ITHACA, N.Y. – Junior Carly Peters (St. James/Smithtown East) finished in second place and was one of five Red Dragons to finish in the top 15 at the two-day Ithaca College Invitational. The tournament was held at The Country Club of Ithaca.

Ithaca won team honors with a 651, followed by Methodist College at 659 and Cortland at 670 in the seven-team field. The Red Dragons trailed Ithaca by only five strokes and Methodist, a perennial national power, by just one stroke after Saturday's opening day. Hamilton, St. John Fisher, Nazareth and Elmira rounded out the field.

Peters carded a four-over 76, including three birdies, on Saturday and scored an 82 on Sunday for a final score of 158. Ithaca's Sharon Li was tournament medalist with a 149 (74-75). Kelsey Baker of Ithaca was third, one stroke behind Peters at 159 (79-80).

Samantha Morley (Poughkeepsie/Arlington), Cortland's lone senior, tied for sixth place in the 41-golfer field with a 166 (79-87). Melissa Rath (East Northport/Northport) and Anna Haley (Drexel Hill, PA/Bonner & Prendergast) tied for 10th place, each with a 171. Rath opened with an 87 and scored an 84 Sunday. Haley, an individual entry, improved on her opening-round 90 with an 81 Sunday.

Also for the Red Dragons, Bri Sovring (Liverpool/Cicero-North Syracuse) finished 13th with a 175 (87-88) and Taylor O'Halloran (Staten Island/Notre Dame Academy) tied for 19th with a 183 (90-93).

The tournament concludes the season for Cortland as the Red Dragons will not qualify as a team, or individually, for the NCAA Div. III Championships.

ITHACA COLLEGE INVITATIONAL (April 25-26, 2015)

Complete Results (PDF)

FINAL TEAM SCORES:

Place, School                         Day 1 – Day 2 - Total
1) Ithaca                                    324-327-651
2) Methodist                             328-331-659
3) Cortland                               329-341-670
4) Hamilton                              392-367-759
5) St. John Fisher                    384-381-765
6) Nazareth                              533-528-1,061
7) Elmira                                  430-inc-inc

INDIVIDUAL SCORES (TOP 5 PLUS OTHER CORTLAND):

Name (School)                                              Day 1 – Day 2 -Total
1) Sharon Li (Ithaca)                                       74-75-149
2) Carly Peters (Cortland)                               76-82-158
3) Kelsey Baker (Ithaca)                                 79-80-159
4) Meghan Bickford (Methodist)                     80-82-162
5) Brianna Sweeny (Methodist)                      83-81-164

tie 6) Samantha Morley (Cortland)                 79-87-166
tie 10) Melissa Rath (Cortland)                       87-84-171
tie 10) * Anna Haley (Cortland)                       90-81-171
13) Bri Sovring (Cortland)                               87-88-175
tie 19) Taylor O'Halloran (Cortland)                90-93-183

* individual entry
(41 golfers competed)