Friday, April 22
Ringoes, N.J./The Ridge at Backbrook
TBA
Columbia
at
Ivy League Championship
Photo by: Mike McLaughlin
Lions to Compete at Ivy League Women's Golf Championship
4/20/2022 9:50:00 AM | Women's Golf
Golfstat Live ScoringTeam LeaderboardPlayer LeaderboardTeam/Player LeaderboardPairingsSchedule (PDF)Ivy League Championship CentralIvy League Women's Golf HomepageIvy League Record Book (PDF)2021-22 Statistics (PDF)2021-22 Record Book (PDF)
Columbia Women’s Golf team travels to Ringoes, N.J. to compete in this weekend’s 24th Ivy League Championship Friday through Sunday, April 22-24 at The Ridge at Backbrook.
RINGOES, N.J.—The Columbia Women's Golf team will travel to Ringoes, N.J. to compete in this weekend's 24th Ivy League Championship Friday through Sunday, April 22-24 at The Ridge at Back Brook.
Ironically, the last time the Ivy League Women's Golf Championship was contested in 2019, the event was played at the same course. The event marks Columbia's final competition of the spring season. Complete Ivy League information is posted on its championship central page at this link.
Columbia's lineup will consist of Taylor Zeng, Jennifer Wang, Alexis Florio, Paige Harrison and Allison Paik.
The Ridge at Back Brook Golf Course plays to a par-72, and is 6,173 yards on day one and 6,172 yards on day two.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, April 22: Round One, Tee times: 8 a.m. (18 holes)
Saturday, April 23: Round Two, Tee times: 10 a.m. (18 holes)
Sunday, April 24: Round Three, Tee times: 7:30 a.m. (18 holes)
HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
Fans that can't make it to the Ridge at Back Brook Golf Course (par-72, 6,042 yards) in Ringoes, N.J. this weekend can follow the action with live results on Golfstat.com at this link. Following each day's events, a recap with links to overall results will be available on GoColumbiaLions.com as well at ivyleague.com. Fans can also follow the action on social media by following the Columbia women's golf team on twitter @ColumbiaWGolf and the Ivy League twitter, @IvyLeague as well as joining in on the conversation by using #IvyLeague, #RoarLionRoar and #OneIvy.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE LIONS
Columbia enters the 2022 Ivy League Championship with a 305.00 combined team stroke average. The Lions' low score of the year was a 289 during the first round of the Princeton Invitational and their top performance was a second place finish at the Princeton Invitational. Overall, the Lions have placed fifth or better in five of their seven invitationals. The Lions own a 50-34 record vs. opponents in head-to-head matchups on the year.
Two seniors and team co-captains—Alexis Florio and Jennifer Wang—will compete in their final Ivy League Championship this weekend in New Jersey.
Florio enters the weekend ranked No. 2 in school history in both career-low scoring average (75.81) and career-low scoring average vs. par (4.02). Her current season average of 76.00 ranks second on the squad and the eighth-lowest total in school season history and she has tied for the team lead in top-10 finishes (four) and top-25 finishes (five). She has also registered 49 birdies on the year, which ranks as the fifth best in season school history. Her season-low of 68 and 4-under-par score at the Princeton Invitational in 2021-22 ranks as the third lowest round in school history. She finished seventh at the Boston College Intercollegiate (+6, 77-70-75-222) and eighth at the Princeton Invitational (+2, 68-76-74-218). Her 142 in the Dartmouth Invitational as a sophomore ranks as the third lowest two-round score in school history. Florio's 2022 Ivy League Championship marks her second career appearance in the event as she finished in 13th place as a first-year.
Wang currently ranks third on the team in scoring average at 76.71 with two top-10 finishes and five top-25 finishes. She currently ranks No. 4 in school history in both career scoring average (76.25) and career scoring average versus par (4.46). In her first appearance at the Ivy League Championship, she earned First Team All-Ivy League honoree after placing second in 2019 and became the third player in school history to earn First Team All-Ivy League honors and second first-year player to earn First Team All-Ivy honors. Wang is a two-time WGCA All-American Scholar and 2022 Spring Academic All-Ivy League team honoree. Her career-low 69 at Yale Invitational ranks as the sixth all-time lowest scoring round in school history.
