William and Mary Posts Day’s Best Score, Improves to Sixth at Home Tournament

Freshmen Murphy, Whitney Post Day’s Top Two Scores

03/23/08 9:32PM

WILLIAMSBURG - William and Mary’s women’s golf team rallied on a brisk Easter morning to post the best team round of the day and make up 14 strokes on the tournament leaders in the final round of the First Market Bank Intercollegiate, improving to a tie for sixth at 64-over (327-313—640) with state rival Longwood. Marshall and James Madison each finished the two-day event at 56-over (632), and in the team playoff, Whitney Wolejko’s birdie on the second playoff hole gave the trophy to the Thundering Herd. Bradley’s Bari-Lynn Erais won the individual medal with a 36-hole score of 146 (+2).

Team Standings
Player Standings
Tournament Statistics

Freshmen led the way for the Tribe on Sunday, as Katie Murphy (Chesapeake, Va.) had a massive 12-stroke improvement to shoot 74, the day’s best round, and improve to a tie for 17th. Classmate Sarah Whitney (Hingham, Mass.) played well all weekend, closing with 76 today to finish tied for eighth at 12-over (156). Her round of 76 tied for the second-lowest score of the day with Erais. Senior Erika Oldenkamp (Hinsdale, Ill.) also finished in the top 15, tying for 11th after closing with 77 in the final round.

Senior Misha Harvey (Forest, Va.) tied for 26th after improving two strokes to shoot 80 on Sunday, and freshman Avi Hockfield (Gladwyne, Pa.) carded 82 to finish tied for 30th. Sophomore Morgan Stepanek (Guilford, Conn.) improved four strokes to shoot 80 and tie for 36th, which is where senior Kara Siford (Manassas, Va.) also finished out with a two-day total of 164 (+20). Sophomore Brielle Paolini (Virginia Beach, Va.) paired her first-round 84 with another and finished tied for 62nd one stroke ahead of senior Marissa Sprick (Windermere, Fla.), who improved five strokes to shoot 82 and finish tied for 69th. Freshman Megan Smith (Atlanta, Ga.) improved four strokes to shoot 85, and move up to a tie for 92nd.

Next up for the Tribe is the Tina Barrett Invitational, March 31 and April 1st in Farmville, Virginia.

First Market Bank Intercollegiate
Marsh Hawk at Ford’s Colony – Par 72, 6,063
Top Five Teams
T1. Marshall 632 +56 ** Won in playoff
T1. James Madison 632 +56
3. Bradley 635 +59
4. Methodist 637 +61
5. Western Michigan 638 +62
T6. WILLIAM AND MARY 640 +64

Top Five Individuals
1. Bari-Lynn Erais (BRAD) 146 +2
T2. Kelly Lynch (JMU) 150 +6
T2. Chelsea Curtis (GTOWN) 150 +6
T4. Laura Bavaird (WMU) 153 +9
T4. Larie Lynch (MAR) 153 +9

W&M Individuals
T8. Sarah Whitney 156 (+12)
T11. Erika Oldenkamp 159 (+15)
T17. Katie Murphy 160 (+16) *
T26. Misha Harvey 161 (+17)
T30. Avi Hockfield 162 (+18) *
T36. Morgan Stepanek 164 (+20)
T36. Kara Siford 164 (+20) *
T62. Brielle Paolini 168 (+24) *
T69. Marissa Sprick 169 (+25)
T92. Megan Smith 174 (+30) *
* Competing as an individual