DAHLONEGA, GA - The Lenoir-Rhyne women's golf team took 11th out of 17 teams at North Georgia's LeeAnn Noble Memorial this week. This tournament featured 10 of the top-25 teams in the most recent WGCA Coaches Poll.
The Bears finished with a team score of 898 (+34). Dallas Baptist won the field by 12 strokes, finishing with an 852 (-12). Lee's Justine Emond took home medalist honors with a 209 (-1).
Earning All-Tournament honors was Eve Nield, who tied for third with a 211 (-5). She was the only individual in the field who finished under par for every round, carding rounds of 71-69-71. Behind her was
Jaya Wilkinson, who went 75-71-76 to tie for 26th with a 222 (+6).
Emily Gilmour tied for 59th with a 232 (+16), while freshman
Kajsa Hederas tied for 70th with a 235 (+19). Rounding things out for the Bears was
Pink Mangan, who tied for 83rd with a 245 (+29).
Eve Neild was third in the tournament in par-4 scoring (3.87, -4), and tied for fourth in par-3 scoring (2.92, -1).
Jaya Wilkinson did her damage on the par-5's, tying for sixth with an average of 4.75 (-3). Neild tied for first in the field with only five bogeys, while Wilkinson picked up the Bears' only eagle, carding a 3 on the par-5 15th in the opening round. As a team, Lenoir-Rhyne tied for ninth with 34 birdies.
INDIVIDUAL SCORES
Lenoir-Rhyne will be back in North Carolina next week when they take part in the UNC Greensboro Intercolegiate. The tournament will take place in Greensboro, North Carolina, at Forest Oaks Country Club.
