Women’s golf wins team title at W&M’s Kingsmill Intercollegiate

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. The University of Pennsylvania women’s golf team won the team championship at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate, a 54-hole tournament that concluded Tuesday at the par-72 River Course at Kingsmill Resort. The two-day event is hosted by William & Mary.

Penn shot a 299 as a team in Tuesday’s final round, the best score among 19 schools. That allowed the Quakers to edge High Point to win the team title with a three-round score of 906. HPU was second with a final score of 908, while Longwood was a distant third (921).

Final Results (Golfstat.com) | Final results (PDF)

This is the 14th tournament team title in program history and the third in the last two years for the women, who won two events last spring.

Penny led Bridget O’Keefe and Natalie Cao, who both finished the tournament at 7-over-par 223. That left them tied for second in the field of 104 golfers who finished the tournament. Cao shot a 73 in Tuesday’s final round, while O’Keefe carded a 74. In addition, Cao led the field with two eagles and tied for the lead in par-5 scores (-6), while O’Keefe was tied for best par Score -4 (+3) and tied for fourth in the field with eight birdies.

Susan Xiao carded a three-round 229 and was 13th in the field Selina Li and Julie Shin scored for the Quakers when both shot 76 in Tuesday’s final round. Li ended up tied for 22nd with 233, while Shin was 39th with 238. Abigail Wiranatha played the event as an individual and shot 250 in three rounds.

High Point’s Sarah Kahn carded a medalist 3-under par 213 over the final two days to beat the field by 10 strokes.

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Penn is back in action this weekend looking to defend its team title at the Prospect Bay Intercollegiate this Saturday and Sunday in Grasonville, Md.

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