Harvard shot a 323 to finish 18 strokes ahead of runner-up Amherst. The seven-team Massachusetts State Invitational featured many of the same colleges that the Crimson also bested in the 13-team Northeast Championships later in the weekend.

“We were feeling pretty confident [going in],” said Baizer. “Everyone’s been playing well recently. Playing last weekend [in the Ivy Championships] really helped us.”

Individually, Harvard was led by Cronan, who carded a 78 to finish in third place. The remainder of the team score came courtesy of an 81 by Baizer and matching 82s by Kang and Chiampa.

With the season over, Baizer and Kang must now use the offseason to prepare themselves to fill Chiampa’s role, as the pair will be the only seniors on the squad next season.

“Those are some big shoes to fill,” Baizer. “Merry’s a very good role model. She paved the way for us to be good leaders too.

“We’ve got some good prospects coming in,” she added, looking towards the future.

Chiampa, on the other hand, has probably played her last competitive golf for a while.

“I doubt the I-banks are going to give me any Fridays off to play golf,” she quipped.

If yesterday was indeed Chiampa’s final competitive effort on a golf course, she certainly went out in style.

—Staff writer Jonathan P. Hay can be reached at hay@fas.harvard.edu.