Women’s golf team sits 10th after first round of Kathy Niepagen Spring Fling

The Olivet College women’s golf team sits in 10th-place after the first round of the 2018 Kathy Niepagen Spring Fling, hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University and played at the Ironwood Golf Course in Normal, Illinois.

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Women’s golf team sits 10th after first round of Kathy Niepagen Spring Fling
April 14, 2018

NORMAL, Ill. – The Olivet College women's golf team sits in 10th-place after the first round of the 2018 Kathy Niepagen Spring Fling, hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University and played at the Ironwood Golf Course in Normal, Illinois.

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

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Comets posted a 339 team score.
  • The host Titans are the team leader with a 309.
  • Rylie Loux from Illinois Wesleyan is the individual leader with a one-over 73.

FOR THE COMETS

  • Sophomore Nicole Deweyert shares seventh-place in the player standings with a 78. Her round featured 12 pars and six bogies (all on the back nine).
  • Sophomore Taylor Elley carded an 85, including a four-over 40 on the back nine.
  • Junior Hayley Cooper and freshman Crystal Lettinga shot identical 88s.

TEAM SCORES (AFTER FIRST ROUND)

1. Illinois Wesleyan, 309; 2. Huntingdon (Ala.), 314; 3. DePauw (Ind.), 318; 4. Washington-St. Louis (Mo.), 319; 5. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 320; 6. Wis.-Stout, 326; 7. Wis.-Whitewater, 329; 8. St. Catherine (Minn.), 332; 9. Saint Mary's (Ind.), 336; 10. OLIVET, 339; 11. Grinnell (Iowa), 340; 12. Wis.-Oshkosh, 348; 13. Carthage (Wis.), 351; 14. Augustana (Ill.), 359; 15. Franklin (Ind.), 366; 16. Illinois College, 369; 17. Carroll (Wis.), 393.

UP NEXT

  • Tomorrow's final round gets under way at 9 a.m. CT.