ROME, N.Y.—First-year Anita Wang (Phoenix, Ariz.) made four birdies on the way to shooting a 3-over 75 and is just three strokes off the lead as 21st-ranked Babson College sits in sixth place after round one of the Hamilton Invitational at Rome Country Club on Saturday.
The Beavers are 28-over after posting a score of 313, which is just one shot behind both Ithaca and Susquehanna. No. 12 Hamilton (301) owns a five-shot lead over No. 14 Wellesley's B squad, while the Continentals' B team is in third at 24-over par.
Wang, who started on the 12th hole, followed up a birdie with consecutive double bogeys and was 5-over through her first nine holes before rallying with birdies on Nos. 4, 6 and 8. Despite a bogey on the par-5 10th hole, she finished the round in fifth place, just three shots behind Cailyn Schall of Susquehanna, who was the only player to finish at even-par on the day.
Sophomore Vanya Bansal (Noida, India) made two birdies and classmate Katie Yang (Orlando, Fla.) made one as both players shot 78 and are part of a four-way tie for 15th position at 6-over. Fellow sophomore Francesca Choquette (New York, N.Y.) carded a 13-over 85, while senior Michelle Guan (Brooklyn, N.Y.) posted an 87.
Babson is set to begin final round play on Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
TOURNAMENT NOTES
• The Beavers own a 312.33 team scoring average in three rounds at Rome CC.
• Bansal and Wang tied for second in par-4 scoring at even, while Yang tied for second in the 48-player field in par-3 scoring at even-par.
• The Green and White tied for third in the 10-team field in par-4 scoring on Saturday.
• The scoring average in Saturday's first round was 81.67.
