WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Top-ranked Emory closed with the best team round of the final day to win the women’s NCAA Division III Fall Preview on Tuesday, finishing 36 holes on the River Course at Kingsmill Resort at 18-over-par 594.
The Eagles began the day in third place and shot a 5-over 293 in the second round to move past the field. Second-ranked NYU finished second at 23-over 599, five shots back, and No. 3 Carnegie Mellon was third at 25-over, two strokes behind NYU.
Fifteen teams, several of them nationally ranked, made up the field for the two-day event. Scoring was difficult across both days. The field averaged about 81.5 strokes in the first round and just over 82 in the second.
Emory and Carnegie Mellon shared individual honors, with one golfer from each program tied for medalist after each posted a 74 in the opening round and a 69 in the final round. A second Emory player tied for third overall at 2-over, alongside a golfer from Washington University in St. Louis.
Old Dominion Athletic Conference teams were spread through the standings. Randolph-Macon led the league schools in fifth at 36-over. No. 10 Washington and Lee was one stroke behind in sixth at 37-over 613 after improving by five shots in the second round and making 14 birdies Tuesday, double its total from Monday. Lynchburg placed 14th at 734, eight strokes ahead of Bridgewater. The tournament was the last fall event for both Washington and Lee and Lynchburg.
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