Findlay in Second After Day One at NC4K Classic
Blacklick, Ohio – The University of Findlay women's golf team took to the road and played the Jefferson Country Club on Sunday, April 3. The event, the NC4K College Classic, will conclude tomorrow and consists of 19 teams, 13 of which were Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) teams. After the first day of competition, Findlay sits in second place having carded a 323.
Leading the way for the Oilers was senior standout Kasey Petty, who shot a five over, 77. Petty, who started on hole number six, finished four over on the front nine, but birdies on holes 11 and 13 guided her to a back nine score of 37, just one over. Her score of 77 was tied for sixth-best on the day.
Junior Shelby Warner finished two shots behind Petty and finished with a seven over, 79 after the first round. Warner also began on the sixth hole and parred eight straight holes (8-15) and was just two over after her first 11 holes. She got in trouble in her final four holes with bogeys on holes two, three, and five and a double bogey on four. Her 79 has her placed in 11th after the first day.
The other two Oilers' golfers in the top-20 after day one are frehsman Makenzie Torres and sophomore Kelsey Koesters. Torres (18th), shot an eleven over, 83 in her first round while Koesters currently sits in 20th after posting a twelve over, 84.
Freshman Samantha Hatter is the fifth player on the card for Findlay and came into the clubhouse with a first-round score of 90, placing her in 56th.
Round two will take place tomorrow with live stats being found right here at athletics.findlay.edu.