Elon's Vidisdottir shares
medalist honors at HPU Classic, team second
HIGH POINT, N.C. –
Elon freshman Sunna Vidisdottir fired a 75 during Monday’s first round of the High
Point University Classic being contested at the Willow Creek Country Club to
share the individual title as Tuesday’s second round of play was rained
out. Her play helped the Phoenix to a
second-place team standing with a 311.
Vidisdottir had two birdies and 11 pars over her first 18
holes and shared the individual lead with Morehead State's Anna Appert
Lund. The pair edged out both Winthrop's
Jennifer Dilger and High Point's Casey Ward by one stroke.
Also in the top five was Kathryn Buckingham. Buckingham tied for fifth after posting a
first-round mark of 77. She also had two
birdies and 11 pars.
In a tie for 10th was Emily Brooks with a 78. Brooks posted 11 pars and one birdie during
her round. She was followed by Martyna
Mierzwa and Katie Partridge, who tied for 20th in the field of 45 golfers with
a score of 81. Mierzwa had one birdie
and nine pars, while Partridge had 11 pars.
Playing as an individual, Elon's Diana Davis shot an 86 to
tie for 35th.
The seven-team field was paced by Morehead State's 308. Elon finished three strokes back and sat four
shots ahead of host High Point (315).
Rounding out the field were Gardner-Webb (319), Appalachian
State (322), Winthrop (326) and Western Carolina (333).
Elon's next tournament will be the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island
Classic in Kiawah Island, S.C. That
event begins on March 3 and runs through March 5.
Appalachian State finishes
fifth at HPU Classic
HIGH POINT, N.C. –
Due to the heavy rains in the High Point area, the second day of the High Point
University Classic has been canceled and the first round scores will serve as
final results.
Appalachian State will finish in fifth place with a 322, as
seniors Lauren Smith and Mimi Burke paced the Mountaineers with matching 78s.
The Mountaineers will return to the links in a week, heading
to the Hilton Head Invitational, hosted by the University of Dayton. Last
season, Appalachian took the top spot in the tournament in its first of two
team championships.
Western Carolina finishes
seventh at High Point University Classic
HIGH POINT, N.C. –
Rain on an already wet course with showers and colder temperatures forecasted
throughout the day on Tuesday have prompted tournament officials to cancel the
second and final round of the HPU Classic that was scheduled for today at the
High Point Country Club Willow Creek Golf Course.
The tournament has concluded after one round of play with
the Catamounts in seventh out of the seven teams. Sophomore Maria Kjelldorff
led WCU with an 18th-place finish after carding 80 on Monday with freshman
Mariah Hopkins a stroke in arrears in a tie for 20th.
Morehead State was declared the rain-shortened tournament
team champion in the first-ever event hosted by High Point. MSU carded a team
308 to edge second-place Elon (311) by three strokes. The host Panthers were
third with a round of 315, followed by Gardner-Webb (319) and Appalachian State
(322) rounding out the top five. Winthrop finished sixth at 326, seven strokes
ahead of WCU in seventh at 333.
Western Carolina returns to action March 8-10 at the Eagle
Landing Invitational, hosted by James Madison University at the Eagle Landing
Country Club in Jacksonville, Fla. It is the first of back-to-back events in
the Sunshine State for the Catamounts. WCU finished 13th as a team in last
year’s event.