WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women's golf team opens the fall portion of the season at the William & Mary Invittaional, a two-day, three-round tournament hosted by the College of William & Mary on Monday and Tuesday, September 11-12. It serves as the first of four fall tournaments for the Hoyas. The tournament will be held at the Kingsmill Resort on a par-72, 6,200-yard course.
 
ON THE RECORD
"We open our season at William & Mary Invitational this weekend and are excited to play its challenging layout. Those with accurate approach shots and good green management will do well. We have a great fall schedule lined up and this is a perfect course and set up for us to get our start." - Head Coach Kate Schanuel
 
FOLLOW THE HOYAS

• Golf Genius will be used to score the three-day tournament. If live scoring becomes available, the link will be on GUHoyas.com.
• The tournament will begin on Monday, September 11 with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. with 36 holes planned for the day.
• On Tuesday, there will be a shotgun start at 9 a.m.

 
ABOUT THE HOYAS

• Hoya Lineup: Megan Gornley, Vilda Westh Blanc, Claire Chen, Morgan Smith, Angela Lee, Georgia Ruffolo (ind.), Jiaying "Jasmine" Lai (ind.)
• Megan Gormley brings the most experience to the program as the captain has played 66 rounds as a Hoya with a career stroke average of 74.07. She finished the 2022-23 season with 10 rounds at or below par and turned in seven top-10 performances, including a pair of runner-up finishes.
• Vilda Westh Blanc is a freshman who advanced to the semifinals of the 2023 Women's Western Junior Championship, falling to the eventual champion. Carding a 10-under par, she won the 2021 Patty Berg Junior Championship.
• Claire Chen is a freshman on the Hoya squad who has twice qualified for the U.S. Girls' Junior and took second at the AJGA Adidas Junior All-Star.
• Morgan Smith successfully defended her title at the 2023 New England Women's Amateur, qualifying for the 2023 Women's Amateur held at the Bel Air Country Club.
• Angela Lee is in her second season as a Hoya, closing the 2022-23 season with a 76.41 (1,681 strokes/22 rounds) stroke average during her freshman season. The sophomore opened her collegiate career with a 1-under 70 a season ago at the Golfweek Fall Challenge. She recorded her best showing with a 14th-place finish at the 2022 Princeton Invitational, held at the Springdale Golf Club.
• Georgia Ruffolo, a transfer from Wake Forest, tied for seventh at the 2022 Grandover Classic, hosted by UNC, as an individual for the Demon Deacons.
• Jiaying Lai is another newcomer to the Hoyas. The freshman was the 2022-23 International Junior Golf Academy Player of the Year and a four-time International Junior Golf Tour (IJGT) winner.

 
ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT

• William & Mary Invitational Field: Elon, Georgetown, Longwood, Maryland Eastern Shore, Mount St. Marys, radford, Rollins, Towson, UNC Asheville, William & Mary
• The course is 3,058 yards on the front nine and 3,142 yards on the back nine.