Warren, Ohio – Women's Golf finished in second place at the Mountain East Conference Tournament, just two strokes off a first-place finish.
 
The Basics:
Location: Avalon Lakes
Score: 938
 
How it Happened:
On Monday afternoon during the opening round of the 2023 MEC Women's Golf Championship, the University of Charleston and Glenville State opened up a 40-shot lead over the next closest team. UC and Glenville State are currently tied atop the women's leaderboard after each team shot a 314 in the opening round. UC's Iciar Canalejo and GSU's Elizabeth Bickar are currently tied for second (+5), while Charleston's Beatrice Dietz, Lucia Martin, Gabrielle Harrison and Notre Dame's Cataline Uribe are tied for fourth (+7).Charleston's Ines Fernandez is in eight place (+8), followed by Davis & Elkins' Marina Noti and Concord's Mary Denny in a tie for ninth (+9).
 
After day two, Charleston held a one stroke lead over Glenville State with just one round left to play. Iciar Canalejo was just one stroke shy of first place after the second round after shooting even par (72) in Tuesday's round. A trio of UC players sat in fifth through seventh positions, including Beatrice Dietz (+11), Ines Fernandez (+14) and Lucia Martin (+14).
 
In the final round on Wednesday, the Golden Eagles fell to Glenville State, just two shots behind the Pioneers. The Golden Eagles also had four golfers finish in the top 10 on the individual leaderboard. Iciar Canalejo finished third at +13, Lucia Martin finished fifth at +21, and Gabrielle Harrison and IInes Fernandez finished in a five-way tie for sixth place at +24.
 
2023 MEC All-Tournament Team
Lexis Fickel, Glenville State (Medalist)
Marina Noti, Davis & Elkins
Iciar Canalejo, Charleston
Hailey Hendershott, Glenville State
Lucia Martin, Charleston
 
Up Next:
The Women's Golf team will play in their final tournament of the fall season at Gannon October 8-9.