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Around The Commonwealth
61st Women ’ s Virginias- Carolinas Matches
The 24-member Virginias team ended a seven-year skid against their Carolinas counterparts with an 81-63 victory at Spring Creek Golf Club . Players participated in three days of four ball , modified alternate shot , and singles matches . The Virginias dominated team play , taking a 20½-15½ lead after four ball and winning the alternate shot matches by a count of 27-9 . Mary Cabriele ( CC of Fairfax ) and Kay Tyler ( Springfield G & CC ) were co-captains . Seniors Natalie Easterly ( CC of Virginia ) and Bev Lane ( Reston National GC ) each went 8-0-1 in their matches , where points were awarded for wins on the front nine , back nine and overall match .
60th VSGA Senior Women ’ s Amateur Championship
A two-time VSGA Senior Women ’ s Stroke Play champion , Mary Cabriele
( CC of Fairfax ) added a Senior Women ’ s Amateur title to her resume by beating four-time SWA champion Mimi Hoffman 1 up in the title match at the Omni Homestead Resort ’ s Old Course . After falling behind early , Cabriele won four straight holes from 4-7 to flip the match in her favor . She made a two-putt par on 18 to close the victory . Bev Lane ( Reston National GC ) was the medalist in strokeplay qualifying .
ALSO
Dave Pulk ( Two Rivers CC ) bested Tim Moore ( The Virginian GC ) in a playoff at Hidden Valley CC to win the 32nd VSGA Senior Stroke Play Championship . Pulk , who won the 2015 Senior Open of Virginia , made a par on the par-4 18th to win the playoff . … Led by two-point performances from Skyler Sload ( VSGA JGC ), Naomi Mitchell ( Sewells Point GC ) and Rebecca DiNunzio ( VSGA JGC ), Virginia topped
Maryland 7½-4½ at Winchester CC in the 19th Virginia-Maryland Junior Girls ’ Matches . … The Carolinas ’ squad defeated the Virginia-Maryland team 9-3 to win the Mid-Atlantic Girls ’ Challenge at Scotch Hall Preserve in Merry , N . C . … Congratulations to all VSGA members who qualified for ( or were exempt into ) the summer USGA championships : Keith Decker , Matt Sughrue , Vinny Giles and Pat Tallent ( U . S . Senior Amateur ); Mark Lawrence Jr ., Scott Shingler , Mike Muehr , Connor Creasy , Vishal Giri and Sughrue ( U . S . Amateur ); Lauren Greenlief and Elizabeth Bose ( U . S . Women ’ s Amateur ); Mary Cabriele and Mimi Hoffman ( U . S . Senior Women ’ s Amateur ); Cameron Moore and Otto Voettiner ( U . S . Junior Amateur ); and Rory Weinfurther ( U . S . Junior Girls ’). … The representatives for the final VSGA entry in the U . S . Women ’ s State Team Championship in Santa Fe , N . M . in September will be Greenlief , Alexandra Austin and Karishma Thiagaraj .
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