Richter, Bison Set Team Scoring Records in 5th-Place Finish at Patriot League Championship

Sunday, April 23

Midlothian, Va. (Independence GC)

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Bucknell University

Patriot League Championship

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Richter, Bison Set Team Scoring Records in 5th-Place Finish at Patriot League Championship

4/23/2023 3:41:00 PM | Women's Golf

RESULTS

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. – Freshman Paige Richter earned All-Patriot League honors with a T-7th finish, and she and the Bucknell team set a number of school records at the 2023 Patriot League Championship, which wrapped up Sunday at Independence Golf Club.

The Bison finished in fifth place with a total of 907 (307-301-299), which is the lowest postseason count in team history by 20 strokes, and it is also an overall school record for a par-72 course. That 907 total is the fourth-best 54-hole score on any course in team history, trailing only two 903s and 906 at the 2022, 2010, and 2011 Bucknell Invitationals. The team's previous best on a par-72 track was a 925 at Pinehust No. 6 in October of 2018, and the previous postseason low was a 927 at the 2016 Patriot League Championship.

Sunday's final-round 299 was the 10th sub-300 total in team history. Richter's even-par 72 led the way, and Tatum McKelvey (74), Morgan Sohosky (75), and Cristina Canales (78) also had very strong final rounds. McKelvey (79-75-74) and Sohosky (78-76-75), Bucknell's two seniors in the lineup, both finished in the top 15 to close out their careers in style.

Richter, who made four birdies in the final round, also recorded the low 54-hole total on a par-72 course in team history with her 220, and that was also the low postseason total in team annals. Minjoo Lee shot 224 (70-74-80) at the 2010 Big South Championship and was the previous holder of both records.

Richter is Bucknell's first All-Patriot League honoree since Katie Childers finished fifth at Navy in 2018. Her final-round 72 came on the heels of a 73 and a 75, the latter wrapping up on Sunday morning after second-round play was suspended due to thunderstorms on Saturday.

Richter's 10 birdies in the tournament were second-most in the field, trailing only Lehigh's Yuki Zhu with 11. Sohosky eagled the par-5 fourth hole on Sunday, which was one of only three eagles all week.

Tournament host Richmond, an associate member of the Patriot League in women's golf, won the championship with a 10-over 874 total and will represent the league at the NCAA Championship. The Spiders closed with a 1-under 287 to run away from second-place Boston University by 16 strokes. Lehigh took third with an 895 total, followed by Navy (896), Bucknell, and Holy Cross (947).

Christy Chen of Boston University shot 74-69-69 for a 4-under total of 212 to claim the individual title and earn an NCAA bid of her own. The next three finishers all came from Richmond, with Vicky Zhu the runner-up with a 217 total.