The women's golf team will be host this weekend, looking to spoil the party at its annual Princeton Invitational played at Springdale Golf Club.
After an impressive first tournament, in which the Tigers placed first and junior Avery Kiser took medallist honors, this weekend's tournament is for the Tigers taking, if they so desire.
Princeton fell 14 strokes short of the title last season, with Brown winning the Invitational. But the players know that this is a new season, and the Tigers, as evidenced in the convincing 27-stroke victory in the Dartmouth Invitational of a fortnight ago, are solid contender's in this weekend's tournament, comprised of two rounds.
New faces in the mix
Princeton is a different team than they were last season, naturally, as they have added four new faces to an already strong squad. The four freshman — Sharla Cloutier, Alexis Etow, Christina Norair, and Caitlin Sullivan — fill the void left by the team's two graduated seniors, Vanessa Redman and Megan Milam (both '03).
"All of our freshman are contributing to the team," junior Taryn Haladay said. "We lost two seniors last year but in the four freshmen we gained more depth and reliability."
Proof of this reliability can be seen in Cloutier's second-place finish at the Dartmouth Invitational, three-strokes behind Kiser.
Perks of the host
The Tigers have a serious advantage this weekend with the tournament being played at Springdale. This is the course that the golf team plays on daily, and though not a difficult course the host team will know its intricacies more than the visiting squads, which include all the Ivy League teams as well as several non-conference squads, including St. John's and William & Mary.
In preparation for the tournament, the Tigers have slightly altered the golf course, lengthening it so as to make the team's length more of an advantage.
After weather wreaked havoc on last spring's Princeton Invitational, a tournament hosted by the men's golf team, the women's team, which has been consistently playing 18 to 27 holes per day in preparation for the tournament, knows that the weather might be its biggest obstacle.
"As long as it doesn't rain too much, it should be a good weekend for us," Haliday said.
The men's golf team plays its second tournament is as many weeks when it travels to Farmingdale, NY, this weekend to compete in the McLaughlin Intercollegiate, a tournament hosted by St. John's. The tournament is held at Bethpage State Park, situated on Long Island, which gained fame for its hosting of the 2002 U.S. Open. That championship was played on the park's Black Course, far more untamed than the Red Course on which the team will play this weekend.
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