{"id":613480,"date":"2026-04-19T01:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/613480\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T01:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:07:09","slug":"tang-takes-the-lead-as-womens-golf-sits-in-first-place-after-second-day-of-patriot-league-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/613480\/","title":{"rendered":"Tang Takes the Lead as Women\u2019s Golf Sits in First Place After Second Day of Patriot League Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     ANNAPOLIS, Md. \u2013 Led by strong finishes from junior <a href=\"https:\/\/navysports.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/emma-tang\/28827\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"28827\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Tang<\/a> and sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/navysports.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/vivian-cressman\/28822\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"28822\" target=\"_blank\">Vivian Cressman<\/a> on Saturday, the tournament-leading Navy women&#8217;s golf team fired a team score of 8-over par 296 in the second round of the 2026 Patriot League Championship at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBuilding a 12-stroke lead heading into Sunday&#8217;s final round on its par-72, 6,084-yard home course, the Midshipmen posted an 8-over par 296 in Saturday&#8217;s action that is tied for Navy&#8217;s third-best team round this season. The round of 296 moved the Mids to a 36-hole score of 18-over par 594, holding the edge over second-place Bucknell&#8217;s 30-over par 606 team total.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTang climbed to the top of the player leaderboard by carding a 1-under par 71 on Saturday, as three birdies on the back-9 helped her take over first place at 2-over par 146 through two rounds. The 71 round marks Tang&#8217;s second round at or below par this season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOvercoming some early struggles, Cressman also tallied three birdies across the final nine holes Saturday to garner a 2-over par 74 for the round, keeping herself in second place at 4-over par 148.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSenior captain <a href=\"https:\/\/navysports.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/hallie-brisco\/28821\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"28821\" target=\"_blank\">Hallie Brisco<\/a> also had an impressive Saturday by shooting 3-over par 75 to pull herself into a tie for fifth, entering Sunday at 8-over par 152.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDespite struggling late, junior <a href=\"https:\/\/navysports.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/keira-howard\/28823\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"28823\" target=\"_blank\">Keira Howard&#8217;s<\/a> 8-over par 80 performance on Saturday saw her end the afternoon in a tie for seventh, totaling 9-over par 153 through the first two rounds.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTallying a 9-over par 81 in the second round, sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/navysports.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/megan-kirkpatrick\/28825\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"28825\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Kirkpatrick<\/a> finished the day tied for 14th with a 13-over par 157 to put her in range of the leaderboard&#8217;s top-10.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTied with Kirkpatrick in 14th place, senior <a href=\"https:\/\/navysports.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/sue-lee\/28826\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"28826\" target=\"_blank\">Sue Lee<\/a> bounced back after a rough Friday to collect a 4-over par 76 on Saturday and head into Sunday at 13-over par 157.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNavy will look to win its third-straight Patriot League Championship on Sunday, with the final round set to begin at 8:30 a.m.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; ANNAPOLIS, Md. \u2013 Led by strong finishes from junior Emma Tang and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-613480","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}