Golf: Here's what happened at Tuesday's NJSIAA State Girls Championship; with full results
BRIDGEWATER – Holy Angels has earned the distinction of “Back-to-Back Champion,” and the next description could be “Dynasty.”
The Angels repeated as team titlist by double-digit strokes at the NJSIAA Girls Golf Championship on Tuesday at Raritan Valley Country Club.
Holy Angels carded a shoot-five, count-four score of 305 that was 13 strokes better than another powerhouse, Wardlaw Hartridge, which won back-to-back titles the previous two seasons. Bergen Tech, last year’s runner-up, was third with 320.
“It was all about trust today,” sophomore Olivia Lee said after leading Holy Angels with a 1-over-par 73 that placed her eighth as an individual. “We had to trust each other as a team, trust ourselves.”
Millburn sophomore Ysabel Liu won the individual title with 68. Sophomores owned the top of the leaderboard, with Pingry’s Rayee Feng runner-up with 70 and Bergen Tech’s Olivia Pak third with 71.
“Trust” was the key word for Holy Angels, because the Bergen County school was without the reigning North Jersey Player of the Year, junior Angelina Kim, a major Division I recruit with pro aspirations who was competing in a tournament in Texas.
“I was a little worried not having Angelina here,” said Holy Angels’ longtime coach, Patrick Dunne, “but they played their hearts out like they did all year.”
A senior-less lineup did not skip a beat for Holy Angels. In addition to Lee’s 73, junior Inha Jun shot 74 to tie for 10th, junior Sharanya Agarwal was 16th with 76, and freshman Eleanor Lim had 82.
For Holy Angels, a lot can happen between now and next year. There’s teen stuff like getting a driver’s license, applying to colleges, maybe even a little senioritis. They have won state championships by 14 and 13 strokes, so another title is within reach.
“Everyone on this team is so driven,” Lee said. “And I think everyone is willing to put in the work, to three-peat, hopefully.”
“Hopefully we can give it one more shot next year, see what happens,” Dunne said. “Because we’re successful, people are coming. They came, they want to be part of the program, which is great.”
Liu’s individual title came one day after she played 36 holes in a qualifier for the U.S. Women’s Open. While playing 36 holes left her a tad fatigued and reduced her driving distance, Monday’s second round was well below par and gave her confidence entering Tuesday.
Liu enjoyed a huge boost at Raritan Valley with an eagle on the second hole, a 310-yard par-4. She holed out from 70 yards by taking a “half swing” with a 54-degree wedge.
“I just hung in there and stayed patient and did the most I could, which was put a good stroke on it or a good swing on it,” Liu said.
NJSIAA Girls Championship
At Raritan Valley CC, Bridgewater
Par: 72
Teams
1. Holy Angels 305
2. Wardlaw Hartridge 318
3. Bergen Tech 320
4. Pingry School 325
5. Moorestown 326
6. Princeton 344
7. Immaculate Heart 357
8. Lenape 369
9. West Windsor-Plainsboro South 405
Individuals
(Top 8 earn medals)
1. Ysabel Liu, Millburn 68
2. Rayee Feng, Pingry 70
3. Olivia Pak, Bergen Tech 71
4. Anushka Sawant, South Brunswick 72
5. Angelina Torrentino, Lenape 73
6. Marisa Flores, Immaculate Heart 73
7. Katherine Liu, Moorestown 73
8. Olivia Lee, Holy Angels 73
9. Claire Lu, Wardlaw Hartridge 73
10. Tanvi Samayam, Hillsborough 74
10. Inha Jun, Holy Angels 74
10. Kashish Malik, Marlboro 74
13. Sarah Shao, Wardlaw Hartridge 75
13. Sophia Ha, Newark Academy, 75
13. Jacqueline Zang, Princeton 75
16. Sharanya Agarwal, Holy Angels 76
17. Aubrey Lee, Bergen Tech 77
17. Savannah Laverty, Moorestown 77
17. Bella Crespo, Bergen Tech 77
17. Grace Luckner, Summit 77
17. Emily Renoff, Glen Ridge 77
17. Angela Liang, Pingry 77
23. Megan Meng, Hopewell Valley Central 78
23. Skylar Lee, Ramapo 78
23. Isabelle Meltzer, Summit 78
26. Taylor Sieg, Kent Place 79
26. Sirina Ganne, Holmdel 79
26. Minna Liang, Holmdel 79
26. Viadehi Shah, Bridgewater-Raritan 79
26. Zoey Zhu, Ridge 79
26. Season Wei, Watchung Hills 79
32. Emerson Paulette, Allentown 80
33. Eleanor Lim, Holy Angels 82
33. Reese Hannon, Mount Saint Mary 82
33. Caroline Fixter, Morristown 82
33. Lauren Patullo, Moorestown 82
33. Sahasra Datla, Pingry 82
38. Kyuyoung Chung, Princeton 83
38. Isabella Del Bosco, Immaculate Heart 83
38. Charlotte Reid, Allentown 83
38. Annette Hickey, Kent Place 83
38. Cassandre Mayer, Paramus Catholic 83
43. Lily Patel, Westfield 84
43. Tanya Chowdary, Wardlaw Hartridge 84
43. Lauren Nam, Trinity Hall 84
46. Sofia Myka Pangan, Passaic Tech 85
47. Nyah Roccamonte, Wardlaw Hartridge 86
48. Elizabeth Wang, Princeton Day 87
49. Mia Martinez, Pinelands Regional 88
49. Yashvi Shah, Bridgewater-Raritan 88
49. Pooja Jade, John P. Stevens 88
52. Emma Bang, Holy Angels 89
53. Alana Flores, Immaculate Heart 90
53. Ruby Haloukas, Howell 90
53. Tia Sindhu, Princeton 90
56. Emily Maurer, Lenape 93
57. Lena Hogg, Moorestown 94
57. Ava Choi, Wardlaw Hartridge 94
57. Dasha Patel, East Brunswich 94
60. Macai Klein, Moorestown 95
60. Aryana Srivastava, Bergen Tech 95
62. Greta Reinhardt, Pingry 96
62. Sana Manchanda, West Windsor-Plainsboro South 96
62. Shreya Gaekwad, Princeton 96
65. Yasna Shahriarian, Princeton 97
65. Katherine Lim, Bergen Tech 97
67. Zofia Bath, West Windsor-Plainsboro South 101
67. Sehyr Singh, Lenape 101
69. Nesa Shah, Lenape 102
69. Ruby McGurn, Pingry 102
71. Kali Gupta, West Windsor-Plainsboro South 104
71. Yeshika Bhansali, West Windsor-Plainsboro South 104
73. Jordan Broiles, Lenape 105
74. Kavya Katkuri, West Windsor-Plainsboro South 111
74. Elysia Chae, Immaculate Heart 111
76. Madisyn Falto, Immaculate Heart 116
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Here's what happened at Tuesday's NJSIAA State Girls Golf Championship
