Georgetown finished 15th in a field of 18 teams at the third annual Notre Dame Women’s Golf Invitational last weekend. Over the course of the two-day event, Georgetown finished 339-342-341, with a total score of 1,022 over 54 holes. Host Notre Dame won the tournament by posting scores of 316-310-319 and 945 overall.

Five Hoyas traveled to South Bend, Ind., for the invitational. Freshman Christy Larrimore, who finished sixth at the Yale Fall Intercollegiate Tournament this year, was again Georgetown’s strongest player. Larrimore overcame a disappointing Saturday morning round to finish the tournament strong, at 83-79-75 for a total of 237. Her Sunday score tied her lowest round of the year and put her 12th among all golfers for the tournament.

Also competing for the Hoyas were sophomore Connie Isler, freshman Erin Cockrel, sophomore Lauren Frazer and junior Heather cDermott.

A mental mistake by Isler lowered Georgetown’s total score. Isler shot a 79 during the Saturday afternoon round, but forgot to sign her scorecard. Rather than adding Isler’s score to the team total, her round was disqualified. Had her score counted, Georgetown would have completed two rounds of play in 12th place, but instead fell to 15th where they would stay through Sunday.

Women’s Golf Coach Leland Beckel said she saw the mistake as a learning experience for her young team. “You live and learn,” Beckel said. “I don’t think she’ll ever forget to sign her scorecard again.”

In general, Beckel said she believes that the team is suffering from mental fatigue during tournaments. With three weeks until their next tournament at Rutgers, the team will work on strengthening both physical and mental fitness. “We’re going to take stock of what’s been going on, what’s working and what’s not,” Beckel said. By having more match play within the team, she hopes to create more of a tournament atmosphere at practice and see how the team responds “under the gun.”

Beckel noted that a lack of tournament experience for the young program – not a lack of skill – accounts for the gap between Georgetown and other teams. “I don’t see anything that any other team has physically that we don’t have,” she said. “We just need to be a little more serious and more motivated.” Beckel said she believes that Georgetown can win their next tournament, but that “it will take a lot of motivation on their part.”

The Rutgers University Women’s Golf Invitational takes place Oct. 17-19 in New Brunswick, N.J.