Women’s Golf: Virginia ties for eighth at PING/ASU Invitational

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Posted on Sunday, Mar. 27, 2022, 10:30 pm

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The No. 7 Virginia women’s golf team tied for eighth at the PING/ASU Invitational at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix. The Cavaliers shot 6-over 294 during Sunday’s final round for a three-day total of 17-over 881. New Mexico also tied for eighth place.

Host No. 8 Arizona State ran away with the team title, shooting 25-under 839. No. 2Oregon was second at 854 and top-ranked Stanford was third at 862.

The Cavaliers were led by a 19th-place finish by freshman Amanda Sambach. She had the team’s best final-round score, shooting 2-under 70, to finish at even par 216.

Senior Riley Smyth was 29th at 2-over 218, sophomore Jennifer Cleary was 33rd at 219, graduate student Beth Lillie was 58th at 228 and sophomore Rebecca Skoker was 84th at 242. Cleary shot 2-over 74 during the final round while Smyth and Lillie posted scores of 75. Skoler shot 82 during her final round.

Sambach and Lillie will compete at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur this week. The 72-player tournament runs March 30-April 2.

The Cavaliers’ final regular-season event before the ACC Championships will see UVA in a head-to-head match play against at Georgia on April 3.

PING/ASU Invitational

Papago Golf Course

Phoenix, Ariz.

Par 72, 6,426 yards

Final Results

Team Results

  1. Arizona State   280-275-284-839
  2. Oregon          286-286-282-854
  3. Stanford        285-289-288-862
  4. Baylor          286-286-290-862
  5. UCLA            291-289-283-863
  6. Northwestern    286-290-287-863
  7. Oregon State    294-285-287-866
  8. New Mexico      292-299-290-881
  9. Virginia        295-292-294-881
  10. Arizona         295-291-296-882
  11. Michigan        301-287-299-887
  12. Denver          297-295-298-890
  13. San Diego State 297-308-292-897
  14. Colorado        304-294-299-897
  15. Washington      303-304-299-906
  16. Harvard         312-307-307-926

Individual Leaders

  1. Alexandra Forsterling, Arizona State 66-71-70-207
  2. Ashley Menne, Arizona State          69-67-73-209
  3. Emma Spitz, UCLA                     71-69-69-209

Virginia Results

  1. Amanda Sambach   73-73-70-216
  2. Riley Smyth      73-70-75-218
  3. Jennifer Cleary  71-74-74-219
  4. Beth Lillie      78-75-75-228
  5. Rebecca Skoler   83-77-82-242