@UNC_Bears_Golf Takes Third in Battle at Boulder Creek

Monday, February 13

Boulder City, Nev.

All Day

University of Northern Colorado

Battle at Boulder Creek

2/14/2017 8:46:00 PM | Women's Golf

By: Kobee Stalder, UNCBears.com

FINAL RESULTS

BOULDER CITY, Nev. – Northern Colorado women's golf finished its first spring tournament on Tuesday, taking third place as a team and boasted three players in the Top 10 at the Battle at Boulder Creek.

Best Swings:
Freshman, Morgan Sahm was the Bears' top placer, tying for seventh place overall. Sahm carded a 76 in the third round for the tournament total of 225 (74, 75, 76 = +9). She dropped one spot in the standings after sitting tied for sixth entering the last 18 holes.

Fellow freshman, Marisa Hisaki climbed the leaderboard in the final round. Hisaki moved from 12th into a tie for 10th, ending with a personal tournament best 75 (+3). Overall the freshman walked off the course with 54-hole total of 228 (76, 77, 75 = +12).

The third Bear to find her way into the Top 10 was senior, Baile Winslow. Winslow fired her best round of the two-day event, shooting a 73 (+1). She moved up four spots in the final day to also finish tied for 10th overall. The senior completed the tournament with a 228 (77, 78, 73 = +12).

Seniors, Jordan Sunset and Kala Keltz rounded out the day for the team.
Sunset came into the clubhouse with a 78 (+6), bringing her two-day total to a 230 (81, 71, 78 = +14). She placed tied for 14th on the leaderboard.

Keltz capped off her tournament with an 86 (+14) and tallied a 238 (75, 77, 86 = +22), good for 23rd place.

Redshirt freshman, Hanna Atkins, who played as an independent at the event, signed off on another round of 79 (+7) to bring her final score to 245 (87, 79, 79 = +29). She moved up three spots on the day to finish tied for 28th.

Southern Utah ran away with the team title, winning the event with a team total of 882. The Thunderbirds' Kamonwan Prasurtwong earned the individual title, shooting 217 (75, 72, 70 = +3) for the invite.

Team Results:
As a unit, Northern Colorado secured another team round of 301. Overall, they ended with a 904 (302, 301, 301 = +40), dropping one spot in the standings to end in third place, they were just short of second place by nine strokes to South Dakota State.

In Their Words:
Head Coach, Stephen Bidne
"Today the course yielded some low scores and unfortunately we couldn't make a charge and get four low ones together. Even though it's disappointing to drop a place and finish in third, there are still a lot of positives to take away from this week."

"We hit the ball great all three rounds and we're giving ourselves great opportunities which was encouraging to see this early in the spring, but we just had too many mistakes on the greens and just didn't have the self-confidence and belief that we normally have. We have a couple weeks to gear up for our next event in Sedona, which is a beautiful tree-lined course, so we'll get back to work and polish things up so we can come out firing."

Up Next:
The women's golf team has a few weeks off before the hit the links again. UNC will travel to Sedona, Arizona to compete in Northern Arizona's Red Rock Invitational on March 3-4.