MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The 13th-ranked Washington and Lee women's golf team showed a four-stroke improvement in Round 2 on Monday and placed four golfers inside the Top 15 to finish in second place at the 2025 MCC Women's Intercollegiate.
TEAM & INDIVIDUAL LEADERS THRU ROUND 2:
- Natalie Catapano (Sewanee) claimed the individual title at 3-under (68-73—141). Camryn Kiser (Mary Hardin-Baylor) and Julia Sosa (UMHB) tied for second four shots behind Catapano, while W&L junior Ella Wong took fourth at 3-over (70-77—147) for the tournament.
- No. 24 Mary Hardin-Baylor captured the team win at 27-over (302-301—603). The Generals were a close second at 32-over par (306-302—608), with Huntingdon following in third at 39-over (304-311—615).
W&L ROUND 2 PLAYER SUMMARIES:
- Wong shot a 5-over 77 on Monday to finish fourth on the individual leaderboard. She recorded two birdies and nine pars on the day, and ended her round on a high note by going 1-under on her final five holes.
- First-years Mackenzie Cline and Toral Bhatt tied for 11th at 9-over 153. Cline went 3-over on Monday with a pair of birdies and 13 pars to lead all players in the field with 25 pars over the two rounds. Bhatt shot a 5-over 77 in Round 2 and made three birdies.
- Sophomore Berkeley Bundy had the strongest second round among Generals shooting just 1-over on Monday, an 11-stroke improvement from Round 1. She sank three birdies and made par 12 times to tie with Bhatt for the fifth-most pars across the two days (22). Bundy finished 15th overall on the leaderboard.
- Senior Julia Haetzel rounded out the starting lineup for W&L with a 28th-place finish after a 9-over 81. Sophomore Alex Crews performed well individually with a 4-over 76, also an 11-shot improvement from the first day.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Wong finished the tournament with seven birdies, tied for third most in the tournament. She also had the fourth-best par-3 scoring average (3.00), fifth-best par-4 scoring average (4.30) and sixth-best par-5 average (4.63).
- Bundy and Bhatt also made their way into the scoring average leaderboards. Bundy averaged 3.13 on par 3s, 10th best in the field, while Bhatt tied for ninth in par-4 scoring (4.40).
- The Generals topped the field as a team in par-3 scoring (3.13) and were second in both par-4 scoring (4.48) and par-5 scoring (4.97). They also logged the third-most birdies (21) and the most pars (100) for the tournament, with four players on the Top 10 par leaderboard.
UP NEXT:
The Generals will next compete at the Tartan Invitational (Carnegie Mellon) from Tuesday to Wednesday, October 6-7, at the Nemacolin-Mystic Rock Course in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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