Tough weekend for golf teams

Men’s Golf

Last weekend’s downpour affected students both on and off Princeton’s campus. Traveling to New Haven, Conn. to play in the MacDonald Cup at Yale, the men’s golf team only played one day of what was originally intended to be a two-day competition, where they finished ninth out of 15 teams.

After strong starts to open their fall calendar — Princeton earned two first-place performances to start the year — the Tigers appear to have slowed down some. This result follows a fourthplace showing at the Windon Memorial event a weekend prior.

As for the players, sophomore Michael Davis was the high performer for the Tigers on the day, as he tied for 30thby going 8 over. Following him were sophomore Marc Hedrick in joint 38thplace at 10 over and junior Quinn Prchal tying for 41stplace at 11 over. Prchal, coming off a spring season where he represented Princeton at NCAA regionals, saw a dropoff from his final placing at the Windon Memorial, where he and sophomore Eric Mitchell led the Tigers at joint 24thoverall (2 above). Mitchell would this time finish in joint 59that 17+, along with junior Alex Dombrowski.

With a storm-filled event now in the books, the team can look forward to a rest this weekend before heading out to Beallsville, Md. a week from Monday, where they will compete in the Georgetown Hoya Invitational.

Women’s Golf

Coming off a two-week break following the Bucknell Invitational, the women’s golf team put up another strong performance as it competed for the first time at home this year in the Princeton Invitational.

The first day may have been dampened by the rain, but the Tigers certainly came out hot. Playing just 36 holes because of the weather, Princeton found itself with two players in the top five by the end of the day. Sophomore Tenley Shield was tied for first after one at 2 above, with senior Alexandra Wong was tied for fifth at 4 above. The Tigers held first over Columbia as they went into Sunday, the second day of play.

The last day of the weekend, however, saw some major shakeups in the standings. A few Tigers saw significant gains from their previous day’s results — junior Jordan Lippetz, tied for 13that the end of Saturday, pulled herself into 4that 9 above by the end of the event. Freshman Amber Wong, Wang and Shield all finished well — Wong and Wang in joint 12th, Shield in joint 2nd— as junior Hana Ku rounded out the group at joint 31st, 19 above par. However, the Tigers saw their lead from the first day slip away as the Harvard Crimson made a furious comeback. Harvard finished 4thon the first day, only to move into the top spot when all was said and done. The Tigers would settle for 2nd in the field of 15 teams.

With this result in the books, Princeton makes a quick turnaround with the prep for the Yale Invitational starting Friday, Oct. 9.