Bailey Loughlin and coach Jim Blascack read a putt. (Photo courtesy of Westfield State University Sports)
SOUTH HADLEY – Sophomore Baily Loughlin (Maynard, Mass.) shot a two-day total of 214 to lead the Westfield State women’s golf team in their inaugural tournament of the 2016 season, as the Owls placed 14th at the Mount Holyoke Invitational at The Orchards on Sunday.
Loughlin finished 106-108-214 in the two-day event, followed by classmate Kyla Murphy (Hampshire Regional/Westhampton, Mass.) at (113-103-216), junior Maddy Atkocaitis (Westfield, Mass.) (113-106-219) and junior Tia Pariseau (St. Peter Marian/Holden, Mass.) (134-125-259).
Maddy Atkocaitis putts from just off the green on the 18th hole. (Photo courtesy of Westfield State University Sports)
Atkocaitis, an All-New England softball player for the Owls, was playing in her first collegiate golf tournament. Pariseau has been a standout swimmer for Westfield State, who only recently took up golf as a secondary sport.
Williams College won the event, which included many of the top teams in the Northeast, with a two-day team total of 601.
The venerable Orchards Golf Club plays 5,675 yards from the women’s championship tees. The course hosted the 2004 U.S. Women’s Open and the 2002 NCAA Women’s NCAA Championship among many events on the Donald Ross designed course.
The Westfield State women will be back on course next weekend at the Williams Invitational at Taconic Golf Club in Williamstown, Mass. – Courtesy of Westfield State Sports
