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#13 Women’s Golf Earns Runner-Up Finish at Spring-Opening Tournament

The #13 Middlebury women's golf team opened the spring portion of its schedule on Saturday at the Hartford Blackledge Invitational. Wellesley claimed the team title in a format where the top-four scorers counted with a 304, while the Panthers finished five strokes behind for second place at 309. Wesleyan rounded out the top-three squads, firing a 311.

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Daniella Honkamp finished in third place with a career-low score of 76.

The #13 Middlebury women's golf team opened the spring portion of its schedule on Saturday at the Hartford Blackledge Invitational. Wellesley claimed the team title in a format where the top-four scorers counted with a 304, while the Panthers finished five strokes behind for second place at 309. Wesleyan rounded out the top-three squads, firing a 311.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

  • Location: Blackledge Country Club (Hebron, Conn.)

  • Par: 72

  • Yards: 6,137

  • Teams Competing: 6

  • Finish: 2nd

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Daniella Honkamp led the Panthers, ranking third individually with a score of 76. The effort was a career-best collegiate round by three shots. She tallied three birdies during the round, including twos on the par-three eighth and 11th holes.

  • Sharing seventh place were Season Wei and Julia Hua with identical 77s. Wei posted a birdie on the par-five seventh, while Hua logged a pair of birdies on the back nine.

  • The next Middlebury scorer was Ella Han, shooting a 79 to tie for 13th.

  • Morgan Lee was one shot out of the scoring positions with an 80 for 15th place, while Teegan Duffy earned 21st place competing as an individual with a score of 83.

NOTES

  • Hua's score was her best round in a Panther uniform by two shots.

  • The Panthers combined to record 10 birdies at the tournament.

Middlebury returns to action on Saturday and Sunday when it competes at the Jack Leaman Invitational hosted by Amherst.