VIENNA, Ohio – Washington & Jefferson College women's golf team closes out the opening two rounds of the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships in third place, shooting a 713 as a team after 36 holes.
 
The Basics
Tournament: Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships (Rounds 1-2)
Location: Vienna, Ohio / Squaw Creek Country Club
W&J: 3^rd out of 10
 
Top W&J Individual: Senior Julia Barthelemy (Crescent, Pa./Moon Area) earns her second Fall Medalist honors of her career with two consistent rounds of 78. Barthelemy made an important par on the 36^th hole of play to jump one spot and take the lead with a score of 156. The senior had six birdies throughout the first half of the event. Barthelemy's 156 sets a new PAC mark for lowest Fall score, surpassing the previous mark of 158, set first by W&J's Leslie Walker (80-78) in 2009 and matched by Grove City's Esther Durling (79-79) in 2013. Barthelemy is also a two-time Fall medalist after she posted the low score in the 2024 Fall Championships (163). She is the first W&J player to be a multiple-time Fall medalist since Kaitlyn Vogel in 2016 and 2017.
 
Notables: Freshman Luciana Taylor (Visalia, Calif./Redwood) moves up one spot to finish in 17^th place with a total score of 183. Freshman Tess Kanche (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) and senior Abigail Tikey (Connellsville, Pa./Connellsville) both finished in a tie for 20^th with scores of 187. Tikey moved up three places and improved her round by three shots. Additionally, junior Antolena Damico (Irwin, Pa./Penn Trafford) finished the 36-hole round with a total score of 193 and in 26^th place.
 
Tournament Highlights
Top Team: Westminster takes a 10-shot advantage into the spring portion of the event with a total score of 687. The Titans put together two consistent rounds of 343 and 344 to take a wire-to-wire lead after 36 holes. Westminster finished with four golfers inside the top 10.
 
Top Individual: Barthelemy shot two rounds of 78 to take the one-shot lead heading into the third and fourth rounds.
 
Up Next: The event concludes the fall 2026 season. The schedule for the spring season will be announced at a later date. Additionally, the final two rounds of the PAC Championships will be held following the conclusion of the spring regular season.