PRINCETON, N.J. – The Navy women's golf team concluded the Princeton Invitational in seventh-place after posting a two-day total of 33-over par 609 at the Springdale Golf Course. Navy's 609 set a new program record of lowest 36-hole tournament score. The previous record was 622 set during the 2016-17 at the Tignanelli Towson Invitational.
 
Christine McDonnell (So., Suwanee, Ga.) led the Midshipmen with a 5-over par 149, which placed her in a tie for 12th. In the final round, Navy had four of its five starters shoot in the 70s. The Mids fired a 22-over par 310 on Saturday and they rebounded on Sunday with an 11-over par 299 to end the 36-hole tournament. The Midshipmen's 299 moved them up one spot on the final day of the invitational and edged Rollins by one stroke for seventh place.
 
"We had wet conditions during the practice round on Friday and the course dried up over the two days of competition," head coach Nadia Ste-Marie said after the tournament. "The girls hung in there today to finish the tournament strong and we had a much better round today than we had on Saturday. I am very proud of the way we played. We just have to continue playing the way we are playing and continue to make small improvements on the way."
 
McDonnell started the tournament a 1-over par 73 to lead Navy after the first day of competition. The sophomore followed with a 4-over par 76 in the second round. McDonnell led the Midshipmen with seven birdies in the tournament – four in the first round and three in the second.
 
Morgan Frazier (Jr., Mechanicsburg, Pa.) got off to a slow start at the Princeton Invitational after a first-round score of 8-over par 80. However, Frazier rallied on the final day of the event with an even-par 72. After not carding a birdie on Saturday, she came back on Sunday and posted six birdies in the final round, including three through her first six holes. Frazier finished tied for 24th with an 8-over par 152.
 
McDonnell finished tied for fourth in the field with seven birdies and Frazier was just behind in a tie for sixth with six birdies.
 
Making her second-straight collegiate start, Tori Smith (Fr., Arlington, Tenn.) finished tied for 35th in the field of 75 golfers following a two-day score of 10-over par 154. Smith scored in the 70s both days posting a 7-over par 79 during the first day and then a 3-over par 75 to finish the tournament.
 
Elizabeth Park (So., San Diego, Calif.) carded finished at 15-over par 159 to place tied for 53rd in the field. In the first round, Park fired the second-best score for Navy at 6-over par 78, but she carded a 9-over par 81 on the final day of competition. Park's 23 pars throughout the tournament were ninth-most in the field.
 
Katie Um (So., Chesapeake, Va.) capped off the lineup for the Midshipmen with a 16-over par 160 over the two days and finished tied for 57th. Um shot a 12-over par 84 during the opening round and the sophomore came back on Sunday and posted a 4-over par 76 for Navy.
 
Micah Vincent (Jr., Columbus, Ohio) made her season debut competing as an individual. She placed tied for 73rd overall with a score of 31-over par 175. Vincent shot a 16-over par 88 on day one of the invitational and then cut one stroke of her score during the second day and finished with a 15-over par 87.
 
For the second-straight week, Penn State won the team title with a score of 6-over par 588 following a pair of 2-over par 294s. Yale's Ami Gianchandani won medalist honors after compiling a two-day score of 3-under par 141, which was highlighted by a 5-under par 67 on Sunday.
 
Navy returns to action this coming week for the Yale Women's Intercollegiate at the Yale Golf Course in New Haven, Conn., from Friday through Sunday.