
Amber Wang was among the Tigers who contributed a win toward Princeton's Match Madness title Sunday.
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Tigers Defeat Seton Hall to Win Match Madness Event
April 01, 2018 | Women's Golf
In its next-to-last event before the Ivy League Championships later this month, the Princeton women's golf team finished off its Match Madness event at Fox Hollow in Branchburg, N.J. Sunday with a 3-2 win over Seton Hall to claim the event title.
Amber Wang, Tenley Shield and Tiana Lau all won their matches to get Princeton to three points, Wang doing so with five holes to play while the rest of the matches all came down to the final two holes.
Princeton will compete next in the Harvard Invitational, held next weekend at The Oaks Club in Osprey, Fla. Princeton won the event a year ago by two strokes over Boston University while Wang led the Tigers, tying for second overall at +4.
Sunday's results:
Final
Princeton 3, Seton Hall 2
Amber Wang (Prin) def. Mia Kness (SH), 6&5
Tenley Shield (Prin) def. Cassie Pentelas (SH), 1 up
Lizzie Win (SH) def. Maya Walton (Prin), 1 up
Maddie Sager (SH) def. Alison Chang (Prin), 3&2
Tiana Lau (Prin) def. Sammie Staudt (SH), 2&1
Consolation Final
Columbia 3, Penn 2
Katie Lee (Col) def. Michelle Yom (Penn), 3&2
Janet Zhang (Penn) def. Qingyi Symba Xu (Col), 4&3
Rina Jung (Penn) def. Amy Ding (Col), 5&4
Emily Chu (Col) def. Tiffany Yau (Penn), 2 up
Nancy Xu (Col) def. Christina Park (Penn), 4&3
Additional Results
Yubin Huh (Penn), bye
Gianna Tomeo (SH) def. Amanda Brown (Prin), 2 up
Anabelle Chang (Prin) def. Macky Fouse (SH), 3&2
Kim Chiang (Col) def. Jamie Greene (SH), no match
Amber Wang, Tenley Shield and Tiana Lau all won their matches to get Princeton to three points, Wang doing so with five holes to play while the rest of the matches all came down to the final two holes.
Princeton will compete next in the Harvard Invitational, held next weekend at The Oaks Club in Osprey, Fla. Princeton won the event a year ago by two strokes over Boston University while Wang led the Tigers, tying for second overall at +4.
Sunday's results:
Final
Princeton 3, Seton Hall 2
Amber Wang (Prin) def. Mia Kness (SH), 6&5
Tenley Shield (Prin) def. Cassie Pentelas (SH), 1 up
Lizzie Win (SH) def. Maya Walton (Prin), 1 up
Maddie Sager (SH) def. Alison Chang (Prin), 3&2
Tiana Lau (Prin) def. Sammie Staudt (SH), 2&1
Consolation Final
Columbia 3, Penn 2
Katie Lee (Col) def. Michelle Yom (Penn), 3&2
Janet Zhang (Penn) def. Qingyi Symba Xu (Col), 4&3
Rina Jung (Penn) def. Amy Ding (Col), 5&4
Emily Chu (Col) def. Tiffany Yau (Penn), 2 up
Nancy Xu (Col) def. Christina Park (Penn), 4&3
Additional Results
Yubin Huh (Penn), bye
Gianna Tomeo (SH) def. Amanda Brown (Prin), 2 up
Anabelle Chang (Prin) def. Macky Fouse (SH), 3&2
Kim Chiang (Col) def. Jamie Greene (SH), no match
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