On Oct. 5 and 6, the women’s golf team competed in the Nebraska Intercollegiate Tournament at Centura Hills Golf Course. They finished third in an 11-team tournament.
On day one, juniors Connie Jarm and Laila Saunders both shot an 82. Jarm followed it up the second day with a 74, while Saunders shot an 81. Jarm finished in seventh place.
Saunders and seniors Payton Morgan and Avery Van Horn ended in a four-way tie for tenth place. Morgan had an 84 day one and a 79 day two. Van Horn had an 84 and a 79. Sophomore Isabelle Johnson finished twentieth with a 171 (85-86).
Van Horn was named Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) player of the week on Oct. 7.
The same five players, along with two individual players, went to Raindance National Resort and Golf Course in Windsor, Colorado, for the Battle at The Dance.
Morgan led the team the first day with a 75 and followed it the next day with an 84. Jarm shot a 159 (79-80), leading Jarm to claim sixth place and Morgan seventh. Saunders was part of a 5-way tie for twelfth place, shooting an 85 both days. Van Horn placed within the top twenty with a 172 (85-87). Freshman Dayna Keeling and junior Jamisyn Kirkpatrick placed within the top thirty with a 177 (91-86) and 178 (83-95), respectively.
The Tigers came in third place overall with a 660 total. This was women’s golf’s last tournament of the fall their season will resume in the spring.
