VERONA, NY – The University of Rochester golf team shot lights out over the back nine holes on Sunday afternoon, pulling away for its second straight Liberty League title at the Turning Stone Resort Shenandoah Golf Course.
 
Rochester's title is the fifth all-time in program history and earns the Yellowjackets a berth into the NCAA Division III Tournament from May 20-23. That event will be hosted by St. John Fisher University and be played in the Rochester area at Midvale Country Club in Penfield, NY and Cobblestone Creek Country Club in Victor, NY.
 
Entering Sunday, Rochester held a four-stroke lead over second place Rensselaer, but saw the Engineers trim the lead to just one stroke after the opening nine holes on Sunday.
 
UR's back nine holes saw Rochester as a team pile up ten birdies to just three bogeys and roar to the finish, ending with a 17-stroke win, as RPI went the other way over the final few holes, shooting 11-over par on its inward nine.
 

For the event, UR finished at 711 total strokes, carding a 283 team score on Sunday. Rensselaer ended second at 728, one stroke clear of third place NYU who had 729. Skidmore finished fourth, shooting 736 for the three days, while St. Lawrence (768), Clarkson (780) and Hobart (785) rounded out the field.
 
First-year Luke Evans captured medalist honors at the tournament, finishing the 45-hole event with a score of 176. Evans carded a 1-under par round of 71 on Sunday, notching four birdies to three bogeys. Evans' back nine was a 3-under, 33, with birdies on holes 10, 12 and 16.
 
Overall, four Rochester golfers finished inside the top-10 in the 35-player field.
 
Fellow first-year Alvin Su wrapped up the event in a tie for third place at 2-under par 178. Su was steady all tournament long, shooting rounds of 71, 71 and 72. His final scorecard featured third birdies, three bogeys and 12 pars.
 
Sophomore Arjun Aujla recorded Rochester's top round during Sunday's finish, shooting a 3-under, 69 on the par-72, 7,013-yard course. After an opening bogey, Aujla had five birdies over his next 13 holes to reach 4-under before dropping back one stroke with a bogey on his second last hole of the day. Aujla ended the event a 1-under 179, ranking tied for sixth.
 
Shibo Wang was UR's other scoring golfer during the final round, finishing at 1-under, 71. Wang's best part of his round was the final six holes, which he played in 3-under par, as he birdied the par-4 13th, 15th and 17th holes. Wang ended in a tie for 12th overall with a tournament score of 185.
 
Ending tenth in the field was another UR first-year in Eddie Ren, who ended the event with a 183 over 45 holes. Ren finished the tournament with a round of 76 (4-over) on Sunday, carding three birdies. Overall, the rookie was remarkably consistent on the par-3 holes for the tournament, shooting a combined 1-under across the three rounds. He finished as the only individual to shoot under par on the par-3's, making nine pars and one birdie.