Like any other Lawnparties weekend, some people go home empty-handed and some people don't. Such was the case with the men's and women's golf teams.
While the women's golf team returned from Hanover, N.H., on Sunday carrying the 2000 Dartmouth Invitational championship trophy, the men returned from Harrisonburg, Va., with a disappointing 13th-place finish and nothing to boast about. Women's golf cruised past the competition at Hanover Country Club with a 21-shot win. Setting a tournament record with a final score of 315-297—612, the Tigers topped Dartmouth, Idaho State and Yale — which all tied for second place at 633 — and Hartford, which came in fifth with a 644.
Leadership
Senior captains Adrienne Gill (77-71) and Julia Allison (76-75) captured first and second places, respectively. Competing against 17 teams, the Tigers were able to place seven of their players among the top 30 finishers.
Esty Dwek, a freshman from Switzerland, tied for seventh, shooting 80-73 for Princeton. Also shining among the Tiger underclassmen were sophomores Megan Milam (79-76) and Vanessa Redman (83-79) — who came in 10th and 19th, respectively. Freshman Sarah Kapnick's total score of 167 was good for 28th place.
Senior Natalie Christensen shot 82-78—160 and placed 15th.
"I'm really happy with the outcome," Gill said. "The Dartmouth tournament has always been really fun for us and I'm just glad the team played so well."
Rebound
After the first round, the Tigers trailed the Big Green by two strokes. In Sunday's second round, however, the Tigers quickly eliminated that lead and cruised to a solid victory while scoring a new team low of 297.
"Dartmouth really gave us a run for our money," Gill said. "But we have a really deep team this year. With eight people that could go low, our team has a lot of optimism."
In two weeks, the Tigers will host their annual Princeton Invitational at Springdale Country Club.
"We've won the Princeton Invitational the past three years. I'm predicting we'll smoke the competition," senior captain Julia Allison said. "We could even break the record team low we set at last year's tournament."
High hopes
Though the men had an uncharacteristic 13th place finish this weekend at the James Madison Invitational, they too anticipate a winning season. Returning most of last year's starters, the squad hopes to repeat the success they found a year ago.
"This year's team definitely has the ability to shoot low scores," head coach Will Green said. "This weekend we just didn't have it. No one played particularly well and it hurt us."
Competing against some of District II's tougher teams, the Tigers were unable to shoot low. Sophomore Cassidy Traub — who shot a 73 Saturday — led the team to an eighth place finish in the first round. The scores, however, only got higher from there. Shooting 309 Sunday gave Princeton a team total of 611 and a disappointing 13th-place finish.
The Tigers will get a chance to redeem themselves when they compete in the Temple Golf Invitational Oct. 7.
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