St. Paul, Ateneo, Assumption jungolfers hold sway

ST. PAUL, Ateneo and Assumption kept their rivals at bay to stay on top of their respective divisions at the resumption of the ICTSI-JGFP Interschool golf tournament in various courses recently.

Multititled Mia Legaspi and Annika Cedo returned from their victorious stint with Manila Southwoods in the PAL Ladies Interclub in Iloilo to score 49 and 45 points, respectively, as St. Paul College erected a 39-point lead over Ateneo in Girls 1 play at the Intramuros course.

The Paulinians pooled 204 at the short but tricky course where Paulina Sotto, daughter of comedian and TV host Vic, and Tala Exconde made 45 and 44, respectively, for Ateneo’s 89 and 165.

Girls 2 play at Capitol Hills saw Assumption ward off a big rally by De La Salle Zobel to stay ahead by eight points. Samantha Bruce (51) and Laia Barro (36) managed just 87 and saw their big first-round lead of 16 reduced by half in the tournament also backed by Philippine Airlines, Pancake House Group, Golf Depot and Sizzlin Pepper.

Bernice Olivarez-Ilas shot a 52 for De La Salle Zobel and Mikhaela Fortuna backed her up with a 51.

Ateneo, meanwhile, got 31 from Riggs Illescas and 21 from Miles Conding to build a 33-point lead over La Salle Green Hills.

The standings:

MIDGETS 2—Ateneo 4 (52-218), La Salle Green Hills 2 (51-185), Xavier 4 (55-181), De La Salle-Zobel (32-163), Ateneo 5 (16-94), Xavier 5 (24-82), De La Salle Zobel 3 (19-81), Xavier 6 (10-49).

GIRLS 1—St. Paul (94-204), Ateneo (89-165), De La Salle Zobel (84-153), DLSU (80-151), Southville (94-143), St. Benilde (82-138), Assumption (80-128), British School Manila (67-121), Miriam (47-96).

GIRLS 2—Assumption (87-222), De La Salle Zobel (103-214), OB Montessori (95-169), St. Stephen (51-139), ICA (33-128), JFA (109), ICA 2 (42-67).