Grove City Claims Second-Straight PAC Women’s Golf Title

Grove City Claims Second-Straight PAC Women’s Golf Title

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BELLE VERNON, Pa. (pacathletics.org) – The Grove City College women’s golf team posted back-to-back Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) team titles following Saturday’s second and final round of 368 at the 2014 PAC Spring Championships.

Cedarbrook Golf Club hosted the league’s annual two-day championship event.

The PAC Championship format features four rounds of competition -- two in the fall and two in the spring. Each of the four rounds count towards the team championship and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championships, while Conference Player of the Year and individual All-PAC honors are determined exclusively by scores at the 36-hole PAC Spring Championship.  

Grove City fired a 380 on Friday to total a two-day Spring Championships score of 748. Combined with their two-day total of 721 at the 2013 Fall Golf Invitational, the Wolverines finished with a 72-hole team score of 1,469.

Saint Vincent College finished second with a 72-hole team score of 1,500 (371-379-380-370), followed by Westminster College in third with a 1,523 (378-369-395-381) and Washington & Jefferson College in fourth with a 1,524 (370-384-384-386). Thiel College finished fifth with a 1,650 (424-390-401-435), with Waynesburg University in sixth with a 1,834 (473-474-446-441) and Thomas More College in seventh with a 2,056 (547-550-492-467).

For the third-straight year, Grove City junior Esther Durling (Perry, Mich./Perry) was named the PAC Player of the Year. Durling fired an 81 on Saturday to pace the 33-golfer field. She finished with a two-day stroke total of 165.

Grove City eighth-year head coach Melissa Lamie was named the league’s Coach of the Year for the second-straight season.

The 2014 Division III Golf Championship are scheduled for Tuesday-Friday, May 13-16 at the Mission Inn Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.