Women’s Golf Takes Second in Record-Setting NESCAC Performance

NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. – The Bowdoin women’s golf team recorded its best-ever finish at the NESCAC Championship, placing second, just five strokes off the win, this weekend at the Yahnundasis Golf Club.
 
Tournament Highlights

• Sitting in fourth place after day one of the three-day, 54-hole tournament, the Polar Bears dominated on Saturday, posting a +13 score as a team to vault into second place.
• Sunday turned into a showdown between Middlebury and Bowdoin, with the Polar Bears climbing to within a single stroke on numerous occasions as players reached the back nine.
• In the end, the Panthers finished +19 as a team for the day, as Bowdoin ended +25 for the third round, with Middlebury posting a three-day total of 936 (+60) to Bowdoin’s 941 (+65).
• Individually, Bowdoin was the only team to post a pair of golfers in the top-five. Emily Renoff ended in fourth place (+9) with Katie Ng taking fifth spot (+11).
• Shivani Schmulen was 13^th (+19), followed by  Muzi Wen in 23^rd (+29), Emilia Rose in 27^th (+30) in the 54-hole format.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will await word on potential NCAA postseason opportunities when selections are announced on Monday evening at 6:00 p.m.