The Dordt University women's golf team finished tied for fourth place at the two-day, 36-hole Siouxland Invite co-hosted by Dordt and Northwestern. Today's final round was played at the Landsmeer Golf Club in Orange City.
In sixth place after Tuesday's first round played at The Ridge, the Defenders carded a 347 and moved up two spots in the final team standings. Dordt moved passed Mount Marty and caught Hastings, tying the Broncos with a 36-hole total of 696 (349/347). They shot the fourth lowest team score in today's final round.
Northwestern won the team title with a 661 (332/329), edging out Concordia by two strokes. Both teams fired a tournament-best 329 this afternoon.
Ashlee Sweeter was the top Defenders golfer as the sophomore tied for 15th place with a career-best, 36-hole total of 170 (86/84). Sweeter carded an 84 (+12) in today's final round, matching a career-best 18-hole score, and moved up three spots in the final standings.
Jillian Eidsness joined Sweeter in the top 20, finishing 19th with a 36-hole total of 171. The senior shot a final round 83 and moved up three spots in the standings.
Katherine Beekman,
Samantha Wilbur and
Hope Faber round out the Defender scores and finished within five places of each other. Beekman shot a 90 on both days and tied for 30th overall. Wilbur finished alone in 34th place with a 183 (93/90) and Faber was one stroke back in 35th place with a 184 (85/99).
Ollie Large placed 33rd with a career-best, 36-hole score of 182 (89/93) to lead the Defenders second team .
Concordia's Emery Custer was the overall medalist with a 155 (77/78), finishing one stroke ahead of Kendra Casey (Morningside).
Defender Notes:
- this was the Defenders first top five finish of the fall
- today's final round of 347 was the Defenders second best score of the fall
- Sweeter matched her career-best 18-hole score with an 84 today (shot an 84 in the final round of the Siouxland Open in 2024)
- Sweeter's 36-hole score of 170 was her career-best
- Sweeter has a pair of top 35 finishes this season, three in her career
- Eidsness has finished among the top 25 in all three meets this fall and has 14 for her career
- Large recorded her best finish of the fall season (33rd)
- Large carded her career-best, 36-hole score (182)
- Faber matched her season-best finish (35th)
- Julia Van Groningen shot a season-best 102 today and had her best finish of the season
- both Jessie Gulker and Rylynn Shepley recorded their season-best finish
- Defender birdie count:
- Eidsness - 2
- Wilbur -1
- Faber - 1
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