BREWSTER, Mass.—First-year Alice Zhu (Orlando, Fla.) closed with a career-best 73 to earn medalist honors, sophomore Laura Lu (Chengu, China) matched her for the low score of the day to finish second and the Babson College women's golf team captured the program's first tournament title by winning the NEIGA Championship on Sunday at The Captains Golf Course. 

The Beavers followed up Saturday's score of 305 by shooting 309 on Sunday to finish at 38-over 614, which was 22 shots better than second-place Wellesley (636). Bates came in third at 644 and Suffolk (685) and Hartford (752) rounded out the top five. 

Zhu claimed medalist honors for the second tournament in a row with a round over 1-over 73 that included her first collegiate hole-in-one and three birdies. She got back to even for the day with birdies on Nos. 6 and 9 and then aced the par-3 11th hole. Zhu bounced back from a pair of double-bogeys with another birdie on the par-5 18th hole to finish the weekend with a score of 5-over 149 for a one-shot victory over Lu. 

Lu, who opened with a 78 on Saturday, was steady in the final round carding a pair of birdies, a bogey and a double-bogey on the way shooting her low score of the season. After making her second birdie of the day on No. 12, she recorded six consecutive pars to finish the day along in second place at 6-over 150. 

First-year Jennie Pan (Delray Beach, Fla.) followed up an opening 77 with a 6-over 78 to place fourth with a 36-hole score of 11-over 155, while classmate Camila Amaya (Singer Island, Fla.) carded an 85 on Sunday to finish in a tie for seventh position at 16-over 160. 

Junior Sarah Ji (Wellesley, Mass.) shot 88 for the second day in a row and came in 19th overall. 

Babson is off until March when it begins the spring portion of its schedule. 

TOURNAMENT NOTES
•    Prior to Sunday's victory, Babson's best tournament finish came when it finished second at the Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate last April. 
•    Zhu, who led all 58 players in par-3 scoring at 2-under and tied first in birdies with five over two days, also earned medalist honors at the Hamilton Invitational on October 6. 
•    Lu led all players in par-4 scoring at 2-over and pars with 24, while Pan (3-under) was the only player in the field to play the par-5s under par. 
•    Pan recorded the first top-five finish of her career and Amaya posted her second top-10 in four starts this fall.