WILLIAMSBURG,
Va. Freshman Christina Hall (Wall, N.J./Wall) set a
two-round program-record score and finished 27th to help the Mount
St. Mary's women's golf team shatter its two-round team total and
place 12th at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)
Championships on Sunday.
Hall
recorded the second-best round in program history after carding a
78 on Saturday before notching an 82 for a total of 160, 19 strokes
behind the medalist. Hall's two-round score of 160 established a
new program standard, breaking Caitlin Fortner's 162 set at the
ECAC Championships last year.
The
Mount as a team registered its two best scores in program history.
After setting a new standard with a 333 on Saturday, the
Mountaineers bettered that mark by two strokes with a 331 on
Sunday. The two-day score of 664 shattered the squad's two-round
record by 20 strokes. The previous mark was set at the Monmouth
Invitational on Apr. 1-2, 2007 after carding a 684.
Junior
Christina Koerper (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Mount St. Joseph) posted
the second-best two-round total in program history after finishing
with a 161 and in 32nd place. The junior shot a 79 in the final
round, the fifth-best mark in a single round by a Mount player.
Freshman Maddy Martin (LaVale, Md./Allegany) finished in 49th place
with a 165, the fifth-best two-round score in program
history.
Ananda
Rochita (San Francisco, Calif./Lowell) (70th place, 178) and Katie
Letsch (Blue Point, N.Y./Baypoint Blue Point) (82nd place, 192)
rounded out Mount St. Mary's team players. Megan Corbett (Danbury,
Conn./Danbury) (65th place, 175) competed in the event as an
individual.
Princeton
won the event with a score of 599, 16 strokes ahead of St. John's
(615) while Boston College (622), Lehigh (625) and Sacred Heart
(631) rounded out the Top-5 teams.
The
event marks the debut of new head coach Colyn Keller, who took over
the coaching responsibilities after the Bucknell
Invitational.
Mount
St. Mary's returns to action on Oct. 13-14 at the Holiday Inn
Pittsburgh Airport Invitational hosted by Robert Morris.