CANTON, N.Y. – The Cortland women's golf team registered one of the top performances in program history with a two-day score of 635 at the St. Lawrence Invitational, held Saturday and Sunday at the Oliver D. Appleton Golf Course.
 
Cortland finished fourth out of eight teams in the final standings. National power NYU fielded two teams at the event, with its "A" team winning with a 574 (289-285) and its "B" team second with a 588 (297-291). Ithaca placed third with a 627 (315-312) and Cortland was fourth with its 635 (315-320). The 635 is the fifth-best two-day team score for the Red Dragons, while the 315 on Saturday is sixth on the school charts.
 
Cortland finished 18 strokes ahead of fifth-place Union (334-319-653). Suffolk, St. Lawrence and Utica rounded out the field.
 
Junior Gina Milazzo (Greenwood Lake/Warwick Valley) and freshman Chloe Tice (Syracuse/Cicero-North Syracuse) tied for eighth place in the 40-golfer field and were the top non-NYU finishers. Milazzo carded a one-over par 73 on Saturday and a 78 on Sunday for a 151, while Tice posted a 75 on the opening day and a 76 on the second day. NYU's Yiyi (Elisa) Xue was tournament medalist with a 139 (69-70).
 
Milazzo's Saturday round of 73 included an eagle on the 508-yard, par-5 11th hole. She recorded 13 pars on Sunday. Tice registered three birdies in each of her rounds.
 
Senior Mimi Rienzo (Stewartsville, NJ/Phillipsburg) tied for 19th place with a career-best 162. She opened with a single-round career-best of 79 Saturday, including two birdies, and finished with one birdie and an 83 on Sunday.
 
Junior Steffi Trombley (Plattsburgh) finished 25th with a career-best 173. After posting a 90 with one birdie on Saturday, Trombley carded a career-best 83 on Sunday.
 
Graduate student Kara Dumas (Jefferson/Gilboa-Conesville) placed 27th with a 177, starting with an 88 Saturday followed by an 89 Sunday. Freshman Sara Pepp (East Islip), as an individual entry, tied for 30th place with a 186 (95 Saturday, 91 Sunday).
 
ST. LAWRENCE INVITATIONAL (September 5-6, 2026)
 
FINAL TEAM SCORES:
 
Place, School                 Day 1-Day 2-Total Score
1) NYU                                289-285-574
2) NYU "B"                         297-291-588
3) Ithaca                             315-312-627
4) Cortland                        313-320-635
5) Union                             334-319-653
6) Suffolk                           347-345-692
7) St. Lawrence                  454-466-920
8) Utica                              inc.-440-inc.
 
INDIVIDUAL SCORES (TOP 5, PLUS OTHER CORTLAND)
(par 72 each day)

Place, Name (School)                        Day 1-Day 2-Total Score
1) Yiyi (Elisa) Xue (NYU)                              69-70-139
2) Jiarui (Carrie) Li (NYU "B")                      70-71-141
T3) Millie Wang (NYU "B")                         70-73-143
T3) Inha Jun (NYU)                                      74-69-143
T5) Jiayi (Yoyo) Fu (NYU)                           73-73-146
T5) Shih Ting Tan (NYU)                             73-73-146
 
T8) Chloe Tice (Cortland)                          75-76-151
T8) Gina Milazzo (Cortland)                      73-78-151
T19) Mimi Rienzo (Cortland)                     79-83-162
25) Steffi Trombley (Cortland)                 90-83-173
27) Kara Dumas (Cortland)                        88-89-177
T30) * Sara Pepp (Cortland)                      95-91-186
 
* individual entry
 
40 golfers competed