Owners of a four-point advantage after sweeping opening day four-ball encounters, the Carolinas team outscored Virginia-Maryland by two points (5-3) in singles play. A team of juniors mixing Virginia and Maryland players against their North and South Carolina counterparts competed in the event.

Reigning VSGA Junior Amateur and Junior Girls’ champion Amanda Steinhagen (Oak Hill, Va.) got Virginia-Maryland started on the right note, posting a 3 and 2 victory to open singles encounters. But Carolinas responded by taking three straight matches from Nos. 2-4 as Anne Marie Covar (Edgefield, S.C.), North Carolinas Junior Girls’ champion Katherine Perry (Cary, N.C.) and Lori Beth Adams (Burlington, N.C.) each posted victories. Perry posted a narrow 1-up victory over Chesapeake’s Lauren Coughlin in a tightly-contested match.

Virginia-Maryland registered two other victories as Clare Connolly (Chevy Chase, Md.) and two-time reigning Richmond Women’s Golf Association Amateur champion Lyberty Anderson (Chesterfield, Va.) recorded victories in encounters five and six, respectively.

Carolinas finished the matches off with two wins from team members McKenzie Talbert (North Augusta, S.C.) and Allison Emrey (Charlotte, N.C.).

The Carolinas team posted its sixth victory in the past seven meetings in the matches.

MIDLOTHIAN, VA. –– Results following final day singles matches at the 9th Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge at Independence Golf Club on Sunday, Aug 1.

Amanda Steinhagen (Oak Hill, Va.) def. Katie Kirk (Davidson, N.C.), 3 and 2; Anne Marie Covar (Edgefield, S.C.) def. Karishma Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md.), 3 and 1; Katherine Perry (Cary, N.C.) def. Lauren Coughlin (Chesapeake, Va.), 1 up; Lori Beth Adams (Burlington, N.C.) def. Paige Reese (South Hill, Va.), 4 and 3; Clare Connolly (Chevy Chase, Md.) def. Lauren Dunbar (Columbia, S.C.), 3 and 1; Lyberty Anderson (Chesterfield, Va.) def. Elizabeth Thompson (Charleston, S.C.), 3 and 2; McKenzie Talbert (North Augusta, S.C.) def. Elizabeth Silbernagal (Fallston, Md.), 3 and 2; Allison Emrey (Charlotte, N.C.) def. Khushboo Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md.), 2 and 1

Carlinas won final day singles matches, 5-3

Carolinas wins the 9th Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge, 9-3

MIDLOTHIAN, VA. –– Results from first day four-ball matches at the 9th Mid-Atlantic Girls’ Challenge at Independence Golf Club on Saturday, July 31.

Lauren Dunbar (Columbia, S.C.)-Allison Emrey (Charlotte, N.C.) def. Lyberty Anderson (Chesterfield, Va.)-Lauren Coughlin (Chesapeake, Va.), 4 and 3; Lori Beth Adams (Burlington, N.C.)-Elizabeth Thompson (Charleston, S.C.) def. Elizabeth Silbernagal (Fallston, Md.)-Khushboo Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md.), 7 and 5; Katie Kirk (Davidson, N.C.)-Katherine Perry (Cary, N.C.) def. Clare Connolly (Chevy Chase, Md.)-Karishma Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md.), 2 and 1; Anne Marie Covar (Edgefield, S.C.)-McKenzie Talbert (North Augusta, S.C.) def. Paige Reese (South Hill, Va.)-Amanda Steinhagen (Oak Hill, Va.), 3 and 2

Carolinas won first day four-ball matches, 4-0