Women’s Golf Wins Carnegie Mellon Shootout and Breaks Two School Records

(APOLLO, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon University women's golf team continued play at the Carnegie Mellon Spring Shootout Sunday, April 9 at The Links at Spring Church in Apollo, Pennsylvania. The Tartans carded a team score of 313 on Sunday to win the 36-hole event with a 631 (318-313) on the par-72, 5,863-yard course. The Tartans team score of 313 on Sunday topped the school record for the lowest round while the 631 set the school record for the lowest two-round score.

Freshman Lavonca Davis (Pickerington, Ohio) and junior Summer Kitahara (Greenwich, Conn./Rye Country Day) both shot identical rounds of 77 and 78 to finish with a 155. The two Tartans played in a playoff for individual medalist honors with Davis winning on the second hole of a sudden death playoff with a birdie putt on hole one after both golfers birdied hole 18.

Freshman Yedin Lui (Idaho Falls, Idaho) tied a personal-best round of 77 on Sunday to end the shootout with a 159 (82-77). Sophomore Carly Jordan (San Juan Capistrano, Calif./St. Margaret's Episcopal School) carded a 162 (82-80) while junior Emma Hoskins (Libertyville, Ill.) shot a 179 (89-90).
    
Carnegie Mellon had three individuals enter the invite; junior Isabelle Tseng (Plainsboro, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro South) carded a 167 (87-80), with her score of 80 on Sunday being a career-best round. Freshman Sanchi Gupta (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) finished with a 175 (91-84) and junior Ginger Glass (Hollidaysburg, Pa.) shot 198 (100-98). Gupta's round of 84 on Sunday was also a personal-best score.    

Carnegie Mellon will be back on the link Saturday and Sunday, April 15-16. The Tartans will compete is the 36-hole Wooster Spring Invitational which is being played at the Mohican Hills Golf Course in Jeromesville, Ohio.