Three top-10 finishes highlight tourney win
Both Penn golf teams were in action this past weekend. The men's squad competed in the George Washington Invitational and the women competed at the William and Mary Invitational in Williamsburg.
The men's team won its tournament, beating out 24 teams. They shot a total of 585 in the two-day tournament, shooting 286 on day one and 299 on day two.
Penn had three top-10 finishers - Michael Blodgett took third, shooting a 143 (71, 72), Chance Pipitone finished tied for fourth with a 144 (66, 78) and Dean Merrill ended tied for seventh at 145 (73, 72). Rounding out Penn's lineup was Sean Barrett, who finished tied for 35th shooting a 153 (76, 77) and Nick Ryder, coming in tied for 50th with a 156 (77, 79).
After round one, freshman Chance Pipitone was tied for first overall. He dropped off to fourth after shooting a second-round 78.
Penn scored higher than Yale, which finished tied for fourth and Cornell, tied for seventh.
The women finished 13th overall, out of 19 teams. They shot a total score of 661 (329, 332). Penn's top performer was freshman Lisette Vitter, who finished tied for 19th. She shot a total of 157 (78, 79). Meredith Kotowski finished tied for 34th with a 162. Meg Bender came in next, tied for 48th, followed by Stephanie Stamas (84th) and Catherine Elliot (94th).
- John Cesarine
Boston earns victory, NCAA mark in N.C.
Shani Boston improved her personal-best Heptathlon score by 27 points on Friday, taking first at the Wake Forest Open. Her 5,076 points also gave her a provisional NCAA qualifying mark.
Boston's performance was highlighted by a 5.66-meter mark in the long jump and a 40.32m in javelin to take both events.
Shaunee Morgan had the next-best finish for Penn, clocking in at 24.49 in the 200-meter dash to take second.
Kinjal Parikh notched an eighth place finish in the 3,000m run with a time of 10:18.02.
In field events, Catrina Chrisholm took 11th in the hammer, and Whitney Tagliavini did the same in the long jump, with a distance of 5.52m
- Krista Hutz
Softball sweeps Lions during first Ivy action
After its Saturday home doubleheader against Columbia was postponed, Penn met the Lions in New York yesterday, coming away with 11-6 and 3-1 victories.
Annie Kinsey led the offensive charge for the Quakers in the first game with three hits and four runs batted in. After two four-run innings for Penn and another with three, Columbia's four-hit, three-run rally in the seventh came up short.
Kinsey got Penn started quickly in the nightcap with a homer in her first plate appearance.
The bats were quieter for the Quakers in the second contest, as they registered three hits, compared to 10 in the first.
The Lions scored their only run of the game in the fourth on an error throwing home committed by first baseman Brandi King.
Coach Leslie King used just two pitchers on the weekend, with Emily Denstedt pitching all seven in the first contest and Erin Boyle doing the same in the second.
The Quakers will play their makeup doubleheader against the Lions today at 1 p.m. at Warren Field.
- K.H.
