LEWISBURG, Pa. - The University of Pennsylvania women's golf team put on a dominating performance over the weekend at the season-opening Bucknell Invitational, taking five of the top six individual spots and rolling to a 32-stroke victory as a team. The three-day, 54-hole tournament concluded Sunday on the par-70 course at the Bucknell Golf Club.

Final Results (Clippd.com)

Senior Debby Chang announced her return to the lineup with style, shooting 7-over-par 217 (72-71-74) across the weekend to take individual medalist honors in a 76-player field. She was followed closely by junior Bridget O'Keefe, who ended the weekend at 9-over-par 219 (75-72-72) and took second place, while sophomore Maggie Ni and freshman Claire Lu (playing as an individual in her first collegiate tournament) both shot 220 and were among three golfers tied for third. Ni also posted the low round of the weekend by a Penn player, a 1-under-par 69 in Saturday's second round.

Senior Natalie Cao was right behind that duo, at 11-over-par 221, and tied for sixth overall while junior Julie Shin rounded out the lineup by finishing tied for 11th at 14-over-par 224. Sophomore Chelsea Nguyen was also in the field as an individual and tied for 50th overall.

As a team, Penn led after all three days and left no doubt in Sunday's final round, carding 294 which was six strokes better than Lehigh and 12 ahead of UAlbany. Overall, the Quakers shot 874 (+34) for the weekend and finished 32 strokes ahead of the second-place Mountain Hawks. Host Bucknell was third in the 13-team field at 71-over-par 911.

This was the 19th tournament win in program history but the seventh over the last four years, since the program returned to play following the COVID-19 pandemic shut down Ivy League golf for the spring of 2020 and all of 2020-21. Chang became the 10th different player in program history to win medalist honors at a tournament and the first since Shin won the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational at Bowling Green last April.

Up Next
Penn is off until September 28-29 when the Quakers make the trip up to Old Nassau for the Princeton Invitational.

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