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Ringoes, N.J./The Ridge at Back Brook
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Wang Finishes Second, Lions Place Third at Ivy League Championship
4/21/2019 7:54:00 PM | Women's Golf
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First-year Jennifer Wang finishes in second place, two strokes behind the individual champion at four-over-par 70-77-73-220; Lions take third place in team competition.
RINGOES, N.J.—First-year Jennifer Wang finished in second place with a four-over-par 70-77-73-220 and Columbia placed third in the team competition following the third and final day at the 2019 Ivy League Women's Golf Championship Sunday at The Ridge at Back Brook Golf Course.
Columbia finished in third place behind team champion Harvard (+37, 901) and second place Dartmouth (+43, 907) with a 49-over-par 298-309-306-913 team score. Led by Wang, three Lions placed in field's top-15 including first-year Alexis Florio in 13th place and senior Amy Ding in 15th place. The Lions entered Sunday's final round in first place, but the top-5 teams were separated by just eight strokes. The Lions held a two-stroke lead over second place Dartmouth.
Wang finished just two strokes behind individual leader Elizabeth Wang of Harvard, who finished at two-over-par 218. She entered the final day of competition with a one-stroke lead over Dartmouth's Kaitlyn Lees and led the field throughout the first two days. She finished the three-day championship with eight birdies, 34 pars and led the field in par-5 scoring (4.80), third in the field in par-4 scoring (4.25) and seventh in the field in par-3 scoring (3.07). Wang becomes Columbia's first First Team All-Ivy League selection since Jackie Chulya earned the honor in 2017.
On Sunday, Wang shot a 73, holing two birdies on holes 5 and 18. After she fired a two-under-par 70 on Friday, the second lowest round score-ever for a Columbia player in Ivy League Championship competition, Wang finished with a 77 on Saturday. She birdied just one hole (No. 5) but still ranks second in the field in birdies with six. On Friday, Wang carded a field-high five birdies on holes 1, 5, 9, 11 and 14. After shooting par on the front nine, she was especially strong on the back-9 as she totaled two birdies and seven pars for her two-under-par. Her round 70 score ranks second to Michelle Piyapattra, who shot a 69 in the final round en route to the individual title in 2011.
First-year Alexis Florio finished the weekend in 13th place after shooting a 14-over-par 77-77-76-230. In Sunday's final round, Florio registered two birdies en route to a 76. On Saturday, she moved up six spots in the standings to 11th place with a 10-over-par 77-77-154. She birdied back-to-back holes on 6 and 7 on Saturday after shooting eight pars and a one-over-par on Friday's back nine. It was Florio's first-ever Ivy League Championship competition.
Senior Amy Ding completed the weekend in 15th place after carding a 15-over-par 75-77-79-231. Ding, who led the Lions and tied for fifth in the field with 35 pars on the weekend, birdied one hole and hit 11 pars on Sunday. She spent the first two days in seventh place. She registered 13 pars on Saturday and in Friday's first round, Ding finished the day with two birdies and 11 pars.
Junior Emily Chu finished the weekend in 22nd place with an 18-over-par 76-79-79-234. Chu carded three birdies and 33 pars on the weekend. She added another birdie on Sunday and put together two birdies in Friday's first round.
Rounding out the five Columbia golfers was sophomore Katie Lee, who ended the championship in 28th place at 23-over-par 83-78-78-239. On Sunday, she carded birdies on holes 9 and 17. She closed Saturday's second round with birdies on holes 17 and 18.
The Ridge at Back Brook Golf Course is a par-72, 6,042-yard course.
Columbia was chasing its second Ivy League women's golf team title as the Lions claimed their lone team championship in 2007. In its women's golf history, Columbia has won two individual Ivy League championships: Sara Ovadia (71-79-76-226) in 2007 and Michelle Piyapattra (72-73-69-214) in 2011. Piyapattra's 214 was the lowest three-round score in Ivy League Championship history. She won the title as a first-year.
Columbia finished in third place behind team champion Harvard (+37, 901) and second place Dartmouth (+43, 907) with a 49-over-par 298-309-306-913 team score. Led by Wang, three Lions placed in field's top-15 including first-year Alexis Florio in 13th place and senior Amy Ding in 15th place. The Lions entered Sunday's final round in first place, but the top-5 teams were separated by just eight strokes. The Lions held a two-stroke lead over second place Dartmouth.
Wang finished just two strokes behind individual leader Elizabeth Wang of Harvard, who finished at two-over-par 218. She entered the final day of competition with a one-stroke lead over Dartmouth's Kaitlyn Lees and led the field throughout the first two days. She finished the three-day championship with eight birdies, 34 pars and led the field in par-5 scoring (4.80), third in the field in par-4 scoring (4.25) and seventh in the field in par-3 scoring (3.07). Wang becomes Columbia's first First Team All-Ivy League selection since Jackie Chulya earned the honor in 2017.
On Sunday, Wang shot a 73, holing two birdies on holes 5 and 18. After she fired a two-under-par 70 on Friday, the second lowest round score-ever for a Columbia player in Ivy League Championship competition, Wang finished with a 77 on Saturday. She birdied just one hole (No. 5) but still ranks second in the field in birdies with six. On Friday, Wang carded a field-high five birdies on holes 1, 5, 9, 11 and 14. After shooting par on the front nine, she was especially strong on the back-9 as she totaled two birdies and seven pars for her two-under-par. Her round 70 score ranks second to Michelle Piyapattra, who shot a 69 in the final round en route to the individual title in 2011.
First-year Alexis Florio finished the weekend in 13th place after shooting a 14-over-par 77-77-76-230. In Sunday's final round, Florio registered two birdies en route to a 76. On Saturday, she moved up six spots in the standings to 11th place with a 10-over-par 77-77-154. She birdied back-to-back holes on 6 and 7 on Saturday after shooting eight pars and a one-over-par on Friday's back nine. It was Florio's first-ever Ivy League Championship competition.
Senior Amy Ding completed the weekend in 15th place after carding a 15-over-par 75-77-79-231. Ding, who led the Lions and tied for fifth in the field with 35 pars on the weekend, birdied one hole and hit 11 pars on Sunday. She spent the first two days in seventh place. She registered 13 pars on Saturday and in Friday's first round, Ding finished the day with two birdies and 11 pars.
Junior Emily Chu finished the weekend in 22nd place with an 18-over-par 76-79-79-234. Chu carded three birdies and 33 pars on the weekend. She added another birdie on Sunday and put together two birdies in Friday's first round.
Rounding out the five Columbia golfers was sophomore Katie Lee, who ended the championship in 28th place at 23-over-par 83-78-78-239. On Sunday, she carded birdies on holes 9 and 17. She closed Saturday's second round with birdies on holes 17 and 18.
The Ridge at Back Brook Golf Course is a par-72, 6,042-yard course.
Columbia was chasing its second Ivy League women's golf team title as the Lions claimed their lone team championship in 2007. In its women's golf history, Columbia has won two individual Ivy League championships: Sara Ovadia (71-79-76-226) in 2007 and Michelle Piyapattra (72-73-69-214) in 2011. Piyapattra's 214 was the lowest three-round score in Ivy League Championship history. She won the title as a first-year.
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