WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women's golf team looks to defend its Princeton Invitational title from a season ago as the squad travels to Princeton, New Jersey this weekend to take on the 12-team field that includes a pair of BIG EAST Conference foes in St. John's and Seton Hall. The two-day tournament, hosted by Princeton, will be held at the Springdale Golf Club on its par-71, 6,086-yard course. Last year, the Hoyas came away with the team victory, the second tournament win of the season for the Blue & Gray. Georgetown is making a quick turnaround after turning in an eighth-place team finish at the Cavalier Regional Preview on Tuesday.
 
FOLLOW THE HOYAS

• Scoreboard by Clippd will be used to score the tournament with a link to the live scoring available on GUHoyas.com.
• The tournament will begin on Saturday, September 28, with 36 continuous holes and continue with the last 18 on Sunday, September 29.
• Hoya Lineup (shotgun start at 9 a.m., hole location): Megan Gormley (9A), Georgia Ruffolo (10), Gabriella Eifrig (11), Charlotte Hillary (12B), Tina Tang (12A), Olivia Ty (13)
• 2024 Princeton Invitational Field: UAlbany, Boston, Columbia, Dartmouth, Fairleigh Dickinson, Georgetown, Harvard, UPenn, Princeton, St. John's, Seton Hall, Yale

 
ABOUT THE HOYAS

• For the second-straight tournament, Megan Gormley will be in the top spot of the Hoya lineup. In GU's last outing, Gormley tied for 15th at 4-over 217 (73-69-75) at the Cavalier Regional Preview. In the final round, she managed one birdie and 12 pars. Her final score was fueled by six birdies and 38 pars over three rounds.
• Second in the lineup is Georgia Ruffolo, who closed the three-round tournament in Charlottesville at 10-over 223 (78-72-73) to tie for 26th. She carded a 2-over 73 in the final round fueled by a pair of birdies and 12 pars, totaling five birdies and 35 pars across both days of play.
• Gabriella Eifrig is third in the lineup and also tied for 26th place at UVA as she finished with a two-day score of 10-over 223 (73-74-76). The freshman added a trio of birdies and 10 pars in the third round to finish the tournament with seven birdies and 35 pars.
• Finishing in a tie for 45th on Tuesday, Charlotte Hillary is fourth in GU's lineup. The graduate student carded an 18-over 231 (79-80-72), finishing the tournament with her best round of the season thus far. She tallied a trio of birdies and added 12 pars to go 1-over par in the final round. Hillary totaled five birdies and 28 pars over three rounds.
• Making her Hoya debut, Tina Tang will be in the fifth spot in the lineup. Tang played six years of varsity golf in Beijing in middle school and high school and served as a team captain from 2021 to 2022. She finished fourth at the China Amateur Open in Zhuhai in 2020.
• Olivia Ty is sixth in the lineup and will be making her Hoya debut at Princeton. She is the 2023 FCG National Tour Encinitas Junior Champion with scores of 71-70. She also finished third (70-73) at the 2023 FCG Las Vegas Championship and seventh (72-74) at the 2023 AJGA Amundi Evian Showcase.

 
HOYAS X THE PRINCETON INVITATIONAL

• GU will look to defend its title from a season ago.  In 2023, Georgetown took first place at 10-over 862 (283-293-2896) as a squad, marking the first of three under-par team rounds for the year.
• The Hoyas had a trio tie for fifth place at the tournament including returner Megan Gormley who carded a 3-over 216 (71-75-70).
• It was the second time in program history the Hoyas had won the Princeton Invitational, previously taking the crown in 2017 when the team posted a 49-over 905 (308-301-296) led by Jacquelyn Eleey's individual win at 3-under 213 (75-67-71).
• This will mark Georgetown's 16th appearance in the Princeton Invitational, going back to the Blue & Gray's inaugural season in 2001-02.