- May 15, 2013 at Sandestin Golf and Beach
Resort: Baytowne, Destin, FL |
2007 NCAA Tournament Ephs (l. to r.): Anne O’Leary
’10, Allison
Khederian ’09, Kristin Nottebohm ’10,
Melissa Barton ’09 and
Laura Koplik ’09