Despite the tough conditions Saturday, the Yale women’s
golf team weathered the storm, emerging from Saturday’s round
two in sixth place overall at Penn State’s Nittany Lion
Invitational.
After posting a combined score of 303 in the first round Saturday
morning, the Bulldogs followed up with a 317 in the second, placing
them 44 over on the tourney, just 3 strokes out of the top 3.
Harriet Owens-Bradley ’11 led the way in round two for the
Elis, posting a 7-over 78, good for eleventh overall in the
individual standings. Fellow junior Cassie Boles followed up a
strong first-round 73 with a second-round score of 81 to place her
at +10 for the tourney, tied for fifteenth overall.
Following Owens-Bradley and Boles was freshman Alexandra Lipa,
whose strong rounds of 79 and 82 combined to make her Yale’s
third highest finisher.
The Bulldogs finished the day just two strokes behind the host
Nittany Lions, whose two-round total of 42-over was good for fourth
overall.
Rollins College (+20 overall) set the pace, finishing 12 strokes
ahead of second place Western Michigan, 16 strokes ahead of third
place Eastern Michigan.
The Bulldogs will try to make a run at the top three tomorrow as
they tee off for the tournament’s final 18 holes. The action
begins at 8 am on Penn State’s Blue Course in State College.