Wofford finishes second at Loyola Whistling Straits Intercollegiate
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – Sophomore Nicole Chin claimed runner-up honors to lead the Wofford women’s golf team to second place at the Whistling Straits Intercollegiate. The tournament spanned Monday and Tuesday and was hosted by Loyola University of Chicago at Meadows Valley at Blackwolf Run.
Meadows Valley played as a challenging par-72, 6,100-yard course. The back nine has been used for both the 1998 and 2012 U.S. Women’s Open and wind gusts of over 25 miles per hour didn’t make playing conditions any easier.
The Terriers battled to finish second at 116 strokes over par. Just five of the nine teams in the field took less than 1,000 strokes through the tournament’s three rounds. Richmond won the team competition with a 103-over 967.
Chin was one of just seven players in the field to break 80 in Monday’s first round. She opened with a 7-over 79, making a birdie on the par-4 second and no more than bogey the rest of the way. Chin made three more birdies in the final two rounds combined, carding a second-round 82 and final-round 80 to finish at 25-over-par 241. She was beaten only by Northern Iowa’s Paige VanDyk (+16).
Junior Katy Funk also earned a top-10 in the 51-player field. Funk began the tournament with back-to-back rounds of 8-over 80, sinking three birdies through her first 36 holes. She added one more birdie in her final round and took eighth place at 29-over 245.
Seniors Emiley Pagrabs and Meagan Higgins tied for 17th with a pair of 37-over-par 253s. Pagrabs was able to recover from a 91 in the first round, bouncing back with rounds of 80 and 82. Sophomore Lela Oakley was 30th (+45).
Wofford will host the fifth annual Terrier Intercollegiate next Monday at Tuesday at The Country Club of Spartanburg.
Chattanooga finishes second at Pinehurst Challenge
PINEHURST, N.C. – The Chattanooga Mocs women’s golf team continued its fine play this week, finishing second at the Pinehurst Challenge on Pinehurst No. 1. The Mocs’ level-par 288 extended their par-or-better streak to six round in a row.
The squad’s 1-under 863 was six behind East Carolina in first at 857. Elon was third at 866, while Iowa and Maryland were tied for a distant fourth at 873 (+9).
Monica San Juan and Isabella Loza led the way Tuesday with twin 70s. Emily McLennan turned in a 73, while Megan Woods added a 75. Cris Perez had the drop score with a 76.
San Juan tied for ninth overall with the best finish of her young career (3 starts) at -3 (213). She tied McLennan, who tied for 20th at 218, for the team lead in birdies with 12. Loza and Perez ended up at 219, while Woods was another stroke behind at 220.
William & Mary’s Alessandra Liu won medalist honors, shooting -10 (206). Elon’s Emily Brooks was second at -7 with ETSU’s Vivienne Chin and Old Dominion’s Rachel Walker tied for third at -6.
Chattanooga is back in action next Monday at the Cardinal Cup in Louisville, Ky. The two-day, 54-hole event is Oct. 19-20 at Cardinal Golf Club.
ETSU ties for sixth at Pinehurst Challenge
PINEHURST, N.C. – The ETSU women’s golf team finished the final round at the Pinehurst Challenge by shooting a 290 and finished with a 875 score in the two-day tournament on Tuesday. The Bucs jumped up three spots from Monday while finishing tied for sixth with William & Mary.
Vivienne Chin again led the team by shooting a 69, which was a stroke away from matching her second-round score. She finished the overall tournament with a -6 while tying for third individually. Chin carded four birdies on the last day and scored a birdie on hole two in every round.
Linda Dobele shot well Tuesday as she went -1 on the front nine and ended at +1 in the third round. In the last two rounds, she shot just +3. Hee Ying Loy and Dominka Czudkova each shot 2-over-par on the last day. Loy finished with a +2 in the tournament and was tied for 20th individually.
The Bucs will finish their fall schedule as they travel to Kiawah Island, S.C., on Oct. 25-27.
