SPRINGFIELD, N.J. – Freshman Lottie Woad was five under par over her final eight holes and finished as the individual co-champion, and the No. 16 ranked Seminole women’s golf team finished in second place in the team standings as the stroke play portion of the Ivy Intercollegiate was completed in 36 holes at the famed Baltusrol Golf Club. Woad gained her first career win in just her third career start as she finished with a two-round total of 3 under par 141. She finished tied with North Carolina’s Krista Junkkari for the individual lead.
Florida State, who was in eighth place in the team standings after the first round of the day, played spectacular golf in the afternoon round and finished as the only team under par in the second set of 18 holes. The Seminoles’ team score of 287 in the second round was the best round of the day by any of the 12 teams in either round. The Seminoles steadily climbed the team leaderboard as both Woad and teammate Charlotte Heath finished under par for the second round, and in the top 10 of the individual standings. Woad earned her third career top-10 finish, while Heath finished with a two over par total of 146 and in 10th place in the individual standings.
North Carolina won the team title with a two-round total of 589. The Seminoles combined for a 1-2 ACC finish with a 594 team total. The ACC finished with each of its six teams in the event earning top-eight team finishes.
Match play in the event begins Tuesday where players from the ACC will take on players from the Ivy League. Each individual match will be determined by how the players finish in Monday’s stroke play. The top ACC finisher will take on the top Ivy finisher, the second-best ACC finisher will take on the second-best Ivy finisher with a total of 30 matches played. With 30 points up for grabs (each match counts one point), the conference with the most points will be declared the winner.
“We challenged the girls and they came through,” said Head Coach Amy Bond. “Each of the girls showed a lot of heart in the second round after we dug ourselves a hole. They all turned it around, and played through tough conditions with their backs against the wall in the second round.”
Woad continued to play extremely consistent golf in just the third event of her Florida State career. She finished tied for the tournament lead with 26 of her 36 holes on the day at scored par and totaled six birdies in the second…
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