WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The Amherst College women's golf team opened up play at the 2025 NCAA Division III Championships on Saturday, taking to the par-72 River Course at Kingsmill Resort after a rain delay before the first round was suspended by darkness. The Mammoths were tied for sixth when play was halted for the day.

The Mammoths had yet to tee off when play was suspended by weather for about five hours. Once play resumed, Amherst's quintet of golfers made it through 13 to 16 holes before darkness fell over Hampton Roads.

The Mammoths came in for the night at 14 over par, tied for sixth in the 34-team field. Grinnell sits atop the leaderboard at 8 over. Of the 10 teams that completed the first round, Denison carded the low score at 30 over.

On the individual leaderboard, first-year Mekhala Costello leads the Mammoths at 2 over par with three birdies through 13 holes to tie for 12th in the field of 176 golfers. First-years Jia An and Annie Dai are each tied for 19th place at 3 over par. First-year Joelle Kim is tied for 58th at 6 over par through 15 holes and sophomore Abigail Kim is a stroke behind through 16 holes and tied for 78th place.

Carnegie Mellon sophomore Samantha Wang has the top score in the clubhouse at 1 over. Middlebury junior Audrey Tir, Williams junior Euna Lee and Grinnell junior Kavya Keshav are atop the leaderboard at 1 under with the remainder of the first round to complete.

The Mammoths, ranked 11th in the Clippd rankings entering the tournament, return to the course on Wednesday (May 14) to finish the first round and play the second round with tee times beginning at 11:45 a.m. Only the top 15 teams will advance to Thursday's third round and Friday's final round.