To come back. To respond. To answer. This past weekend, the men's and women's golf teams had this concept down cold.
In its second to last competition of the fall season, the men's golf team traveled to the Stabler Invitational Championship in Bethlehem, Pa., where it looked to improve upon last weekend's frustrating seventh place finish at the Temple Invitational.
"We kind of focused on winning this tournament," junior James Milam said. "We knew that anything less would be disappointing."
Roll tide
The Tigers started rather slowly, at one point standing as much as eight strokes out of first. The tide turned, however, in the second round.
Each Princeton golfer amassed scores that enabled the team to jump to first, as the Tigers edged both Colgate and Pennsylvania by seven strokes, with a total two-day score of 596.
"The second round is the best round we shot all season," Milam said. "We had four good rounds instead of our usual two or three."
Leading Princeton in the standings was sophomore Nat Hoopes, who shot a 148 over the weekend — a score that placed him in a tie for sixth place overall. Milam and sophomore Cassidy Traub tied for eleventh with a two-day score of 149, while senior Peter McWhor-ter's 150 secured him a tie for fourteenth place. Freshman Greg Johnson also fired an impressive 159.
"We finally all came together on the same day," Milam said.
The women, meanwhile, traveled to South Bend, Ind., this past weekend for the Notre Dame Invitational.
Unfamiliar with their competition, the Tigers struggled through the first two rounds of competition Saturday and were in fifth place heading into the third and final round on Sunday.
"We're used to seeing the same teams," sophomore Vanessa Red-man said. "We went into the tournament not knowing what the competition was like."
Tenacity
Yet, if unfamiliarity characterized Saturday, Sunday was marked by tenacity as Princeton soared past three teams, shooting a combined team score of 315 on the day.
"We knew we were a lot better than what we played on the first day," Redman said.
Though the effort was not enough to snatch the title away from host Notre Dame — which won the event by a margin of 30 strokes — Princeton finished the tournament with a three-round score of 965, securing second place.
Individually, the Tigers were equally strong. Leading the way for Princeton was freshman Esty Dweck, who tied for third place overall with a three-round score of 235.
"She played three good rounds," Redman said. "I think she's very impressed by the way she played."
Seniors Julia Allison and Natalie Christensen also had notable weekends,both with final scores of 238. Meanwhile, senior Adrienne Gill, Redman and sophomore Megan Milam helped out the squad by turning in scores of 251, 252 and 259, respectively.
The men's and women's golf teams will end their fall campaigns Oct. 29, both heading south to participate in the Georgetown Invitational and the Georgia State Invitational, respectively.
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