FLEETWOOD, PA – The York College women's golf team fell just short of winning the 2025 MAC Championship as they finished second at the championships on Sunday at Golden Oaks Country Club in Fleetwood, PA.
 
The Spartans fired a two-day total of 636 as they finished two strokes back of two-time champion Alvernia. The Golden Wolves held off the Spartans with a score of 634. York shot 320 on Sunday while Alvernia shot 323. The Spartans, who began the day five strokes back, had surged into the lead at the turn as they actually built a five-stroke lead but the Golden Wolves staged a furious comeback to keep the MAC Championship in Reading.
 
While the Spartans were unable to capture the team title, not all was lost as junior Grace Strickland earned medalist honors as she was named the MAC Player of the Year. Strickland won the individual title by two strokes after being in a four-way tie for first after day one.
 
Strickland is the second Spartan to earn the conference Player of the Year Award as she joins Natalie Robson (2021 and 2022) in earning the honor.
 
Strickland's individual title is actually quite remarkable as she missed the entire fall campaign after having off-season shoulder surgery. She rehabbed diligently and was able to rejoin her Spartan teammates on the course in the spring. The junior is a first-time league champion and a three-time All-MAC honoree.
 
Strickland carded a 39 on the front with a birdie, four pars and four bogeys. On the inward nine, Strickland started with a par and a birdie. She finished with four pars and three bogeys as she shot 38 on the back to earn the two-stroke tournament win with a 77 as she shot 152 for the tournament. 

Junior Victoria Jolakian earned her second straight All-MAC first-team finish as she placed fourth with a tournament score of 156. Jolakian shot 76 on day two, tying the best individual score in the tournament field. Jolakian was nails on the front nine as she carded an even-par 36 as she ripped off nine straight pars. The par train continued with two pars to start her second nine. Jolakian birdied 12 to get to one under but then had five straight bogeys before ending with a par on 18. She shot 40 on the back to finish with a 76.
 
Sophomore Lily Davis was York's third finisher in the tournament as she placed eighth to earn second-team All-MAC honors. Davis finished with a tournament score of 163 as she shot 82 on Sunday. Davis is now a two-time All-MAC award winner. Davis got off to a tough start as she was four-over through three holes. Back-to-back pars followed by a bogey, a birdie and a double left Davis with a front nine 42. She carded a 40 on the second nine with five pars and four bogeys for the Green and White.
 
Tori Blanc earned her third All-MAC honor as she tied for tenth in the tournament. Blanc shot 85 on Sunday to shoot a two-day total of 165. Blanc was seven-over on the front with a 43 and was six-over on the back with a 42 for her 85.
 
First-year Spartan Ava Johnsen was York's fifth tournament participant as she placed 14^th with a tournament score of 168. Johnsen shot 87 on Sunday as she was just three strokes out of a top ten finish. Johnsen shot 45 on the front and 42 on the back for her Sunday score in her first conference championship tournament.
 
The tournament ends a strong campaign for the Green and White. York finished the year with six top five tournament finishes including wins at the Ruckus tournament in late March and another victory at the Spartan Spring Invitational in mid-April. The Spartans must say goodbye to senior Olivia Schenk but are slated to return the rest of the roster heading into the 2025-26 campaign.