HOUSTON, Texas – Junior Megan Kanaby (Chapel Hill, N.C. / Cardinal Gibbons) placed in a tie for seventh overall to lead the Washington and Lee women's golf team to a 13th-place team finish at the NCAA Division III Championship held at the Bay Oaks Country Club.
 
Kanaby completed the tournament with a 73-73-76-71—293 (+5) that was just four strokes behind the NCAA Individual Champion, Ellen Dong of Emory University.  Dong carded a +1 score of 75-68-72-74—289 and claimed the title in a one-hole playoff with Alison Takamiya of George Fox. 
 
Kanaby's 72-hole scoring total easily eclipsed the program record of 309 that she had set herself just last season when she placed eighth overall.
 
Emory also captured the team title, producing a four-day score of 292-296-291-296—1175 (+23) to run away with the championship by 26 strokes over the University of Redlands.
 
W&L also set the team record for 72-hole scoring, finishing the championship with a +92 tally of 309-301-322-312—1244.  The prior standard was 1276 strokes set at the 2019 NCAA Championship.
 
Senior Savannah Johnson (Owens Cross Roads, Ala. / Huntsville) closed out her career with one of the best performances across her four seasons, placing in a tie for 59th overall out of the 81 players that made the cut with a +29 total of 85-71-81-80—317.
 
First-year An Shelmire (Dallas, Texas / Highland Park) tied for 65th with a +32 score of 77-78-79-86—320 and classmate Laetitia Roegner (Greenwich, Conn. / IMG Academy) was 78th overall with an 80-79-87-84—330 (+42).
 
First-year Marcella Mercer (Bigfork, Montana / Flathead) capped her tournament with a 77 that was the third-lowest score for the Generals on Friday.  She withdrew during the second round with an injury, returning for the final two rounds.  Her scores for the week were 79-wd-86-77.
 
W&L's 13th-place showing was its fourth Top 15 finish in the NCAA National Championship in program history.  W&L placed a program-best tied for ninth just last season.