ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Setting three program records and matching another over a historic two-day 54-hole tournament, the Navy women's golf team posted its first win of the season with a first-place finish Tuesday at the Autumn Harvest event in Lopatcong, N.J.
 
Shooting two of its best rounds in program history while putting two players atop the leaderboard and seeing another player hit a hole-in-one, the Midshipmen sat in the lead after Monday's first two rounds and then used a program-record round on Tuesday to hold off surging host Lehigh at the par-71, 6,111-yard Architects Golf Club.
 
Navy notched a 7-over par 291 opening round to jump to the top of the pack and followed it Monday afternoon by matching the total-strokes program record with a 3-over par 287 outing to keep ahead of Lehigh after the Mountain Hawks' own program-record round. The Mids then sealed the team title on Tuesday by carding a 1-over par 285 that broke the total-strokes program record and tied the school-record round in relation to par, helping Navy set another program record (by total strokes) with a 54-hole team score of 11-over par 863 while beating out runner-up Lehigh (869=298-283-288).
 
Finishing in a three-way tie for the individual medal with Lehigh's Alana Hall, senior Emma Tang and freshman Jamison Louie both posted a program-record total of 1-over par 214 over the three rounds.
 
Tang closed the first day in the lead after tallying back-to-back rounds of 1-under par 70, while a 3-over par 74 on Tuesday kept her with a share of the top spot. For Louie, the rookie shot an even-par 71 and a 2-over par 73 in Monday's action to put her in range, and then registered a career-best round of 1-under par 70 to pull herself even with Tang and Hall.
 
Finishing one stroke behind Tang and Louie, junior Vivian Cressman tied for fourth at 2-over par 215 and had the best moment of the tournament with her Tuesday ace. Improving upon a 4-over par 75 opening round, Cressman shot a 1-over par 72 in the second round to push herself back into contention, while her hole-in-one on the sixth hole Tuesday propelled her to a career-low round of 3-under par 68.
 
Fellow junior Megan Kirkpatrick also aided in the Mids' win, tying for 13th with a 11-over par 224 performance. Recovering after an 8-over par 79 to begin the week, Kirkpatrick then carded rounds of 1-over par 72 and 2-over par 73 to rise up the standings for a top-15 placing.
 
Rounding out the lineup, senior Keira Howard grabbed a share of 22nd place with a tournament score of 15-over par 228, racking up rounds of 75, 78 and 75.
 
Competing as an individual, sophomore Iliana Rubio placed 15th by shooting rounds of 75, 72 and 78, compiling an overall score of 12-over par 225.
 
Up next, the Mids will host the Navy Fall Invitational on Saturday and Sunday at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club.