The milestones keep coming for the No. 3 Washington University women’s golf team.

It was a monumental weekend all around at the Millikin University Fall Classic, as each of the top five places belonged to the Bears en route to two team round scores lower than the record of 300 set the previous week at the Illinois Wesleyan University Fall Classic. Freshman Olivia Lugar led the way with a 145 (72-73) for her third victory in only her fourth career tournament.

“There are a lot of mixed feelings when I think about how successful I’ve been the past few weeks,” Lugar said. “Of course, I am very excited and proud of my accomplishments and the team’s, but at the same time, I’m thinking about the future and how in the world I’m going to improve on this record. I think the same [thought] was running through the rest of the team’s minds after putting up such great scores.”

Two strokes behind Lugar at 147 was sophomore Andi Hibbert, who shot a career-best 72 in the first round to tie for the lead. She has now shot below 80 in five straight rounds.

“The beginning of the season was rough, so to know that I am contributing to the team was really the highlight of this weekend,” Hibbert said. “Playing with confidence is the key to any good round. Luckily I was able to go out there with focus and determination and to help pull my team to another victory.”

Sophomore Allyson Chee also shot a career best in the first round with a 73, and she finished two strokes behind Hibbert at 149. Junior Hannah Buck was two strokes behind Chee at 151 (74-77), and freshman Taylor Fagan came in tied for fifth place at 155 (81-74).

“Not only did we sweep the top five positions, but we also beat the closest competitor by 56 strokes, a huge margin for a victory. The 300 we shot in Bloomington was tremendous, and I thought [it] was going to be hard to beat,” Hibbert said. “So to cap off this weekend with two scores below that really shows how our team is continuing to grow. Spring is really where it starts to count so as long as we continue this pattern, I think we are easily going to be seen as one of the top contending teams heading into the national tournament.”

All together, the Bears shot a blistering 291 on the first day, opening up a 32-stroke lead over No. 21 Central College in second place. The Red and Green followed it up with a 298 on the second day in a round where Buck, who set a new team record last week when she shot a 3-under par 69, did not count her score toward the team’s total.

“After consistently getting better each week, I think the team was just excited about how far we had already come,” Lugar said. “We had the best kind of attitude, which is a balance between having the desire to shoot well and putting pressure on ourselves to perform. We went into the tournament with a little respect for the course because it had a little tougher design, and we obviously came out loving it. We couldn’t have been [happier] with the results.”

Wash. U. heads into its week off with a lot of momentum that it hopes to carry over to the Pat Clouse Invitational in Springfield, Ohio. It will be the team’s final tournament of the fall.

“It is nice to be able to recollect after being in competition for four consecutive weeks,” Hibbert said. “This weekend off should help us mentally prepare for our final tournament of the fall and end this season on a high note.”