OXFORD, Pa.—First-year Vanya Bansal (Noida, India) earned medalist honors and No. 22 Babson College had four competitors finish among the top five on the way to claiming the program's first conference title at the inaugural Colonial Women's Golf Conference (CWGC) Championship on Tuesday at Wyncote Golf Club. 

The Beavers battled blustery conditions to post a final round score of 326 for a 36-hole total of 56-over 632. The Green and White built a 20-stroke lead after round one and finished 19 shots ahead of second-place Christopher Newport (651). Salisbury (705) came in a distant third. 

Bansal edged sophomore teammate Hannah McCarthy (Toronto, Ontario) by two strokes, while fellow sophomore Alice Zhu (Orlando, Fla.) and first-year Katie Yang (Orlando, Fla.) were two of three players to finish in a tie for third place. Sophomore Camila Amaya (Singer Island, Fla.) also came in 11th for Babson. 

Bansal, who started the day at 3-over just one stroke behind McCarthy, played her first seven holes in 7-over on Tuesday before settling in with a birdie and seven pars over her final 10 holes. She closed the tournament by making four consecutive pars to shoot an 81 that left her at 12-over 156 for 36 holes. 

McCarthy followed up an opening round 74 by making one birdie and shooting a 12-over 84 to finish second with a 36-hole score of 14-over 158. Yang played her final 11 holes in 2-over and shot an 80 for a two-day score of 15-over 159, while Zhu made one birdie and seven pars on the way to carding a 9-over 81 on the heels of Monday's 78. 

After opening with an 11-over 83 in the first round, Amaya played her final four holes in 1-under to finish the tournament at 24-over 168 after posting an 84 on Tuesday. 

Babson will resume the season with the spring portion of its schedule in March. 

TOURNAMENT NOTES
•    The Beavers' victory at the CWGC Championship was their third in program history and first since capturing the 54-hole Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate last April. 
•    Bansal joined Zhu, who won the 2024 Hamilton Invitational and the 2024 NEIGA Championship, and 2023 Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate medalist Laura Lu as the only players in program history to finish first in a tournament of at least 36 holes. 
•    Bansal and Yang tied for first in the 34-player field in par-3 scoring at 1-over, while Zhu (7-over) and McCarthy (8-over) ranked first and second, respectively, in par-4 scoring. 
•    In addition to winning the first CWGC Championship, head coach Jeff Page helped his men's squad capture four consecutive New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) titles from 2014-17.