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DANVILLE, VA. –– The eight-player Virginia-Maryland team won four final-day singles matches and halved another encounter, but fell a point shy as Carolinas claimed the 7th Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge, which concluded on Sunday at Danville Golf Club.

Trailing 3-1 after first day four-ball matches, Virginia-Maryland posted a 4½-3½ victory, but Carolinas’ three-and-a-half point total in singles was enough for a 6½-5½ win. A team of juniors mixing Virginia and Maryland players against their North and South Carolina counterparts competed in the event.

Virginia-Maryland posted victories in the opening two matches, with recent VSGA Junior Girls’ repeat winner Jessica Hollandsworth posting a 6 and 4 win over Courtney Taylor (Gastonia, N.C.). Meanwhile, in the second match of the day, Caroline Sweet (Bowie, Md.) bested Hayley Hammond (Mooresville, N.C.), 3 and 1. Hollandsworth and Sweet, who were paired together in first day four-ball matches, paced the team over the weekend, with each player supplying a team-leading two points.

Carolinas outscored their opponents 2½-½ in a mid-round stretch, with South Carolina Junior Girls’ champion Rachel Uremovich (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) ousting Kaitlyn Rohrback (Crofton, Md.), 3 and 1 in match three. One match later, Vanessa Koechli (Greer, S.C.) got past Elizabeth Brightwell (Nellysford, Va.), scoring a 2 and 1 win. The only halve of the day came in match five in the Lauren Greenlief (Oakton, Va.)-Anna Martin (Piedmont, S.C.) encounter.

Virginia-Maryland posted wins in matches six and seven. Sue Hwang (Ellicott City, Md.) notched a 1-up victory over Virginia Mayer (Charlotte, N.C.), while Amanda Steinhagen (Oakton, Va.) recorded a 5 and 4 win over Elizabeth Thompson (Charleston, S.C.). Also for Carolinas, reigning Carolinas Golf Association Junior Girls’ champion Haley Stephens (Greer, S.C.) defeated Karishma Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md.), 6 and 5.

Uremovich, Koechli and Stephens helped to lead Carolinas over the course of the two-days of matches, recording a team-best two points.

Carolinas now owns a 5-1-1 all-time series lead in the event.

DANVILLE, VA. –– Results from final day singles matches at the 7th Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge at Danville Golf Club on Sunday, Aug. 3.

Jessica Hollandsworth (Floyd, Va.) def. Courtney Taylor (Gastonia, N.C.), 6 and 4; Caroline Sweet (Bowie, Md.) def. Hayley Hammond (Mooresville, N.C.), 3 and 1; Rachel Uremovich (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) def. Kaitlyn Rohrback (Crofton, Md.), 3 and 1; Vanessa Koechli (Greer, S.C.) def. Elizabeth Brightwell (Nellysford, Va.), 2 and 1; Lauren Greenlief (Oakton, Va.) halved Anna Martin (Piedmont, S.C.); Sue Hwang (Ellicott City, Md.) def. Virginia Mayer (Charlotte, N.C.), 1 up; Amanda Steinhagen (Oakton, Va.) def. Elizabeth Thompson (Charleston, S.C.), 5 and 4; Haley Stephens (Greer, S.C.) def. Karishma Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md.), 6 and 5

Virginia-Maryland won singles matches, 4½-3½

Carolinas won the 7th Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge, 6½-5 ½

DANVILLE, VA. –– Results from first day four-ball matches at the 7th Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge at Danville Golf Club on Saturday, Aug. 2.

Jessica Hollandsworth (Floyd, Va.)-Caroline Sweet (Bowie, Md.) def. Anna Martin (Piedmont, S.C.)-Courtney Taylor (Gastonia, N.C.), 2 and 1; Hayley Hammond (Mooresville, N.C.)-Virginia Mayer (Charlotte, N.C.) def. Lauren Greenlief (Oakton, Va.)- Karishma Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md.), 3 and 1; Rachel Uremovich (Hilton Head Island, S.C.)-Vanessa Koechli (Greer, S.C.) def. Amanda Steinhagen (Oakton, Va.)-Sue Hwang (Ellicott City, Md.), 7 and 5; Elizabeth Thompson (Charleston, S.C.)-Haley Stephens (Greer, S.C.) def. Elizabeth Brightwell (Nellysford, Va.)-Kaitlyn Rohrback (Crofton, Md.), 2 up

Carolinas led following first day four-ball matches, 3-1