Bridget Hoang Sets Program Record, Finishes Runner-Up in Delaware’s Battle at the Beach – Naval Academy Athletics

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. – Sophomore golfer Bridget Hoang put collectively a record-setting weekend end as the person runner-up, whereas the Navy ladies’s golf group was capable of maintain onto sixth place within the College of Delaware’s ninth annual Battle on the Seashore, held Saturday and Sunday on the Rehoboth Seashore Nation Membership.
 
Hoang broke this system file for a 54-hole event rating by capturing a 1-under par 215 over three rounds on the 6169-yard course, competing individually from the Midshipmen lineup. The remainder of the Navy group mixed to shoot a 53-over par 917 and tie Quinnipiac for sixth place on the 12-team leaderboard, capturing 14-over par 302 within the opening spherical and 20-over par 308 within the second spherical earlier than posting a 19-over par 307 rating within the closing spherical.
 
Dartmouth notched a formidable 16-over par 880 to take first place and boasted the event’s high participant, Sophie Thai, who shot a 6-under par 210 to beat out Hoang. The Thirty seventh-ranked Harvard squad positioned second at 27-over par 891, whereas host Delaware and Penn tied for third with scores of 33-over par 897 and Seton Corridor rounded out the top-five groups at 40-over par 904.
 
Hoang began the weekend with a tournament-low 3-under par 69 within the first spherical, a mark that’s tied for the second-lowest particular person spherical in program historical past, tallying three birdies whereas scoring par on each different gap. She then shot a 2-over par 74 within the second spherical on Saturday, as 5 bogeys offset three extra birdies, and bounced again within the closing spherical on Sunday after having two bogeys on the entrance 9 by capturing back-to-back birdies on the thirteenth and 14th holes and ending at even-par 72. Hoang’s total rating of 1-under par 215 is the bottom 54-hole rating by a Navy participant since Shannon Gould shot 7-over par 217 on the par-70 Bucknell Invitational in 2019. The subsequent lowest 54-hole, par-72 rating by a Mid after Hoang was by teammate Mara Hirtle eventually season’s Bucknell Invitational, the place Hirtle shot a 2-over par 218.
 
Senior captain Eve Worden was the very best finisher out of Navy’s beginning 5, tying for twenty fourth at 12-over par 228. Worden posted rounds of 6-over par 78 and 5-over par 77 on Saturday, however responded with a 1-over par 73 efficiency within the closing spherical to maneuver up 11 spots.
 
The reigning back-to-back Patriot League Golfer of the Week, Hirtle posted back-to-back rounds of 5-over par 77 on Saturday and a 4-over par 76 within the closing spherical, with the junior incomes a tie for thirty first place at 14-over par 230.
 
Freshman Sue Lue was proper behind Hirtle at 15-over par 231, inserting in a tie for thirty third, because the rookie had rounds of 6-over par 78, 3-over par 75 and 6-over par 78, together with recording a par-5 eagle on the fourth gap in the course of the Saturday’s second spherical.
 
Ending tied for forty fifth, junior Stephanie Lee shot an 18-over par 234 over the 2 days in Delaware, notching a 3-over par 75 within the opening spherical earlier than ending with rounds of 7-over par 79 and 8-over par 80.
 
Sophomore Jenna Han closed out the event with a 20-over par 236 that earned her a four-way tie for 51st, opening with an even-par 72 spherical earlier than capturing back-to-back rounds of 10-over par 82.

“The group had a number of thrilling moments this weekend,” mentioned head coach Nadia Ste-Marie. “Together with Bridget’s particular person end at one-under to position second, Sue had her eagle on the par-5 throughout a formidable second spherical and Eve had a really regular closing spherical.”
 
Navy will end the autumn slate on Oct. 24 and Oct. 25 with a visit to the Saucon Valley Nation Membership in Bethlehem, Pa., participating within the Lehigh Invitational.