WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women's golf team completed play at the Nittany Lion Invitational, hosted by Penn State, tying for eighth place out of 16 teams. The Hoyas turned in a three-round score of 54-over par 918 (301-308-309) over the two-day tournament played at the par-72, 6,322-yard Penn State Blue Course in University Park, Pennsylvania.
 
Penn State and Washington tied after 54 holes at even par 864, while the host Nittany Lions won the tiebreaker based on the higher fifth player score. Rutgers (879, +15), Seton Hall (885, +21), Navy (894, +30) and Xavier (894, +30) rounded out the top five. The Hoyas, who were fifth after the first round and eighth after 36 holes, finished tied with the University of Pennsylvania for eighth place, two strokes ahead of Rollins College (920, +56).
 
Senior Pendleton Bogache (Myrtle Beach, S.C. / Episcopal [Va.]) was GU's top finisher, turning in a three-round score of 9-over par 225 to tie for 29th overall. She carded a 74 in Saturday's first round, tying her season best for 18 holes.
 
Junior Kate Evanko (West Chester, Pa. / Unionville), playing in her first tournament of the season, shot a 54-hole total of 11-over par 227 to tie for 33rd place. She turned in a career-best 74 in the first round on Saturday, before besting that with a 73 on Sunday to move up 15 spots in the individual rankings.
 
Senior Alexa Popowitz (Boca Raton, Fla. / St. Andrew's) tied for 45th with a 14-over par 230. She carded a season-best 74 in Saturday's second round.
 
Junior Ashley Fitzgibbons (Sammamish, Wash. / Eastlake Senior) tied for 65th place with a 20-over par 236, while freshman Baili Park (Germantown, Tenn. / Houston High School), playing in her first collegiate event, turned in three identical rounds of 84 to finish 88th at 36-over par 252.
 
The Blue & Gray will next be in action the weekend of Sept. 29-30 the team travels to New Jersey for the Princeton Invitational. The Hoyas will be looking to defend their title from last fall when they led from wire-to-wire with a three-round score of 41-over par 905, defeating second-place Harvard by 14 strokes.