Havre de Grace, Md. - The Adelphi University women's golf team continued its dominant stretch on Tuesday, capturing its third consecutive tournament title with a first-place finish at the Alvernia Bulle Rock Invitational.
The Brown and Gold finished the two-day tournament at +91, posting rounds of +41 and +50 to finish 46 strokes ahead of second-place Bloomsburg (+137). Stevenson rounded out the top three at +139. The Panthers also peppered the top of the individual leaderboard, placing three golfers inside the top five, led by individual champion Nikola Truhlarova.
Adelphi took control of the tournament from the opening round, building a 28-stroke advantage after Monday's first 18 holes. The Panthers carried that momentum into Tuesday, posting the best final-round score in the field to comfortably secure their third straight team victory.
Truhlarova entered the final round one stroke off the lead and saved her best golf for the closing stretch. With the Panthers finishing their round on holes eight and nine, the sophomore birdied each of her final two holes to finish the tournament at +18 and claim the individual title by one stroke over teammate Jenny Kim. Truhlarova tallied four birdies across her 36 holes of play while carding back-to-back rounds of 81.
Kim made a late push of her own, recording a birdie on her final hole of the tournament to finish at +19 and secure second place. After holding the individual lead following Monday's opening round with a +7 (79), Kim carded a +12 (84) on Tuesday to give Adelphi the top two finishers in the field. Kim notched three birdies during the tournament.
Filippa Schulze Doering gave the Brown and Gold its third top-five finisher, placing fourth overall at +25. The senior opened the tournament with a +12 (84) before closing with a +13 (85) during Tuesday's final round. She mixed in two birdies during her two rounds at Bulle Rock Golf Club.
Ivory Drusch joined her teammates near the top of the leaderboard, finishing tied for sixth at +29. Drusch carded a +13 (85) in the opening round before shooting a +16 (88). Drusch finished her two rounds with 11 total pars.
Adaline Ochoa rounded out the Adelphi lineup with a 16th-place finish at +37. Ochoa opened with a +18 (90) before closing out the tournament with a +19 (91).
With the victory, Adelphi has now won three consecutive tournaments after previously taking first place at the Millersville Women's Fall Classic and the Thomas Jefferson University Fall Invitational.
Head coach Bill Bresnan and the Panthers will now turn their attention to the Northeast 10 Conference Championship, set for Wednesday and Thursday (Oct. 14-15) at Jeffersonville Golf Club in Norristown, Pa.