First-year Taylor Zeng enters the weekend as Columbia's leader in stroke average (75.67), top-5 finishes (two), and par/under par rounds (four). Her current 75.67 average ranks as the seventh-lowest season total in school history. Her top performance of the year came at the Low Country Intercollegiate where she placed third at four-over-par 74-70-76-220. Her second round 70 represented her career-low. She also added a fourth place finish at the Princeton Invitational in the fall (Even, 72-73-71-216).
Rounding out the Lions squad includes first-year Paige Harrison (77.73), sophomore Allison Paik (77.67), junior Christine Shao (80.06), junior Annie Sun (80.60), sophomore Anne Walsh (78.27), and senior Marlene Tartaro (88.33).
ABOUT THE RIDGE AT BACK BROOK
Located at 211 Wertsville Road, Ringoes, NJ 08551 and Northeast of Princeton is The Ridge at Back Brook, is a Tom Fazio designed course. With 150 feet of natural elevation change, Fazio had little need to reshape the landscape, although he still had crews re-carve fairways for visibility and flow. With patches of mature forest of hardwoods and cedars, Fazio had little need to import trees, although a few were transplanted to emphasize seclusion on particular holes. The front nine sits in a valley formed by meandering Back Brook, while much of the back nine is on a plateau high above the front nine. Rock outcroppings are a prominent feature, including a massive one that poses a cross-hazard on the par-5 seventh, veins of rock behind the ninth and 18th greens and the namesake vertical cliff that provides a stunning backdrop to the par-3 eighth. More information on The Ridge at Back Brook is available at its website at this link.
COLUMBIA HISTORY IN THE IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Since adding women's golf in 2004, Columbia has competed in 16 Ivy League Championships. The Lions claimed their first title in 2007, just three years after the creation of the program, placed second in 2008 and placed third in 2017. Columbia has had two individual champions: Sara Ovadia 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.
Columbia claimed the 2007 Ivy League Championship by defeating Princeton by 10 strokes (933 to 944). Sara Ovadia won the individual title with a 71-79-76-226.
Ironically, the last time the Ivy League Women's Golf Championship was contested in 2019, the event was played at the same course. The event marks Columbia's final competition of the spring season. Complete Ivy League information is posted on its championship central page at this link.
Columbia's lineup will consist of Taylor Zeng, Jennifer Wang, Alexis Florio, Paige Harrison and Allison Paik.
The Ridge at Back Brook Golf Course plays to a par-72, and is 6,173 yards on day one and 6,172 yards on day two.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, April 22: Round One, Tee times: 8 a.m. (18 holes)
Saturday, April 23: Round Two, Tee times: 10 a.m. (18 holes)
Sunday, April 24: Round Three, Tee times: 7:30 a.m. (18 holes)
HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
Fans that can't make it to the Ridge at Back Brook Golf Course (par-72, 6,042 yards) in Ringoes, N.J. this weekend can follow the action with live results on Golfstat.com at this link. Following each day's events, a recap with links to overall results will be available on GoColumbiaLions.com as well at ivyleague.com. Fans can also follow the action on social media by following the Columbia women's golf team on twitter @ColumbiaWGolf and the Ivy League twitter, @IvyLeague as well as joining in on the conversation by using #IvyLeague, #RoarLionRoar and #OneIvy.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE LIONS
Columbia enters the 2022 Ivy League Championship with a 305.00 combined team stroke average. The Lions' low score of the year was a 289 during the first round of the Princeton Invitational and their top performance was a second place finish at the Princeton Invitational. Overall, the Lions have placed fifth or better in five of their seven invitationals. The Lions own a 50-34 record vs. opponents in head-to-head matchups on the year.
