Akron 5th at Kingsmill Intercollegiate, Nicholson and Shah Top 15

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Kingsmill River Course | Williamsburg, VA

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University of Akron

Kingsmill Intercollegiate

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Akron 5th at Kingsmill Intercollegiate, Nicholson and Shah Top 15

March 19 | Women's Golf

Akron 5^th at Kingsmill Intercollegiate, Nicholson and Shah Top 15

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Williamsburg, Va. – The Akron Zips women's golf wrapped-up play with a fifth-best 960 (+96) team total at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate on Tuesday as senior Danielle Nicholson (Geneva, Ohio) and freshman Ivana Shah (Mumbai, India) turned-in 12^th-place performances with a pair of 233 (+17) scores.

On the final day of competition at the 6,025-yard, par-72 River Course, Shah carded the Zips' best round with a 76 (+4) mark that included 12 par scores and a birdie. She entered the round with a 13-over par 158 total after starting the 54-hole tournament with 76 (+4) and 81 (+9) scores. She climbed three spots on the leaderboard to finish tied for 12^th overall at 17-over par (233).

Sophomore Abbie Pearce (Green, Ohio) followed with the final round's second-best 79 (+7) performance. Pearce ascended seven spots on the leaderboard to finish tied at 42^nd overall with an 81-89-79 – 249 (+33) tournament total.

Seniors Makayla Dull (Fremont, Ohio) and Nicholson registered 81 (+9) and 82 (+10) final 18-hole round scores, respectively. Dull used back-to-back 81 (+9) tallies to bump-up one spot on the leaderboard, finishing tied for 36^th overall with an 85-81-81 – 247 (+31) tournament total.

Nicholson's 10-over par effort placed her 12^th overall after starting the tournament with 76 (+4) and 75 (+3) results.

Rounding out Akron's scoring was junior Allyson Wentworth (Stewartsville, N.J.). Wentworth also climbed seven placed on the final leaderboard with an 83 (+11) ledger. She completed the tournament with 84-88-83 – 255 (+39) scores to finish tied for 52^nd overall.

Seton Hall won the 14-team field tournament title with a 301-313-304 – 918 (+54) team total, while High Point claimed runner-up honors, 308-317-303 - 928 (+64).

Individually, Seton Hall's Mia Kness collected individual medalist honors, 71-74-73 - 218 (+2), and High Point's Sarah Kahn earned runner-up honors, 77-74-73 - 224 (+8).

Akron will be back in action on Friday and Saturday, March 29-30, at the University Club at Arlington for the Colonel Classic hosted by Eastern Kentucky in Richmond, Ky.

5 Akron (+96) 317-325-318 - 960
T12 Danielle Nicholson (+17) 76-75-82 - 233
T12 Ivana Shah (+17) 76-81-76 - 233
T36 Makayla Dull (+31) 85-81-81 - 247
T42 Abbie Pearce (+33) 81-89-79 - 249
T52 Allyson Wentworth (+39) 84-88-83 – 255

Top 5 Teams
1 Seton Hall 301-313-304 – 918 (+54)
2 High Point 308-317-303 - 928 (+64)
3 Pennsylvania 312-313-311 - 936 (+72)
4 William & Mary 317-325-317 - 959 (+95)
5 Akron 317-325-318 - 960 (+96)

Top 5 Players
1 Mia Kness, Seton Hall, 71-74-73 - 218 (+2)
2 Sarah Kahn, High Point, 77-74-73 - 224 (+8)
T3 Coco Chai, Yale, 79-76-74 - 229 (+13)
T3 Elizabeth Win, Seton Hall, 75-78-76 - 229 (+13)
T3 Christina Park, Pennsylvania, 80-72-77 - 229 (+13)