COLLEGE WOMEN’S GOLF

Old Dominion’s Puneet Bajwa finished at 7-under-par 203 for three rounds to win the sixth annual Evie Odom Invitational at Princess Anne Country Club in Virginia Beach.

It’s the second time that the fourth-year Monarch from Mohali, India, has medaled at the tournament. As a freshman in 2023, she turned in a 5-under 205 to become the runner-up.

North Florida took the team title at 8 under, five strokes better than South Carolina. ODU was ninth in the 14-team field at 28 over, and William & Mary tied Belmont for 13th at 62 over.

COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER

JMU edges ODU with late corner kick

Ginny Lackey curled a corner kick for the winning goal as James Madison beat Old Dominion 2-1 in a “Royal Rivalry” that matched two of the Sun Belt’s top teams.

Her left-footed kick from the right corner seemed to be curling in for her 11th goal of the year even before ODU’s Dylan McEntarfer got a head on the ball and knocked it into the back of the net.

JMU (7-5-1, 5-1 conference) won its third match in a row and ended a two-game win streak by ODU (5-6-2, 3-1-2).

ODU went ahead in the 18th minute as Riley Mullen scored from assists by Smithfield High alumna Katie Lutz and Ashley Economopoulos. JMU answered in the 27th minute as former Monarch Aleigha Arndt headed in a corner kick by Selma Rajakangas.

Stony Brook ends Tribe’s streak

Stony Brook (6-2-5, 3-2-1 Coastal Athletic Association) posted a 1-0 victory over William & Mary (4-6-3, 3-2-1) in New York, ending the Tribe’s three-match winning streak. Lisa Muller scored off an assist from Eela Oljemark in the 73rd minute.

Amy Meadows scored twice in the first 34 minutes as Hofstra (4-6-4, 3-1-2 CAA) defeated Hampton 2-1 in Hempstead, New York. For the Pirates (2-11-1, 0-6), Jayda Sutton scored off a Meriem Mihoubi feed in the 70th minute.

No. 14 UVA romps at SMU

No. 14 Virginia (7-3-2, 3-3 ACC) rolled to a 5-1 victory at SMU (5-5-4, 0-4-2). The Cavaliers twice scored two goals in less than two minutes.

Liv Rademaker and Sophia Bradley gave them a 2-0 edge in the 16th minute, and Jordyn Hardeman and Aniyah Collier expanded the margin to 4-1 in the 84th. Mackenzie Mize provided the last goal in the 88th.

COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY

W&M earns first shutout victory

William & Mary (3-9) defeated visiting Bellarmine 2-0, the Tribe’s first shutout of the season. Sophie Ermellini and Anya Green scored in the ninth and 23rd minutes, respectively, and goalies Emma Cari and Alexandra de Jesus split the shutout against the Knights (2-10) from Louisville, Kentucky.

No. 3 CNU prevails in Rhode Island

Christopher Newport (9-1), ranked third in Division III, blanked the Roger Williams Hawks 5-0 in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Riley Iasiello scored twice in the Captains’ four-goal second half on the field where her younger brother Tommy plays lacrosse for Roger Williams. Caroline Hughlett, Avery Mast and Calli Martin also had goals, and Willow Yost and Lindsey Loar had assists.

Old Dominion’s home game against Queens was postponed to 1 p.m. Monday because of a bleak weather forecast.

PRO GOLF

Hitt takes Korn Ferry title in Glen Allen

Austin Hitt used a birdie-birdie-eagle stretch around the turn to win the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, held for the first time at the Richmond-area Federal Club in Glen Allen. He took the $270,000 first prize in a $1.5 million purse, finishing at 20-under-par 264. His 109-yard hole-out on the par-5 10th moved him four shots ahead of 54-hole leader Blades Brown.

Brown, 19, made four back-nine birdies to place second by two strokes. The Nashville, Tennessee native’s finish put him ninth on the final points list and made him the youngest player ever to gain a PGA Tour card via the Korn Ferry Tour.

Hitt, 28, a former North Carolina Tar Heels golfer, finished sixth in points. Ross Steelman, who topped the points list, gained invitations to the U.S. Open and The Players Championship.

Besides those three, the other golfers to gain cards were: Sandy Scott, Ian Holt, Alistair Docherty, Alvaro Ortiz, Cole Sherwood, Doc Redman, Tommy Morrison, Cooper Dossey, Hunter Eichhorn, Dylan Menante, Michael Johnson, Jeremy Gandon, Taylor Dickson, Ian Gilligan, Davis Shore, Carson Young and Davis Lamb.