Golf: Lee's big day helps Marriotts Ridge past River Hill

Marriotts Ridge sophomore Rachel Lee scored a season-high 28 points and the Mustangs held off an early-round push from River Hill Tuesday, earning an important 53-44 victory at Hobbit's Glen.

The Mustangs improved to 7-0 and now sit as the only undefeated girls team. River Hill, meanwhile, dropped to 6-1.

Lee, who was an important piece of last year's Marriotts Ridge team that finished 11-0, says she was well aware of what was at stake.

"The first three holes I had butterflies in my stomach because I wasn't sure if we were going to win or lose. I knew how important this match was," Lee said.

Even with the nerves, Lee came out and played a nearly flawless round. She hit almost every green in regulation, making eight pars and one birdie to tie her best-ever high school score.

But more important than her ball striking were the strokes she saved on the greens.

"I had all two-putts and one-putts, that was a really big difference for me," Lee said. "I was kind of waiting for a non three-putt round all season and today was the day."

River Hill kept things interesting behind senior Ariana Dial's 19-point day, highlighted by a par on the fourth hole. Kendra Rosnick (10 points), Stephanie Feldblum (8) and Deena Damschroder (7) followed Dial.

The Hawks were actually up by two in the overall team competition following the fifth hole, where Damschroder made her only par of the day.

But things quickly unraveled for River Hill after that.

Marissa Davey, who had struggled to just two points over the first four holes, played her final five in 12 points to finish with 14. A par on No. 5 sparked Davey's round.

"I was so happy for her when she got that first par, because she finally broke that 0- and 1-(point) train," Lee said. "I knew that once she broke that she would keep on making pars the rest of the way."

Marriotts Ridge's second two golfers Ariel Biegel and Michelle Kim finished with nine and two points, respectively, to round out the scoring and lead to the nine-point win.

Marriotts Ridge 53, River Hill 44

MR (7-0): Lee 28, Davey 14, Biegel 9, Kim 2.

RH (6-1): Dial 19, Rosnick 10, Feldblum 8, Damschroder 7.

Centennial 56, Oakland Mills 29

C (5-2): McShane 26, Kuan 20, Kim 5, Wojanowski 5.

OM (1-4-1): Lewis 20, Tullis 9.

Atholton 56, Glenelg 38

A (6-1): Nguyen 27, Fields 15, Tae 7, Peterson 7.

G (2-3): Hong 18, Frost 11, Cho 7, Castro 2.

Long Reach 43, Mt. Hebron 32

LR (6-1): Lee 23, Sample 12, Casper 8.

MH (1-4): Baker 21, Savage 6, Needham 3, Komons 2.

Howard 23, Wilde Lake 7

Ho (3-4-1): Higgins 17, Song 4, Lazaga 2.

WL (0-8): Teachman 7.

Marriotts Ridge 55, Mt. Hebron 9 (Thursday)

MR: Lee 22, Davey 17, Biegel 14, Park 2.

MH: Baker 5, Needham 2, Kelleher 2.

Centennial 41, Hammond 4 (Thursday)

C: McShane 21, Kuan 14, Kim 6.

Ha: Hejnova 4.

Long Reach 28, Wilde Lake 7 (Thursday)

LR: Lee 17, Sample 9, Caspar 2.

WL: Teachman 7.

River Hill 41, Howard 23, Oakland Mills 14 (Thursday)

RH: Dial 18, Rosnick 10, Feldblum 8, Damschroder 5.

Ho: Song 12, Higgins 11.

OM: Lewis 9, Botaboonatinya 5.

Boys golf

Marriotts Ridge 88, River Hill 81

MR (5-2): Park 24, M. Dorsch 22, Yoo 22, J. Dorsch 20.

RH (3-4): Ko 23, Gold 21, McFarlane 20, Karas 17.

Centennial 74, Oakland Mills 30

C (6-1): Flach 28, McShane 25, McAnallen 15, Simpson 5.

OM (0-7): Diggs 15, Bailey 12, Huewe 3.

Glenelg 81, Atholton 62

G (5-0): Segrist 23, Forester 20, A. Leake 18, C. Harrison 20.

A (4-3): Wolf 16, Potter 16, Robinson 15, Wallace 15.

Mt. Hebron 71, Long Reach 28

MH (2-4): Marino 25, Montgomery 22, Bae 16, Stevens 8.

LR (0-7): Tafuri 11, Appler 9, Grabowski 5, Barolotta 3.

Wilde Lake 93, Howard 82

WL (7-1): Silberberg 28, Yancich 26, Boccher 21, Matthews 18.

Ho (4-4): Andrews 26, Song 21, Park 21, Reid 13.

Marriotts Ridge 70, Mt. Hebron 53 (Thursday)

MR: J. Park 25, M. Dorsch 19, J. Dorsch 16, D. Park 10.

MH: Mohilchock 19, Marino 13, Sherman 11, Montgomery 10.

Centennial 72, Hammond 41 (Thursday)

C: Flach 27, McShane 20, Mehta 17, Derenberg 8.

Ha: Stanton 14, Creighton 14, Kopnitsky 12, Mitchell 1.

Wilde Lake 74, Long Reach 20 (Thursday)

WL: Silberberg 29, Yancich 22, Shin 12, Iqbal 11.

LR: Tafuri 14, Appler 3, Grabowski 3.

Howard 69, River Hill 66, Oakland Mills 25 (Thursday)

Ho: Song 19, Andrews 18, Reid 17, Park 15.

RH: Ko 21, McFarlane 17, Gold 15, Karas 14.

OM: Diggs 11, Bailey 9, Huewe 5.