Women's Golf at the Polar Bear Shootout
Saturday, October 4 | 12 p.m.
Sunday, October 5 | 9 a.m.
Brunswick Golf Club | Brunswick, Maine
WHAT TO KNOW
• The Babson women's golf team will travel to Brunswick Golf Club to compete in the Polar Bear Shootout for the third consecutive season on Saturday and Sunday.
• The beavers are among 14 teams set to play 36 holes over two days on the 5,702-yard par 73 layout in Midcoast Maine.
2024 POLAR BEAR SHOOTOUT HIGHLIGHTS
• Sophomores
Camila Amaya and
Hannah McCarthy both closed with rounds of 1-under 72 to post top-10 finishes as Babson came in third with a 36-hole total of 22-over 606.
• Amaya tied for fifth place at 2-over 148, McCarthy grabbed a share of ninth at 4-over 150 and first-year
Alice Zhu shot 78-74 to tie for 15th position at 6-over 152 for the Beavers, who shot 308-298 to finish behind Williams (582) and Wellesley (601).
• Amaya tied for third in the 79-player field with eight birdies over 36 holes and tied for par-5 scoring at 3-under, while McCarthy was even-par on both the par 3s and par 5s.
ABOUT THE BEAVERS
• Babson is coming off a 10th-place finish in the Williams Invitational at Taconic Golf Club last weekend.
• First-year
Katie Yang shot 74-76 to tie for 11th place at 8-over, McCarthy posted a 36-hole total of 13-over 155 to grab a share of 32nd position, and junior
Victoria Salim closed with a 6-over 77 to tie for 50th place at 18-over for the Beavers, who shot 315-311 to post their lowest total (626) in four events at Taconic GC.
• McCarthy and first-year
Vanya Bansal are first on the team with a 77.50 stroke average over four rounds, while Yang owns a 78.00 average in the first two events of the season.
• Sophomore
Alice Zhu, who finished with a 75.93 average in 14 rounds as a rookie in 2024-25, shot 76-84 to open the season at Nehoiden Golf Club on September 13-14.
YANG COLLECTS WEEKLY HONOR
• Following her tie for 11th at the Williams Invitational last weekend, Yang was selected as the CWGC Golfer of the Week on Wednesday.
• Her 3-over 74 in the opening round at Taconic GC was the lowest score by any Babson player in eight rounds at Williams over the last three seasons.
• She is the Beavers' second CWGC Golfer of the Week selection of the season joining Bansal, who received the award back on September 17.
HISTORY LESSON
• Babson, which is now in its third season as a varsity program, has enjoyed multiple program firsts over the last two seasons at Brunswick Golf Club.
• The Beavers played their first tournament in program history at the Polar Bear Shootout on September 9-10, 2023, and last September, Amaya and McCarthy recorded the first under-par rounds in school history as Babson posted its then-lowest 18-hole (298) and 36-hole (606) scores on the way to coming in third.
ABOUT THE FIELD
• Five of the 14 teams in this weekend's field are nationally ranked and all five finished among the top eight last weekend at Williams.
• No. 6 Amherst won by 10 shots, No. 8 Williams came in third, No. 16 Middlebury placed fifth and No. 10 Wellesley and No. 25 Bowdoin finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
• Wesleyan, which joined Babson in receiving votes in the September 26 WGCA poll, placed fourth last weekend at Williams.
UP NEXT
• The Beavers will conclude the fall portion of their schedule at the inaugural CWGC Championship at Wyncote Golf Club in Oxford, Pa., on October 27-28.
