ABBOTTSTOWN, PA. – The Cortland women's golf team finished in fourth place out of seven schools at the two-day McDaniel Spring Invitational, held at The Bridges Golf Club. Kutztown and McDaniel tied for best scores with 706, with Kutztown winning the title based on a tiebreaker. New York University was third with a 716, followed by Cortland (727), Nazareth (741), St. John Fisher (798) and Franklin & Marshall (874).

Cortland held the lead after the first day of competition with a 352, three ahead of NYU, five up on McDaniel and six better than Kutztown. The Red Dragons, however, finished with a 375 on Sunday compared to Kutztown's 348, McDaniel's 349 and NYU's 361.

Freshman Ashley Meng (Penfield) and junior Meghan Brunswick (Oneonta) were Cortland's top finishers as part of a three-way tie for 10th place. They each carded an 86 on Saturday and a 92 on Sunday for scores of 178.

Senior Raz Taylert (Ithaca/Charles O. Dickerson) tied for 14th with a 182 (91 each day) and senior Rebecca Infante (Carmel/Mahopac) was 20th with a 189 (89-100). St. John Fisher's Alex Battle finished first in the 36-golfer field with a 160 (79-81).

Complete Results

McDANIEL SPRING INVITATIONAL
March 27-28, 2010; Abbottstown, Pa.

FINAL TEAM SCORES:

Place, School                   Day 1 – Day 2 - Total
1) Kutztown                      358 – 348 – 706 ##
2) McDaniel                     357 – 349 – 706
3) New York Univ.            355 – 361 – 716
4) Cortland                      352 – 375 – 727
5) Nazareth                     375 – 366 – 741
6) St. John Fisher           398 – 400 – 798
7) Franklin & Marshall     454 – 420 – 874
 
# Kutztown declared team champion based on tiebreaker (best 5th-player score on Day 2)

INDIVIDUAL SCORES (Top 5 plus Cortland)

Name (School)                               Day 1 – Day 2 - Total
1) Alex Battle (St. John Fisher)      79-81-160
2) Jennie Weiner (McDaniel)          85-82-167
3) Sarah Utz (NYU)                        86-84-170
4) Mindy Glatfelter (Kutztown)        88-84-172
tie 5) Chelsea Corbo (Kutztown)     88-85-173
tie 5) Michelle Van Slyke (Nazareth) 88-85-173

tie 10) Meghan Brunswick (Cortland)    86-92-178
tie 10) Ashley Meng (Cortland)             86-92-178
tie 14) Raz Taylert (Cortland)                91-91-182
20) Rebecca Infante (Cortland)            89-100-189
29) Alissa Ryczek (Cortland)                101-104-205

(36 golfers competed)