AMHERST, MASS. – Freshman Ashley Meng (Penfield) recorded an 81 each day and tied for third place out of 60 golfers at the Jack Leaman Championship, hosted by Amherst College. The tournament was held Saturday at the Hickory Ridge Country Club in Amherst, Mass., and Sunday at The Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley, Mass.

Cortland finished sixth out of 11 teams with a two-day score of 692. The Red Dragons were in fourth place after Day 1 with a 342 before scoring a 350 on the second day. Amherst won the team title with a 659, followed by Wellesley (669), Williams (673), St. Lawrence (679), Vassar (688) and Cortland in the top six.

Meng was one of four golfers to finish at 162, four strokes behind tournament medalist Hayley Milbourn of Amherst and one shot behind runner-up Becky Miller of Williams.

Cortland senior Raz Taylert (Ithaca/Charles O. Dickerson) tied for 24th place with a 174, including an 84 on Saturday, and junior Meghan Brunswick (Oneonta) and senior Rebecca Infante (Carmel/Mahopac) were part of a four-way tie for 32nd place at 178. Brunswick carded a 91 and an 87, while Infante scored an 86 and a 92. Freshman Alissa Ryczek (Utica/New Hartford) rounded out the Red Dragon contingent with a 97 each day for a 54th-place total of 194.

Complete Results (PDF file)

JACK LEAMAN TOURNAMENT (April 17-18; 2010; hosted by Amherst College)

FINAL TEAM SCORES:

Place, School                 Day 1 – Day 2 - Total
1) Amherst                      336-323-659
2) Wellesley                    336-333-669
3) Williams                      339-334-673
4) St. Lawrence              347-332-679
5) Vassar                        350-338-688
6) Cortland                     342-350-692
7) Holy Cross (Ind.)        349-352-701
8) Mt. Holyoke                354-348-702
9) New York Univ.           362-345-707
10) UC-Santa Cruz         373-355-728
11) Middlebury                372-379-751

INDIVIDUAL SCORES (Top 5 plus Cortland)

Name (School)                                           Day 1 – Day 2 - Total
1) Hayley Milbourn (Amherst)                     84-74-158
2) Becky Miller (Williams)                           80-81-161
tie 3) Ashley Meng (Cortland)                     81-81-162
tie 3) Flora Weeks (Middlebury)                 84-78-162
tie 3) Megan Doherty (Holy Cross-IN)        80-82-162
tie 3) Cassandra Tavolarell (Wellesley)      81-81-162
tie 24) Raz Taylert (Cortland)                     84-90-174
tie 32) Meghan Brunswick (Cortland)         91-87-178
tie 32) Rebecca Infante (Cortland)              86-92-178
54) Alissa Ryczek (Cortland)                      97-97-194

(60 golfers competed)