ROME, N.Y. -- Sophomore Vanya Bansal (Noida, India) made three late birdies on the way to shooting a career-best 70 as No. 21 Babson College finished tied for third place in the Hamilton Invitational on Sunday afternoon at Rome Country Club.

The Beavers' score of 15-over 303 in Sunday's final round was the second-lowest score of the tournament by any team and helped them finish with a 36-hole total of 43-over 619. No. 14 Wellesley's B team produced the low score of the weekend (301) to rally for a four-shot victory at 34-over 610. No. 12 Hamilton (614) came in second, and Susquehanna tied for third.

Bansal, who shot a 78 in Saturday's first round, bogeyed her seventh hole of the day, the par-4 17th, before making consecutive birdies on Nos. 7 and 8 and another at the par-5 10th to fire a 2-under 70 and finish the tournament in fourth place at 4-over 148. First-year Anita Wang (Phoenix, Ariz.) joined her in the top 10 with a final-round 77 that helped her tie for ninth place with a 36-hole score of 8-over 152.

Sophomore Katie Yang (Orlando, Fla.) made three birdies over her final five holes to post a 6-over 78 for the second day in a row as she tied for 16th at 12-over 156. Classmate Francesca Choquette (New York, N.Y.) also closed with a 78 to move into a tie for 28th at 19-over for the tournament, while senior Michelle Guan (Brooklyn, N.Y.) carded an 87 for the second consecutive round and tied for 42nd overall.

Babson is off until October 26-27 when it travels to Running Deer Golf Club in Pittsgrove, N.J., to defend its Colonial Women's Golf Conference (CWGC) title.

TOURNAMENT NOTES
•    In addition to shooting the low score of her career she also matched her first round of the Polar Bear Shootout in 2024 for the program's lowest round in relation to par. 
•    The Beavers' team score of 303 on Sunday is their lowest in four rounds at Rome CC and their 36-hole total of 619 was five shots better than the 2024 Hamilton Invitational when they tied for fourth place.
•    Bansal tied for first in the field in par-4 scoring at even-par, while Yang tied for third in par-3 scoring at 1-over. 
•    Choquette's 78 matched her low round of the season.