FOREST, Va. --- Washington and Lee
University standout Mary-Frances Hall is quickly making a name for
herself in NCAA Division III women's golf. The Generals'
freshman won for the second time in her rookie campaign, besting
the field at the Callaway Gardens Intercollegiate, hosted by Berry
College at the Lake View Course in Pine Mountain, Ga.
The tournament included three of the top-20 teams in the country,
as ranked by Golfstat. That includes Washington and Lee,
which moved to #10 in the rankings by placed second overall.
Hungtingdon College, which finished eighth, is ranked 18th,
while 20th-rated Methodist University tied for fourth.
Hall, from State Road, N.C., opened with a 3-over-par 74 to sit
second after the first 18 holes on the 5,808-yard par-71 layout.
She posted a 4-over 75 on day two, which provided her a
three-shot cushion on the way to a 36-hole 7-over 149. In
five starts this year -- this being her first in the spring -- Hall
has placed in the top-10 four times and won twice, adding this
week's victory to a triumph at the ODAC Preview to open the fall
season.
The Generals fired a 313 on day one, giving them a four-stroke lead
heading into the second round. Their team scored only
increased by 10 shots to 323, but that was enough to allow Dalton
State to slide in and take the team title by two strokes over
W&L.
Fellow first year players Liza Freed and Caroline Holloway also
placed in the top-10 for the Generals. Freed posted rounds of
75 and 82 to finish 15-over, while Holloway flipped her teammates
performance, carding rounds of 82 and 75 on the way to tying Freed
for ninth. Rachael Wright followed up an opening round 82
with a 93 to finished at 175 for her two rounds, while Sara Moir
rounded out the Generals' contingent with a two-day 183
(92-91).
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