Saint Vincent women nab 36-hole lead at PAC Golf Championship

Saint Vincent women nab 36-hole lead at PAC Golf Championship

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Fall 2017 results

VIENNA, Ohio (pacathletics.org) – After finishing as the runner-up at the previous two Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Fall Golf Championship events, the Saint Vincent College women’s program will take a 28-stroke lead into the spring portion of the league championship.

For the second-straight year, the fall championships were hosted by the Avalon Golf & Country Club in Warren, Ohio. The women’s teams played Monday’s and Tuesday’s rounds at Avalon Lakes.

Saint Vincent followed up Monday’s 361 with a 341 Tuesday to post a 36-hole total of 702. Last year’s PAC champion, Thomas More College, is currently in second place with a 730 (371-359). Westminster College is third with a 736 (361-375), Washington & Jefferson College is fourth with a 739 (377-739) and Grove City College is fifth with an 839 (413-426).

This year’s PAC Championships feature a 54-hole stroke play event, with 36 holes contested this fall and another 18 holes played in April. The combined 54-hole team totals will determine the PAC team champions and winners of the league's automatic qualifying bids to the 2018 NCAA Division III Championships.

This year’s PAC Spring Golf Championships will be played on Saturday, April 28 at Oglebay Resort’s Speidel Golf Club in Wheeling, West Virginia. The women will play their round on the Arnold Palmer course, while the men will play the Robert Trent Jones, Sr. course.

The All-PAC teams, as well the PAC Players of the Year, are determined by the combined 54-hole scores from the PAC’s Fall and Spring Championships.

For the second-straight year, W&J senior Kaitlyn Vogel (Pleasant Gap, Pa. | Bellefonte Area) earned medalist honors at the fall championship with a 162. She shot an 84 Monday before firing a 78 Tuesday. Vogel was also the runner-up for Most Valuable Performer honors last season.

Last year’s PAC Most Valuable Performer, Westminster senior Kelsey Phillips (Pittsburgh, Pa. | North Allegheny), sits in second after carding a 168 (82-86).