Results

The Malone University women's golf team captured its own Fall Invitational Sunday afternoon at the Alliance Country Club. Following Saturday's washout, the abbreviated event was played over 18 holes in less-than-favorable conditions on Sunday as the Pioneers earned their first win of the fall season.
 
From Head Coach Bill Eddins
"We are very proud of our team as they played a very difficult course under adverse conditions and made the most it.  It was a grind all day and we appreciate our players hanging in there and doing their best to stay positive and focus on one shot at a time."
 
Recap
Malone carded a team score of 347 on the par-71 course. The University of Mount Union was second with a 373, Ursuline College followed with a 379, and Ohio Valley University was fourth with a 382.


(Tournament Champions - Malone University) 

Pioneer sophomore standout Christina Williams shared co-medalist honors, among a field of 28 competitors, with Joslyn Goins of Ohio Valley. Williams knocked down two birdies on the 350-yard, par-4 fourth and 427-yard, par-5 fifth on her way to a low round of 78.


 (Co-Medalists - Christina Williams, Joslyn Goins)

Sophomore Michelle Lori shot an 88 to finish second for the Pioneers and fourth overall. Classmate Lauren Griggy followed with an 89 and a top-five finish. Freshman Madison Justice, who birdied the 160-yard, par-3 18th, completed the team scoring with a 92 while senior Kelli Carroll carded a 96.


(All-Tournament Team - Griggy, Williams, Lori, Goins (OVU), Ueda (UC))
 
Competing as individuals for Malone were Grace Bartlow (93), Rachel Russell (98), Emily Kean (99), Aubrey Rossano (104), Samantha Tinsley (116), and Kailee Perkins (117). Kean joined Williams and Justice as one of just five golfers to record a birdie on the day, accomplishing the feat on the 150-yard, par-3 third.
 
Up Next
The Pioneers will continue their fall schedule next Monday, October 15th in the Phipps Memorial at Congress Lake.