Finish: 2^nd Place – FULL RESULTS
 
Location: Disney's Magnolia Golf Course in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
 
Short Story: The University at Albany women's golf team fought hard to a second place finish at the 2025 MAAC Championships, hosted at Disney's Magnolia Golf Course in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
 
The Great Danes finished the first day in fourth place (+18) before rocketing up the standings on day two after shooting a +2 as a team, just eight strokes behind Quinnipiac. The +2 mark was the best single-round team result of the entire field throughout the weekend. The team shot +12 on the final day of competition to secure the second-place finish at +32 overall. UAlbany finished 13 strokes behind Quinnipiac (+19) and eight strokes ahead of Sacred Heart (+40).
 
Madison Kuratani and Lucia Esteban led the Great Danes, each finishing in the top-10. Kuratani shot rounds of +7, -2, and +2 to finish at +7b overall in a tie for sixth place. Esteban shot rounds of +2, +3, and +4 to finish at +9 in a tie for eighth place.  
 
Mia Cepeda (+11) followed in a tie for 11^th. Jessica Brown shot +13 for a T-16^th place finish and Callie Taylor shot +16 for a T-20^th place finish.  

Head Coach Colleen Cashman: "Well, we knew going into this that it would be a battle! I think that's exactly what we got. Until the end. Unfortunately, we got off to a bad first round and had to play catch-up from there. Friday's round was awesome. We had it -4 for at least nine holes, which was a lot of fun to watch. The team really had it rolling. Seeing all the red on the leaderboard was fun. Today we knew we would have to play some of our best golf in order to catch Quinnipiac. We didn't get off to the start we wanted to for the first nine holes, but for our last nine holes, we played it four under par for the counting four players. Too bad though, as it was a little too late. Conditions being windy today were tough and certainly worked against us in order to go super low. Overall, second place isn't first, but it's still pretty dang good. We had three under par scores and an even par score this tournament. We made 39 birdies for the week, which was amazing. We shot a season best score of +2 in round two. There were certainly many things to be proud of this week. And being such a young team, it will be exciting to have them all back next year to hopefully climb back up to the top once again!"
 
Final Results

• Madison Kuratani
  • Round 1: 79 (+7)
  • Round 2: 70 (-2)
  • Round 3: 74 (+2)
  • Finish: +7, T-6^th
• Lucia Esteban
  • Round 1: 74 (+2)
  • Round 2: 75 (+3)
  • Round 3: 76 (+4)
  • Finish: +9, T-8^th
• Mia Cepeda
  • Round 1: 71 (-1)
  • Round 2: 78 (+6)
  • Round 3: 78 (+6)
  • Finish: +11, T-11^th
• Jessica Brown
  • Round 1: 82 (+10)
  • Round 2: 75 (+3)
  • Round 3: 72 (E)
  • Finish: +13, T-16^th
• Callie Taylor
  • Round 1: 82 (+10)
  • Round 2: 70 (-2)
  • Round 3: 80 (+8)
  • Finish: +16, T-20^th

Next: With the MAAC Championship in the books, the 2024-25 season comes to a close for the Great Danes. Keep up with all of the latest news, highlights, and insights on UAlbany women's golf by following the team on X and Instagram and by following UAlbany Athletics on Facebook.