Women Compete at March Madness Match Play

Saturday, April 6

Branchburg, N.J. (Fox Hollow GC)

8:30 AM

Dartmouth College

2.5

3.5

Princeton

Junior Maddie Nelson halved one match and won her other.

Photo by: John and Matt Risley

4/6/2019 10:14:00 PM | Women's Golf

First Two Rounds and Bracket

By: Rick Bender

BRANCHBURG, N.J. — The Dartmouth women's golf team competed in the March Madness Match Play with five other Ivy League schools plus Delaware and Wagner, and fell in each of its first two matches by a slim 3.5-2.5 margin. Second-seeded Princeton handed the Big Green a defeat in the first pairing, and sixth-seeded Brown followed with the same result.

Sophomore Moon Cheong and senior Catharine Roddy won their morning matches, while junior Maddie Nelson halved hers. Cheong claimed her match at the No. 1 position, 1 up, while Roddy defeated her opponent at No. 2, 3 and 1. But the Tigers won 5 and 3 at No. 4, plus 1 up at both No. 3 and No. 6 to clinch the win and advance.

Relegated to the consolation bracket, the Big Green picked up wins at No. 5 from Nelson, 1 up, and No. 6 from sophomore Julianne Strauch, 4 and 3. Junior Kristen Soh improved in the afternoon to halve her opponent at No. 4, but the Bears' top three golfers won their respective matches to hand Dartmouth another slim loss.

The higher seed won each of the matchups in the two rounds of play with No. 1 Delaware advancing to the championship round tomorrow thanks to tiebreakers in each match. The Blue Hens will be paired against Princeton, which topped Harvard in the second round, 3.5-2.5.

The Big Green will be paired up against Wagner, which lost a tiebreaker to Delaware before suffering a 5-1 defeat against Columbia.