FARMVILLE, Va. - Longwood women's golf wraps up the fall season competing at the inaugural Keswick Cup hosted by the University of Virginia at the Keswick Club's Full Cry Golf Course on Monday, Oct. 26.
All 36 holes in the tournament will take place on Monday. Joining the Lancers and host Cavaliers at the event are Bucknell, Cincinnati, Jacksonville State, Radford, Richmond, Virginia Tech, and William & Mary.
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Lancer News and Notes
- The Lancers have finished in the top five in all four of its tournaments during the fall season. Longwood led wire-to-wire to win the eight-team field at the Tribe Invitational at the Kingsmill River Course, Sept. 7-8. The Lancers finished fourth in a 13-team field at the Pirate Collegiate Classic, Sept. 14-15, before posting a fifth-place finish in a 13-team field at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational in Kansas, Oct. 5-6. Last time out, Longwood placed third at the Spider Invitational.
- On the strength of its strong fall, Longwood has risen to No. 104 in the NCAA Division I Rankings. The Lancers have jumped each season in the rankings under head coach
Megan Weaver.
- Junior Chiara Wippert posted the best individual finish for the Lancers at the Spider Invitational. She finished fourth with a career-best 3-over 219. Wippert carded 70 (-2) and 71 (-1) in the second and third rounds, which were the best scores among competitors on both days.
- Longwood's win at the Tribe Invitational was the program's first since it won the 2012 C&F Bank Intercollegiate at the Kingsmill River Course in Williamsburg.
- Sophomore Avery Nordman finished 10th at 224 (+11) in the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational. She posted a 12th-place showing at the Pirate Collegiate Classic with a career-best 2-under 214. Nordman earned Big South Golfer of the Week honors for her performance in Greenville.
- At the Pirate Collegiate Classic, Longwood rewrote the record book, setting two school records during the tournament. The Lancers fired a school-record 2-under 286 in the third and final round. In total, Longwood established a new 54-hole school record behind a 4-over 868.
- Junior Madison Lehr was named the Big South Golfer of the Week after winning the Tribe Invitational to open the fall season. Lehr posted a career-best 2-under 214 at hte event.
- Lehr leads Longwood with a 74.17 stroke average. Three other Lancers have sub-75 stroke averages, including Nordman at 74.33, Wippert at 74.67, and Shelton at 74.73.
- As a team, the Lancers have a stroke average of 296.42.