SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – Three individual scores of 6-over par or better helped the No. 10 Washington and Lee women's golf team move up two spots to finish in fifth place at the Hollins Cup on Tuesday.
 
COURSE STATS:

• Pasatiempo Golf Club
• Par 72 | 5,832 Yards
• Round 1 Average Score: 81.45 (65 Rounds)
• Round 2 Average Score: 80.72 (65 Rounds)
• Total Average Score: 81.08 (130 Rounds)

FINAL TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL LEADERS:

• No. 1 Emory held on for the team win with a 9-over (297) on Tuesday following a 10-over on Monday. Sixth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps rallied into second place with a 10-over (298) to finish at 29-over for the tournament, while No. 4 WashU fell to third (+39 overall) after a second-round 27-over (315).
• Katherine Keith (CMS) had the best individual round of the day (-4 | 68) to win the Hollins Cup at 3-under (141). Amanda Zheng (Emory) took second place at 1-over (145), with Zimo Li (Emory) rounding out the Top-3 at 4-over (148).
• The Generals moved up from seventh to fifth place with a 23-over (311) on Tuesday. Their two-day par score was 50-over (626).

W&L ROUND 2 PLAYER SUMMARIES:

• Sophomore Toral Bhatt was the highest-placing General at sixth on the individual leaderboard. She carded four birdies on the day to shoot 6-over (78) and 7-over (151) for the tournament.
• Sophomore Mackenzie Cline was 4-over (76) to finish in a tie for 12th place at 10-over par (154). Cline was 2-over par on the front and back nines, with two birdies on the front.
• Sophomore Bella Scucchi had the best second-round score for the Generals. She used four birdies and a front-nine 1-over par to notch a 3-over (75) for the day. She tied for 32nd overall at 16-over (160).
• First-year Kelsey Sciacca tallied a 10-over (82) for the second day in a row, which included 11 pars, with sophomore Morgan Maddox rounding out the lineup with one birdie and a 15-over on Tuesday.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• The Generals had the third-best par-scoring (5.00) at the Hollins Cup, while also having the eighth-best par-3 (3.56) and par-4 (4.63) averages.
• W&L also had the third-most birdies (24) and third-fewest bogeys (54) in the field.
• Scucchi topped the field in par-5 scoring at 4.40 (-6). She birdied four of the five par 5s on Tuesday after being just 1-over on par 5s in the first round.
• Cline also finished among the leaders in par-5 scoring (4.90), while Bhatt tied for fourth in par-3 average (3.20).
• Bhatt's seven birdies tied for third most for the tournament, while Scucchi had six to tie for sixth. Cline had seven bogeys which was tied for second fewest.

UP NEXT:
The Generals have one tournament remaining on their fall schedule. They will tee off at the NCAA Preview on Monday at Kingsmill Resort (River Course) in Williamsburg, Va.
 

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