CANTON, N.Y. – The Cortland women's golf team finished in fourth place out of nine teams at the season-opening, two-day St. Lawrence Invitational. The Red Dragons posted a 333 on Saturday and a 352 on Sunday for a 685. NYU won the tournament with a 625 (319-306), with Ithaca (327-320-647) and St. Lawrence (318-329-647) tying for second place.

Junior Melissa Rath (East Northport/Northport) led the Red Dragons with a 10th-place finish in a field of 49 golfers. She registered an 81 each day for a total of 162. Freshman Anna Haley (Drexel Hill, PA/Bonner & Prendergast) tied for 17th place. She totaled an 85 Saturday and an 89 Sunday for a 174.

Freshman Bri Sovring (Liverpool/Cicero-North Syracuse) tied for 21st place with a 176 that featured an 88 each round. Senior Samantha Morley (Poughkeepsie/Arlington) recorded an 89 and an 94 to finish 28th with a 183 total. Junior Carly Peters (St. James/Smithtown East) posted a 79 Saturday but was disqualified on Sunday.

Cortland will compete at the NYU Invitational next Saturday and Sunday in Suffern.

Complete Results (PDF)

ST. LAWRENCE INVITATIONAL (Sept. 6-7, 2014)

FINAL TEAM SCORES:

Place, School                      Day 1-Day 2-Total Score
1) NYU                                  319-306-625
tie 2) Ithaca                           327-320-647
tie 2) St. Lawrence                318-329-647
4) Cortland                            333-352-685
5) William Smith                    359-354-713
6) Hamilton                           366-359-725
7) St. Lawrence Brown         378-408-786
8) Union                                401-391-792
9) Elmira                               400-395-795

INDIVIDUAL SCORES (TOP 5 PLUS CORTLAND):

Name (School)                                          Day 1-Day 2-Total Score
tie 1) Alyssa Poentis (NYU)                        77-76-153 #
tie 1) Kelsey Baker (Ithaca)                         77-76-153
tie 3) Paridhi Bhargava (NYU)                     81-75-156
tie 3) Sharon Li (NYU)                                 78-78-156
tie 5) Laura Gay (St. Lawrence)                  75-83-158
 
10) Melissa Rath (Cortland)                        81-81-162
tie 17) Anna Haley (Cortland)                     85-89-174
tie 21) Bri Sovring (Cortland)                      88-88-176
28) Samantha Morley (Cortland)                89-94-183
tie 36) * Taylor O'Halloran (Cortland)         105-93-198
DQ) Carly Peters (Cortland)                       79-DQ

* individual entry   
# Poentis defeated Baker in a sudden-death playoff for medalist honors
(49 golfers competed)