Two seniors and team co-captains—Alexis Florio and Jennifer Wang—will compete in their final Ivy League Championship this weekend in New Jersey.
Florio enters the weekend ranked No. 2 in school history in both career-low scoring average (75.81) and career-low scoring average vs. par (4.02). Her current season average of 76.00 ranks second on the squad and the eighth-lowest total in school season history and she has tied for the team lead in top-10 finishes (four) and top-25 finishes (five). She has also registered 49 birdies on the year, which ranks as the fifth best in season school history. Her season-low of 68 and 4-under-par score at the Princeton Invitational in 2021-22 ranks as the third lowest round in school history. She finished seventh at the Boston College Intercollegiate (+6, 77-70-75-222) and eighth at the Princeton Invitational (+2, 68-76-74-218). Her 142 in the Dartmouth Invitational as a sophomore ranks as the third lowest two-round score in school history. Florio's 2022 Ivy League Championship marks her second career appearance in the event as she finished in 13th place as a first-year.
Wang currently ranks third on the team in scoring average at 76.71 with two top-10 finishes and five top-25 finishes. She currently ranks No. 4 in school history in both career scoring average (76.25) and career scoring average versus par (4.46). In her first appearance at the Ivy League Championship, she earned First Team All-Ivy League honoree after placing second in 2019 and became the third player in school history to earn First Team All-Ivy League honors and second first-year player to earn First Team All-Ivy honors. Wang is a two-time WGCA All-American Scholar and 2022 Spring Academic All-Ivy League team honoree. Her career-low 69 at Yale Invitational ranks as the sixth all-time lowest scoring round in school history.
First-year Taylor Zeng enters the weekend as Columbia's leader in stroke average (75.67), top-5 finishes (two), and par/under par rounds (four). Her current 75.67 average ranks as the seventh-lowest season total in school history. Her top performance of the year came at the Low Country Intercollegiate where she placed third at four-over-par 74-70-76-220. Her second round 70 represented her career-low. She also added a fourth place finish at the Princeton Invitational in the fall (Even, 72-73-71-216).
Rounding out the Lions squad includes first-year Paige Harrison (77.73), sophomore Allison Paik (77.67), junior Christine Shao (80.06), junior Annie Sun (80.60), sophomore Anne Walsh (78.27), and senior Marlene Tartaro (88.33).
ABOUT THE RIDGE AT BACK BROOK
Located at 211 Wertsville Road, Ringoes, NJ 08551 and Northeast of Princeton is The Ridge at Back Brook, is a Tom Fazio designed course. With 150 feet of natural elevation change, Fazio had little need to reshape the landscape, although he still had crews re-carve fairways for visibility and flow. With patches of mature forest of hardwoods and cedars, Fazio had little need to import trees, although a few were transplanted to emphasize seclusion on particular holes. The front nine sits in a valley formed by meandering Back Brook, while much of the back nine is on a plateau high above the front nine. Rock outcroppings are a prominent feature, including a massive one that poses a cross-hazard on the par-5 seventh, veins of rock behind the ninth and 18th greens and the namesake vertical cliff that provides a stunning backdrop to the par-3 eighth. More information on The Ridge at Back Brook is available at its website at this link.
COLUMBIA HISTORY IN THE IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Since adding women's golf in 2004, Columbia has competed in 16 Ivy League Championships. The Lions claimed their first title in 2007, just three years after the creation of the program, placed second in 2008 and placed third in 2017. Columbia has had two individual champions: Sara Ovadia 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.
Columbia claimed the 2007 Ivy League Championship by defeating Princeton by 10 strokes (933 to 944). Sara Ovadia won the individual title with a 71-79-76-226.
Players Mentioned
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
/ Women's Golf
Postgame: MBK | Coach Hovde after Princeton
Saturday, January 31
Highlights: MBK | Columbia 68, Princeton 80
Saturday, January 31
Highlights: WBK | Columbia 55, Penn 64
Saturday, January 31
Postgame: MBK | Thompson and Coach Hovde after win vs. Penn
Friday, January 30
