UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Senior
Amelia Lee captured her first tournament title as a Rocket to lead the Toledo women's golf team to a sixth-place finish on Sunday at Penn State's Nittany Lion Invitational. Lee shot a seven-under 209 (68-71-70) on PSU's par-72, 6,402-yard Blue Course to finish with the second-best 54-hole score in program history.
"I was thinking, finally!" Lee said. "I've been close to winning before and this time I was able to pull it off. I'm proud of myself and am thankful for everyone who has supported me and believed in me. This is as much for them as it is for me."
Lee finished four strokes ahead of her nearest competitor and was the only individual to post under-par numbers in all three rounds. She fired a career-low four-under 68 in the first round, a one-under 71 in the second, and a two-under 70 in today's final round.
"I'm so proud of Amelia," Head Coach
Jenny Coluccio said. "She has been knocking on this door for a while and to see her finally break through is amazing. She has worked so hard mostly on her mental process this past year and very rewarding to see it pay off for her."
Junior
Macy Hanus and freshman
Reese Jansa also carded one-over par 73s today to help the Rockets move up two spots in the team standings. Hanus ended the tournament tied for 36
th place at 13-over par 227 (74-80-73). Jansa finished with an eight-over par 152 but didn't play the second round due to injury.
Rounding out the Rocket lineup were sophomore
Yedam Lee (T-68
th/234) and junior
Angel Hii (T-75
th/236).
Tournament host Penn State captured the tournament title at three-under par 861.
Toledo is back in action in three weeks when it hosts the Rocket Classic on Oct. 10-11 at the Catawba Island Club in Port Clinton, Ohio.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Penn State 289-282-290=861 (-3); 2. Kennesaw State 286-301-290=877 (+13); 3. Boston College 286-296-296=878 (+14); 4. Youngstown State 300-294-296=890 (+26); 5. Richmond 304-293-297=894 (+30);
6. Toledo 294-307-296=897 (+33); 7. Butler 301-297-301=899 (+35); 8. Eastern Kentucky 300-297-307=904 (+40); 9. Navy 304-304-297=905 (+41); 10. Central Michigan 307-298-301=906 (+42); 11. Bradley 308-304-299=911 (+47); 12. Towson 306-303-305=914 (+50); 13. Seton Hall 305-301-310=916 (+52); 14. High Point 294-308-315=917 (+53); 15. Columbia 303-309-308=920 (+56); 16. Bucknell 307-311-305=923 (+59)
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Amelia Lee (Toledo) 68-71-70=209 (-7); 2. Hannah Lydic (Richmond) 74-71-68=213 (-4); 3. Mathilde Delavallade (PSU) 72-69-73=214 (-2); T4. Michelle Cox (PSU) 76-70-71=217 (+1); T4. Sarah Willis (PSU) 71-73-73=217 (+1); T4. Danae Rugola (YSU) 71-71-75=217 (+1);
TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
1.
Amelia Lee 68-71-70=209 (-7); T36.
Macy Hanus 74-80-73=227 (+13); T68.
Yedam Lee 75-77-82=234 (+18); T75.
Angel Hii 77-79-80=236 (+20); 93.
Reese Jansa 79-WD-73=152 (+8)
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