(Final
Results)
4/3/07 – Senior
Erica Chong (Hilo, Hawaii) shot a three-round total of 243
to finish in a tie for 19th place at the Longwood Invitational
in Farmville, Va. this weekend. The Long Island University
women's golf team closed in ninth place in the 13-team event,
three strokes ahead of the University of Dayton.
Chong fired rounds
of 77, 86 and 80 over the two-day event and was the low Blackbird
finisher. Junior Heather Pothier (Truro, Nova Scotia) was the
next best Long Island player, finishing six strokes behind
Chong at 249.
Methodist University
had two golfers record top-five finishes and won the team title
by eight strokes over Gardner-Webb. James Madison's Diana Meza
won individual medalist honors, edging Methodist's Charlotte
Williams by two strokes.
The Blackbirds return
to the links on April 5-7 at the Columbia Lion Invitational
in Maromack, N.Y.
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