After a forgettable seventh-place finish at the Windy City Collegiate Classic three weeks ago, Virginia women’s golf looked to get back on track Friday to Sunday at the Stanford Intercollegiate. The hosts were just one of many premier programs in a mighty field in which the Cavaliers landed in fourth place. They finished 21 strokes behind USC and Stanford and 14 behind Texas after shooting 3-over for the tournament.
The first round was a steady one for Virginia. Senior Megan Propeck was the pick of the squad with a 3-under 68, while sophomore Jaclyn LaHa and senior Amanda Sambach hovered around par with scores of 70 and 71, respectively. A pair of 74s courtesy of freshman Kennedy Swedick and graduate student Chloe Schiavone filled out Virginia’s score with two rounds remaining.
LaHa rebounded impressively on the second day of the event, shooting a team-low 68 in rainy conditions. Unfortunately for the Cavaliers, this was the only bright spot in what was otherwise an underwhelming passage of play. Sambach shot a 72, while Swedick and Schiavone continued their unremarkable ways with a 73 and 74, respectively. Propeck suffered a crucial downfall, as all of the strokes she gained in the first round and more were lost in an ugly round of 77.
The Cavaliers dropped from third place to fourth at the conclusion of the second round, and that is where they would stay. The final round saw a tight dispersion of Virginia scores, as LaHa’s game continued to pay dividends down the stretch as she carded a stable score of even par, and Propeck recovered well with a 69. Sambach ended her tournament with a 72, and Swedick shot a 73 to cement her best performance of her collegiate career so far. Schiavone, meanwhile, limped home with a 76.
LaHa’s 10th-place individual finish put her at the best on the squad and was also her best finish of the season so far. Despite the largely favorable individual outcomes, the No. 12 team in the country was unable to grab a top-three result, and there are certainly some common faults that the Cavaliers will look to rectify over a long intermission that will see them into the spring season.
The Stanford Intercollegiate concludes Virginia’s fall season, as its next competition will take place Jan. 31 at Guadalajara Country Club in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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