Carleton Ties for 7th in Women's NCAA DIII; Wang Is T7 Individually

HOUSTON -- Trailing by eight going into the final round, New York University shot a record-tying 294 (6 over par) on Friday at Bay Oaks Country Club, and the result was a five-stroke victory in the Women's NCAA Division III Championships. 

The 294 matched the record set by Rhodes College in 2016. NYU's winning four-day total of 1217 was two off the record.

Williams College, which led going into the last day, closed with a 307 and finished second at 1222. Methodist University was another 10 behind in third place at 1232, and Claremont Mudd Scripps finished fourth at 1233.

Arshia Mahant, a freshman, led the charge for NYU. After opening the tournament with an 82 on Tuesday, she bounced back with a 71 and a 75. On Friday, she made five birdies in the first 10 holes and closed with a 69 (one off the record). That was nearly good enough to claim medalist honors, but she ended up one stroke behind Cordelia Chan of Williams. 

Chan, a senior from Windsor, Ontario, held off Mahant with a 72, which gave her a 72-hole aggregate of 296. Mahant finished with a 297. Emily Salamy of Rhodes led after 54 holes, but she shot 75 on Friday and wound up in third at 298. 

Carleton College, the MIAC champion, tied George Fox University for seventh in the team competition with an overall 1249, just two shots behind fifth-place DePauw. It was the third consecutive top-7 finish for the Knights, who were seventh in 2017 and sixth last year.

The Knights' Ziyi Wang, a senior from Bejing City, China, matched her team's seventh-place finish. She was near the top of the individual leaderboard for the entire tournament, trailing Salamy by only three strokes after three rounds. She shot a final-round 77 and ended up at 303.  


WOMEN'S COLLEGE GOLF

NCAA Division III Championships

At Bay Oaks Country Club

Par 72, 5,889 yards

Houston, Texas

Final results 

1. New York University              311-302-310-294--1217

2. Williams College                    309-306-300-307--1222

3. Methodist College                  307-307-320-298--1232

4. Claremont Mudd Scripps       315-303-308-307--1233

5. DePauw University                307-316-312-312--1247

6. Rhodes College                     319-318-312-299--1248

T7. Carleton College                  310-312-316-311--1249

T7. George Fox                          310-316-313-310--1249

9. Grinnell College                      323-308-315-312--1258

10. Redlands, Univ. of                 306-327-326-308--1265

T11. Washington Univ.-St. Louis 319-317-318-322--1276

T11. Washington & Lee Univ.      311-323-327-315--1276

13. Wisconsin-Whitewater           328-324-321-311--1284

14. St. Mary's College (Ind.)        341-319-313-331--1304

15. Transylvania                          331-326-321-335--1313

Did not make the cut (978) 

Illinois Wesleyan                         339-320-321--980       

Mary Hardin-Baylor                    332-328-327--987

Stevenson University                 335-335-338--1008

Central College                          336-341-345--1022

Mount Union                              357-341-345--1022

Gettysburg College                   355-359-338--1052

Aurora University                      369-353-342--1064

Drew University                         355-359-353--1067

St. Scholastica                          415-390-385--1190

Westminster College (Pa.)         406-419-396--1221

Individuals

1. Cordelia Chan, Williams           75-75-74-72-296

2. Arshia Mahant, NYU                 82-71-75-69--297

3. Emily Salamy, Rhodes              74-75-74-75--298

T4. Amy Xue, Claremont MS        76-75-78-72--301

T4. Larisa Luloff, DePauw            75-77-75-74--301  
 
6. Bailey Plourde, Centre              71-79-74-78--302*

T7. Ziyi Wang, Carleton              75-74-77-77--303

T7. Vidushi Sinha, Grinnell           75-75-79-74--303

T31. Ayumi Sakamoto, Carleto  77-81-81-75--314

T43. Alyssa Akiyama, Carleton  80-78-80-80--318

T43. Kristin Miyagi, Carleton      79-80-78-81--318

T53. Abby Euyang, Carleton      79-80-82-79--320

* - indicates player competing as an individual only