Owners of a one-point lead after first day four-ball matches, Virginia outscored their counterparts 6-2 in final day singles play. Virginia, which now owns a 10-1-1 all-time lead, recaptured the Poindexter Cup and avenged its only loss in the series last year.

Virginia won five of the first six matches and posted four consecutive victories in matches 3-6 to claim the matches. Chesapeake’s Lauren Coughlin, 17, got things started by scoring a 5 and 4 victory over Diana Brown in the opening match. After Maryland’s Maia Schechter (Takoma Park, Md.) posted a 1 up win in match two versus Shabril Brewer (Herndon, Va.), Virginia responded to take the next four matches.

In match three, Hannah Pierce, 17, of King George collected four birdies and registered a 3 and 2 triumph over Elizabeth Silbernagal (Fallston, Md.), while 14-year-old central Virginian Lyberty Anderson (Chesterfield) continued her strong play, getting past Bryana Nguyen (Columbia, Md.), 1 up. Making their debut appearance on the Virginia squad, 17-year-old northern Virginians Alex Austin (Burke) and Sara Stanley (Centreville) completed the decisive run by recording victories in matches five and six, respectively. Austin defeated Kushboo Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md.), 3 and 2, while Stanley bested Caroline Quamme (Potomac, Md.), 2 and 1        

The two states’ reigning Junior Girls’ champions traded wins in the closing two encounters. Recent Maryland Junior Girls’ winner Karishma Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md.) was a 1-up victor over Amanda Steinhagen (Oak Hill) in match seven, while ’09 VSGA Junior Girls’ champion Paige Reese, 18, of South Hill posted a 3 and 2 triumph over Clare Connolly (Chevy Chase, Md.). Reese will defend her Junior Girls’ title this week at the championship, set for Indian Creek Yacht & Country Club in Kilmarnock on Tuesday-Wednesday July 13-14.   

On the Virginia side, Coughlin, Anderson and Reese paced the team, helping to supply all the available two points over the weekend.

This year’s Virginia team was captained by VSGA Women's Division board members Nancy Duncan of Alexandria, Va., and Marilyn Bussey of Roanoke, Va., president of the VSGA Women’s Division.

ELLICOTT CITY, MD. –– Results from final day singles matches at the 12th Virginia-Maryland Junior Girls’ Team Matches at Turf Valley Resort on Sunday, July 11.

Lauren Coughlin (Chesapeake, Va.) def. Diana Brown (Potomac, Md.), 5 and 4; vs. Maia Schechter (Takoma Park, Md.) def. Shabril Brewer (Herndon, Va.), 1 up; Hannah Pierce (King George, Va.) def. Elizabeth Silbernagal (Fallston, Md.), 3 and 2; Lyberty Anderson (Chesterfield, Va.) def. Bryana Nguyen (Columbia, Md.), 1 up; Alex Austin (Burke, Va.) def. Kushboo Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md.), 3 and 2;  Sara Stanley (Centreville, Va.) def. Caroline Quamme (Potomac, Md.), 2 and 1; Karishma Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md.) def. Amanda Steinhagen (Oak Hill, Va.), 1 up; Paige Reese (South Hill, Va.) def. Clare Connolly (Chevy Chase, Md.), 3 and 2

Virginia won final-day singles matches, 6-2

Virginia wins the 12th Virginia-Maryland Junior Girls’ Team Matches, 8½-3½

ELLICOTT CITY, MD. –– Results from first round four-ball matches at the 12th Virginia-Maryland Junior Girls’ Team Matches at Turf Valley Resort on Saturday, July 10.

Shabril Brewer (Herndon, Va.)-Lauren Coughlin (Chesapeake, Va.) def. Elizabeth Silbernagal (Fallston, Md.)-Caroline Quamme (Potomac, Md.), 4 and 3; Hannah Pierce (King George, Va.)-Sara Stanley (Centreville, Va.) halved Maia Schechter (Takoma Park, Md.)-Kushboo Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md.); Lyberty Anderson (Chesterfield, Va.)-Paige Reese (South Hill, Va.) def. Bryana Nguyen (Columbia, Md.)-Karishma Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md.), 1 up; Diana Brown (Potomac, Md.)-Clare Connolly (Chevy Chase, Md.) def. Alex Austin (Burke, Va.)-Amanda Steinhagen (Oak Hill, Va.), 3 and 1