Samford ties for 12th at Pinehurst Challenge
PINEHURST, N.C. – The Samford women’s golf team wrapped up its fall season by turning in its best score of the fall in the Pinehurst Challenge, hosted by College of Charleston, Monday and Tuesday.
In the tournament, which was played at Pinehurst’s No. 1 course (Par 72, 5,949 yards), Samford carded a fall-best score of 889 (297-293-299), tying for 12th overall.
Samford was once again led by its freshmen in this week’s tournament. Emily Uhland led the squad with a tournament total score of 222 (75-74-73), placing in a tie for 45th overall. Crockett Floyd placed 50th, just one stroke behind Uhland at 223 (75-70-78). Anna Buchanan tied for 51st at 224 (73-79-72).
Sophomore Kate Collom, playing as an individual, tied for 59th with a final score of 226 (74-76-76). Junior Haley Harrington tied for 63rd, carding a tournament total of 227 (74-72-81). Sophomore Madeline Davis came in 69th with a three-round score of 228 (75-77-76).
The tournament was the fifth and final tournament of the fall season for Samford. The team previously competed in the FedEx Memphis Invitational, Lady Paladin Invitational, Chris Banister Classic and Fall Invitational.
Western Carolina finishes 15th at Pinehurst Challenge
PINEHURST, N.C. – Firing a career-low round of 1-under-par 71 on Monday, Western Carolina junior Bethany Galloway put the finishing touches on her career-best 54-hole tournament score on Tuesday afternoon, pacing the Catamounts with a 4-over 220 at the Pinehurst Challenge. Galloway finished tied for 35th overall to lead the Catamounts at the par-72, 5,949-yard Pinehurst No. 1 course.
With Galloway in a two-way tie for 35th and senior Kim Mitchell right behind in a tie for 37th, WCU finished 15th overall in the tournament field.
Mitchell jumped three positions in the final standings, carding a final-round 2-over par 74 on Tuesday for a three-round score of 221.
Freshman Maddi Caldwell was WCU’s biggest mover on Tuesday, gaining 10 spots in the final standings by firing her second straight round of 2-over 74, shooting her career-low round for a third time this season.
Senior Mariah Hopkins moved four spots into a tie for 82nd overall and freshman Natalia Villavicencio advanced six positions into a tie for 91st overall to round out the Catamount scoring five. Hopkins countered six bogeys with a pair of birdies to shoot 4-over 76 for a total of 232, while Villavicencio likewise charted two birdies in shooting 5-over 77 for a three-round score of 237.
Western Carolina returns to action this coming Sunday through Tuesday with the Fighting Camel Classic, hosted by Campbell at the Keith Hills Country Club in Buies Creek, N.C. The 54-hole tournament will be spread over three days with one round per day.
UNCG finishes 17th at Pinehurst Challenge
PINEHURST, N.C. – The UNCG women’s golf team wrapped up play Tuesday afternoon at the 21st-annual Pinehurst Challenge held at Pinehurst No. 1 as the Spartans finished in 17th place overall.
UNCG posted a 63-over-par 927 in the three-round, 54-hole event as it posted a 305 in round one, a 312 in round two and a 310 in round three. The Spartans’ 305 in the first round was their second-lowest team round of the season, trailing the 301 mark set at the UNCG Forest Oaks Fall Classic last week.
Junior Emily Kurey rebounded from her tough first day and posted the team’s lowest round Tuesday. Kurey carded a season-low 1-over-par 73 in the round as she posted four birdies, five bogeys and nine par scores on the day. She finished in 90th place overall at 20-over-par 236 (80-83-73).
Junior Kristin Powers was the Spartans’ top finisher at the event, placing in a tie for 79th overall. Powers carded scores of 16-over-par 231 as she tallied rounds of 73-79-79. Sophomore transfer Lexi Kershaw finished in a tie for 82nd place after notching a 16-over-par 232 with consistent rounds of 78-77-77.
Freshman Natalia Asensio recorded a 91st-place finish, as she was 21-over-par 237 (74-78-85). Senior Jessica Madsen rounded out the lineup with a 97th-place showing at 24-over-par 240 (81-78-81).