Westminster takes six-stroke lead into second round of PAC Championships

10/12/2026 6:54:00 PM

VIENNA, Ohio--The Westminster women's golf team leads the 10-team field after Monday's opening round of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Women's Golf Championships.

Westminster has four players in the top 10 heading into Tuesday's round. The Titans concluded finished their first round with a team score of 343 and lead second-place Grove City by six strokes (349). The PAC's 36-hole fall event is once again being hosted by the Avalon Golf & Country Club in Warren, Ohio Monday and Tuesday. The women are playing two rounds at Avalon at Squaw Creek in Vienna.

Grove City's Emily Burling leads the 55-player field with a five-over 77.

Junior Ava Liburdi (Hermitage, Pa., Hickory) sits in fourth place after Monday's 83. Senior Katie Rose Rankin (Sewickley, Pa., North Allegheny) is seventh (86). Sophomores CeCe Morgan (Fairview, Pa., Cathedral Prep) and Paige Ponteous (Butler, Pa., Butler) are in a three-way tie for eighth after each carded an 87. Sophomore Madey Myers (Hermitage, Pa., Hickory) is tied for 13th (89).

The PAC Championships are a 72-hole stroke play event, beginning with 36 holes played this fall and another 36 holes played Friday-Saturday, April 23-24 at Mill Creek Metroparks and the Mill Creek Golf Course in Boardman, Ohio. The women will play two rounds on the North Course in April. The combined 72-hole team totals determine the PAC team champion and winner of the league's automatic-qualifying bid to the NCAA Division III Championships, which are scheduled for May 11-14 at the the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Va.

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