Women's golf places 5th at championship event

Hamilton College's Gillian Dudeck '13 recorded a top 10 finish and the Continentals placed fifth out of eight teams at the 2013 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division II/III Championships, which were held at the Country Club of Ithaca on April 27 and 28.

RESULTS

Dudeck ended up 10th out of 39 golfers after she carded rounds of 86 and 83 for a 36-hole total of 169 on the par 72 layout that measured 5,800 yards. Ithaca College's Sharon Li earned medalist honors with a two-day total of 156. Li survived two playoff holes for the tournament's top spot.

Anne Govern '15 tied for 12th place at 172. Govern posted an 83 on Saturday and added an 89 in her second round. Liz Morris '16 recorded rounds of 98 and 96 for a total of 194.

Hamilton's four-person team total on Saturday was 372 and the Continentals improved that figure slightly to 371 on Sunday for a total of 743 strokes. Division II Merrimack College captured the team title with a score of 649. Nationally ranked No. 24 New York University was runner-up at 679 and No. 17 Ithaca was just behind in third place at 682.

Hamilton's first varsity women's golf season is complete.