Augustana Women’s Golf Places Sixth at Midwest Intercollegiate Invitational

WARRENSBURG, Mo. — After a 15-stroke improvement from day-one to day-two, the Augustana women’s golf team took home sixth-place at the Midwest Intercollegiate Invitational hosted by Central Missouri. The Vikings entered day-two in eighth place. 

Full team results can be found here. 

Individually, sophomore Molly Stevens led the Vikings, tying for ninth-place in the tournament. Stevens shot a 76 in round two, shaving four strokes off of her day-one total to improve upon her placing of 21st on day-one. For Stevens, it’s the fifth time in her young career that she has earned a top-10 finish. 

Freshman Lauren Tims, making her debut for the Vikings, followed Stevens with a two-day score of 163 with rounds of 80 and 83, respectively. Tims tied for 22nd place in the tournament. 

Senior Natalie Young followed Tims with a two-day score of 165 and tied for 27th place. Young shot a 77 in her second round, an 11-stroke improvement from her round one total. 

After Young, junior Hanna Morin, junior Kait Asklund and senior Alex Stone all finished within six strokes of each other with two-day scores of 166, 168 and 172, respectively. All three golfers either kept their day-one score or improved upon their day one score. 

Freshmen Rachel Halvorson and Rachel Schwarz and sophomore Sophia Salter all made their Augustana debuts this week, posting two-day scores of 177, 183 and 211, respectively. 

Full individual results can be found here. 

Up Next
The Vikings are set to hit the links again Monday at the MWSU Holiday Inn Express Invitational in St. Joseph, Missouri. 

 

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