Women’s golf team sits 10th at Kathy Niepagan Spring Fling

The Olivet College women’s golf team is in 10th-place at the 2017 Kathy Niepagan Spring Fling, hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University and at the Ironwood Golf Club in Normal, Illinois. The first round was stopped due to thunderstorms and will be completed tomorrow morning. Golfers on all teams had either 14 or 15 holes completed.

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Women’s golf team sits 10th at Kathy Niepagan Spring Fling
April 14, 2017

NORMAL, Ill. – The Olivet College women's golf team is in 10th-place at the 2017 Kathy Niepagan Spring Fling, hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University and at the Ironwood Golf Club in Normal, Illinois. The first round was stopped due to thunderstorms and will be completed tomorrow morning. Golfers on all teams had either 14 or 15 holes completed.

THE BASICS
Location: Ironwood Golf Club; Normal, Ill.
Par / Yardage: 72 / 5,805

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Comets currently sit at +27 in the team standings, and are one stroke behind University of Wis.-Stout and Illinois Wesleyan.
  • Washington University-St. Louis (Mo.) is on top of the leaderboard at +8.

FOR THE COMETS

  • All five Olivet golfers have played 14 holes.
  • Starting at Hole No. 12, senior Laura Bacso tops the Comets at +3. She has a birdie on the par 4, 308-yard No. 1 as well as 10 pars, two bogeys and one double bogey.
  • Freshman Nicole Deweyert is next at +4. She also started Hole No. 12 and has a birdie on the par 5, 446-yard No. 15, eight pars and five bogeys.
  • Sophomore Hayley Cooper is four strokes behind at +8, with seven pars, six bogeys and one double bogey.
  • Freshman Taylor Elley is at +12. Starting on No. 10, she completed the back nine at +10 before shooting at +3 through the first holes on the front nine.
  • Freshman Ashley Folleth is last at +14.

CURRENT TEAM SCORES: TO PAR (THRU)

1. Washington-St. Louis (Mo.) +8 (14-15), 2. Indiana Tech +9 (14-14), 3. Hope +12 (14-14), 4. Carthage (Wis.) +17 (14-15), 5. St. Catherine (Minn.) +17 (14-15), 6. Huntingdon (Ala.) +20 (14-14), 7. St. Thomas (Minn.) +24 (14-15), T8. Wis.-Stout +26 (14-15), T8. Illinois Wesleyan-B +26 (14-15), 10. OLIVET +27 (14-14), T11. Wis.-Oshkosh +31 (14-14), T11. Saint Mary's (Ind.) +31 (14-15), T11. Illinois Wesleyan +31 (14-15), 14. Trine (Ind.) +32 (14-15), T15. Wis.-Whitewater +34 (14-15), T15. Carroll (Wis.) +34 (14-14), T17. North Central (Ill.) +42 (14-14), T17. Wis.-Platteville +42 (14-15), 19. Illinois College +53 (14-15), 20. Aurora (Ill.) +55 (14-15), 21. Franklin (Ind.) +62 (14-15), 22. Millikin (Ill.) +98 (14-15).

UP NEXT

  • Tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. CST, the golfers will complete their first round and then immediately start their second round.