POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- The Wellesley College golf team moved up one spot to grab third place at the inaugural Liberty League Championship. The event took place at the par-72 5,805-yard Dutchess Golf Club as part of the Vassar Invitational.

Wellesley sat in fourth place after day one action, three strokes back from third place St. Lawrence. On day two, Wellesley fired a 359, shaving six strokes from its day one total to move up to third.

NYU took home the team title with a two-day score of 659, followed by Vassar (676) and Wellesley (724). St. Lawrence finished fourth with a (733), followed by Mount Holyoke (808), William Smith (809) and Union (1004).

Individually, Wellesley's Bristol Gunderson was the top finisher for the Blue, ranking 13th overall. The first-year shot rounds of 89 and 88 to finish with a 177.

First-years Grace Park and Lei Wei were the next two Blue finishers. Park shaved 10 strokes off her day one total to shoot an 85 on day two. Her team-low score on day two allowed her to tie for 15th place overall with a 180 (95-85). Wei recorded a one stroke improvement to rank 17th overall with a 183 (92-91).

Rounding out the individual competitors for the Blue were sophomores Lindsey Shepardson and Alexandria Lee. Shepardson finished 18th overall with a 188 (89-99), while Lee knocked seven strokes off her day-one total to finish in 22nd (102-95).

St. Lawrence's Claire O'Neill earned medalist honors at the event, and was also named Liberty League Golfer of the Year. She combined rounds of 74 and 84 to won the event by three strokes. 

Wellesley golf continues its spring season at the 2013 Jack Leaman Invitational. The event is co-hosted by Amherst and Mount Holyoke, and will take place next Saturday and Sunday.