HADLEY, Mass. – For the first time in NESCAC Women's Golf Championship history, the fall qualifier will be played in the state of Maine. Bowdoin will host the 2021 NESCAC Women's Golf Fall Qualifier at Nonesuch River Golf Club in Scarborough, Maine on Saturday, October 9 and Sunday, October 10. All eight NESCAC institutions that sponsor women's golf will compete in the two-day, 36-hole stroke play event. Golfers will tee off at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

The four teams with the lowest score at the completion of the qualifier will advance to compete at the NESCAC Championship on Saturday, April 30 – Sunday, May 1, 2022, and the team that wins the qualifier with the lowest score will host the spring championship. The four individuals with the lowest scores outside the four qualifying teams at the qualifier are eligible to compete at the spring championship. 
 
Bowdoin hosted the Polar Bear Shootout and the State of Maine Invitational on back-to-back days to open the season. Sophomore Olivia Wirsching (Blue Bell, Pa.) led all Bowdoin golfers with a 78 and was runner-up at the Polar Bear Shootout while the team placed third (348). Junior Abbie Kaestle (Winnetka, Ill.) was tied with Maddy Kwei of Bates through 16 holes and managed to pull ahead on the final two holes to post a 75 and claim medalist honors at the State of Maine Invitational, which Bowdoin won by eight strokes (322). Kaestle also led the Polar Bears at Middlebury's George Phinney Classic (T41, 89-84-173) and the Wesleyan Invitational (T10, 81-79-160). Bowdoin finished 10th (707) and fifth (672), respectively, at the events. Wirsching was Bowdoin's top golfer at the Williams Golf Classic, carding an 83 and 82 (165) to help Bowdoin finish in a tie for fifth (351-334-685).

Results from each day of the NESCAC Women's Golf Fall Qualifier will be posted on NESCAC.com after each round.