Wong, Pineda in Top 10 After Day One at Navy Fall Invitational

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Lehigh women’s golf team opened the Navy Fall Invitational with a round of 325 Saturday at the Naval Academy Golf Club. First-year Evelyn Wong and sophomore Madison Pineda both shot 76 and are tied for 10th to lead the Mountain Hawks, who currently sit in 13th place entering Sunday’s final round.

Wong carded five birdies in her opening round, while Pineda birdied two of her first three holes.

First-year Yuki Zhu carded an opening round 82 and is tied for 48th place.

The other members of Lehigh’s scoring team were sophomore Sophie Chang and senior Hannah Foster. Chang shot 91 and is tied for 81st place, while Foster is tied for 85th place after a 93.

Junior Meghna Grover is competing as an individual and is tied for 56th place after shooting 83. Grover made one birdie, on the seventh hole. Senior Iris Shin also competed as an individual and shot 87. Shin is tied for 76th place.

Host Navy shot 301 and leads the team race, four strokes ahead of LIU and Quinnipiac. The individual leader is LIU’s Emily Byrne, who shot three under par 69 to take a two stroke lead over Quinnipiac’s Kaylee Sakoda.

The Navy Fall Invitational concludes Sunday with the final 18 holes from the Naval Academy Golf Club.

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