DC women’s golf opens spring season at Island Pointe
KODAK, Tenn. – The Defiance College women's golf team started the second half of its season by hosting the Island Pointe Intercollegiate at Island Pointe Golf Club on Thursday and Friday.
Hosting 8 teams and 42 total women's golfers, the Yellow Jackets posted a 7th-place finish and Madison Gray led the team with a 23rd-place finish. Gray started the tournament with the team's best score of the weekend, posting an 87 with a pair of birdies. Scores were higher all across the leaderboard on Friday as Gray posted a 99 to finish at 186. Olivia Splete was just one stroke off of her season-best by shooting a 96 on Thursday, followed by a 99 on Friday, while each round featured one birdie. Magen Hines shot the team's lowest round on Friday with a 98 on her scorecard.
Olivet Nazarene captured the team title with a 36-hole total of 664, clearing second-place Huntington by 16 strokes. The Tigers had three golfers in the top 4 and saw their entire team finish in the top 10, led by Taylor Ice at 161 for the tournament. Huntington's Magnolia Miller had the best round each day with a 75 and 79 to claim medalist honors with a 154.
Team Results: 388, 395 (783, 7th of 8)
- Madison Gray: 87, 99 (186, 23rd)
- Olivia Splete: 96, 99 (195, 29th)
- Magen Hines: 99, 98 (197, 31st)
- Paige Yazzie: 106, 99 (205, T34th)
- Hailey Becker: 126, 111 (237, 42nd)
UP NEXT
The Yellow Jackets are back in action next Saturday and Sunday at the Alice Lloyd Spring Invitational at Battlefield Golf Club in Richmond, Ky. Play is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. both days.
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