Mary Haridin-Baylor Athletics

Team Results     Individual Results

Jekyll Island, GA – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor women's golf team could not move up on the final day and the Cru women finished in a tie for 11^th place at the Jekyll Island Invitational. UMHB fired a 341-352-360=1053 and tied for 11^th with St. Benedict (356-354-343=1053). Methodist University ran away with the team championship after shooting 315-319-317=951 to finish 32 strokes ahead of second-place Illinois Wesleyan's 324-329-330=983. Seminole State took third place after posting a 335-331-326=992, Birmingham Southern claimed fourth place with a 328-336-330=994 and Berry College rounded out the top five after carding a 333-337-335=1005. Southwestern University finished sixth with a 341-334-332=1007, Centre College (338-346-329) and Otterbein College (340-334-339) tied for seventh place with 1013's, Allegheny College was ninth with a 350-341-340=1031 and Carleton College finished tenth, five shots ahead of UMHB with a 349-342-357=1048. Rhodes College was 13^th with a 360-336-361=1057, Mount Holyoke finished 14^th at 355-354-357=1066 and Piedmont College took 15^th after firing a 356-359-365=1080. Wisconsin-Whitewater finished 16^th with a 371-363-357=1091, Trinity University was 17^th with a 372-382-364=1118, Huntingdon College shot 377-377-392=1146 for 18^th place, Franklin and Marshall was 19^th after posting a 398-382-385=1165, Maryville took 20^th place with a 402-396-408=1206, Transylvania was 21^st with a 417-388-402=1207, St. John Fisher took 22^nd place at 427-394-389=1210 and Nebraska Wesleyan finished 23^rd with a 417-410-390=1217. The tournament was played on a pair-72, 5,819-yard layout at Indian Mound Golf Course in Jekyll Island, Georgia.

            UMHB was led by Christi Williams. Williams finished in a tie for 31^st place after shooting 81-81-94=256. Courtney Nelson shot 85-94-84=263 and tied for 49^th place for the Cru, Catherine Andrews posted an 88-89-93=270 to tie for 66^th place, Allison Williams tied for 70^th with an 87-88-96=271, Alexandra Taylor tied for 77^th place after firing a 90-86-99=275 and Mallory McAdams finished 95^th with a 105-95-89=289. Emily Bachert of Centre College won the individual title after shooting 77-80-73=230.

            The Cru women will return to action with the Southwestern Invitational. That tournament will be played at Berry Creek Golf Course in Georgetown on March 29^th and 30^th.