FLEETWOOD, Pa.  – The Albright women's golf team performed exceptionally well over the two days of the 2025 MAC Women's Golf Championships. After being picked to finish sixth in the pre championship coaches' poll, the Lions finished third marking one of their highest finishes as a team in program history. The Championships were held at Golden Oaks Golf Club.

RESULTS

Fatima Rizvi finished in second to earn MAC Rookie of the Year honors while also earning a spot on the All-MAC First Team. Rizvi became the first women's golfer in program history to earn Rookie of the Year honors.

Albright finished with a two-day total of 707. Day one saw the Lions shoot a round of 342 as a team and the second day the team came in at 365. Albright took third overall, besting the fourth-place team (Hood) by nine strokes and the fifth-place team (Arcadia) by 12 strokes.

Coach Lamm is proud of the teams efforts this weekend, "I am extremely proud of each member of our team! We competed with challenging winds and difficult pin positions" Said, Coach Lamm. "We were picked to finish sixth before the tournament. We finished in third beating multiple teams with Championship experience. It was great to see the team compete over the two days to place third overall."  

Alvernia won the tournament with a two-day score of 634 while York placed second with a two-day score of 636.

Rizvi was phenomenal over the two days of competition. Today Rizvi shot 79 for a two-day total of 154. The two-day score was just two strokes behind Grace Strickland who shot a 152 to win the tournament.

The first-year golfer did not finish outside the top 10 in any tournament this season. Additionally, Rizvi is the first golfer from Albright to earn a spot on the conferences first team since Heather MacQuarrie did so in 2017.

Ilaria Catania had a solid showing over the two days finishing in 15^th out of 52 total golfers. Last year, Catania became the first Albright women's golfer to be named to an all-conference team in six years. This season Catania was a steady as they come finding herself consistently near the top of the leader board.

Callie Cooper finished better than half the field finishing in 25^th this afternoon. Cooper shot the same score (94) in both rounds showing consistency from day to day.

Braidan Wastler came in 29^th today improving on last year's T30 finish. In 2025, Wastler improved by six strokes over her 2024 MAC Championships score.

Rizvi, Catania, Cooper and Wastler were all instrumental in the team's highest finish in the MAC Championships in recent memory. The quartet displayed strong play all year from September until April and were rewarded with being the third best team in the conference in 2025.