Complete results
BIG RAPIDS, Mich.- The 10th-ranked UIndy women’s golf team opened its 2010-2011 season with a fourth-place showing at the Tom Kirinovic Classic, hosted by Ferris State University Sunday and Monday. Three Greyhounds finished in the top ten, led by sophomore
Lauren Vogt (Auburn, Ind./DeKalb), who tied for third at five-over par.
Vogt used a career-best 73 Sunday to share the lead after 18 holes. The Auburn, Ind. native carded a 76 in Monday’s final round to finish in a four-way tie for third at +5.
Junior
Darin Pinnick (Washington, Ind./Washington), who competed as an individual, produced back-to-back 75s take seventh place. Vogt’s classmate,
Megan Kiley (Leo, Ind./Leo), also set a career low with a 73 Monday to move into a tie for eighth.
Making their collegiate debuts were freshmen
Amy Thompson (Wakarusa, Ind./Northwood),
Brianna Scheidler (Greensburg, Ind./Greensburg Community) and
Jenny Konop (Green Bay, Wis./Notre Dame de la Baie Academy). All three easily finished in the top half of the 82-woman field, as Thompson (80-77) shared 16th place, Scheidler (77-81) tied for 18th, and Konop (79-81) tied for 24th.
Ashland captured the team title with a 603 (298-305), 11 strokes ahead of UIndy (307-307). Grand Valley State’s Sarah Hoffman (73-72) and Dianne Luke (77-68) of California-PA each finished one-over par, with Hoffman taking medalist honors in a playoff. The 14-team event was held at the par-72, 5851-yard Katke Golf Course in Big Rapids, Mich.
UIndy’s next action comes at the Screaming Eagle Classic in Evansville, Ind., Sep. 19-20.