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Mustangs Win GPAC Qualifier No. 1
Peters Is GPAC Golfer Of The Week
Mustangs Win Dordt Invitational Title
Mustangs Reign At Morningside Invitational
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Kelsey Jensen |
Cameron Oakley |
Morningside finished second in GPAC Women’s Golf Qualifier No. 2 held Saturday in Fremont, Neb.
The Mustangs, the team champion at GPAC Qualifier No. 1 earlier this fall, had a 356 in Saturday’s tournament to finish 25 strokes behind Dakota Wesleyan. Saturday’s results put the Tigers in first place in the combined tournament scoring with a 669, with Morningside in second place with a 693.
Kelsey Jensen was the Mustangs’ top finisher at GPAC Qualifier No. 2 with an 86 for fifth place in the individual standings. Sophie Peters had an 87 for ninth place and Cameron Oakley just missed a top 10 finish with an 88 for 11th place.
Oakley is in fourth place in the GPAC Qualifier individual standings with a two-tournament total of 169 for fourth place, while Peters is fifth with a 171.
Dakota Wesleyan All-American Danielle Bellet leads the field with a 157.
GPAC Qualifiers 3 and 4 will be held in the spring.
Results
GPAC Qualifier Combined Results
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Cameron Oakley |
Erin Hedlund |
Morningside is the team leader after the first of four Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Golf Qualifier Tournaments scheduled for 2011-12.
The Mustangs finished first in GPAC Qualifier No. 1 held Friday at The Ridge in Sioux Center, Iowa. Morningside carded a team scored of 337 for a one-stroke victory margin over reigning GPAC champion Dakota Wesleyan University, while Northwestern College was just four strokes behind in third place with a 341. It was the Mustangs’ third tournament title in four outings so far this season.
Cameron Oakley, a sophomore from Sioux City, led the Mustangs with an 81 to put her in second place in the individual standings, three strokes behind defending GPAC champion Danielle Bellet of Dakota Wesleyan.
The Mustangs had two other players finish in the top 10. Erin Hedlund, a junior from Hinton, Iowa, had an 83 for fourth place and Sophie Peters, a freshman from Fremont, Neb., had an 84 for sixth place. The Mustangs completed their score with an 89 from Kelsey Jensen, a freshman from Hutchinson, Kan.
The team champion from the combined four-tournament scoring will advance to the 2012 NAIA Women’s Golf National Championship to be held May 15-18 at Link Hills Country Club in Greenville, Tenn.
Results
 Sophie Peters, a freshman from Fremont, Neb., has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Golfer of the Week.
Peters had a scoring average of 81.0 strokes per 18 holes for a pair of top three individual finishes in the Mustangs’ two tournaments last week. She was the runner-up medalist with a 79 to lead Morningside to the team championship at last Friday’s Dordt College Invitational in Sioux Center, Iowa, and finished third in the individual standings with an 83 to lead the Mustangs to a third place finish at last Thursday’s Northwestern College Lady Red Raider Invitational in Orange City, Iowa.
Peters has a scoring average of 80.7 for a Mustang team that has won the team title at two of their first three tournaments.
Morningside will compete in the first of four GPAC Qualifier tournaments for the 2011-12 season on Friday in Sioux Center.
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Cameron Oakley |
Erin Hedlund |
Morningside edged perennial GPAC women’s golf power Dakota Wesleyan University by one stroke to win the team title at Friday’s Dordt College Invitational in Sioux Center, Iowa.
The Mustangs carded a team score of 327 and had three players finish among the top 10 individuals in the nine-school tournament.
Freshman Sophie Peters led the way with an eight-over par 79 to finish second in the individual standings. Cameron Oakley carded an 80 for fourth place and Erin Hedlund finished seventh with an 83.
Kelsey Nelson completed the Mustangs’ team score with an 85.
The Mustangs, winners in two of their first three tournaments, will return to Sioux Center for the first of the four GPAC Qualifier tournaments for the 2011-12 year on Friday, Sept. 16.
Results
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Kelsey Jensen |
Sophie Peters |
Morningside College’s women’s golf team opened the 2011 fall season with a one-stroke victory margin over runner-up Dakota Wesleyan University to reign over a nine-team field at Wednesday’s Morningside Invitational held at Whispering Creek Golf Club.
The Mustangs carded a team score of 335 and were led by runner-up medalist Cameron Oakley, a sophomore from Sioux City, who carded a 77. Sophie Peters, a freshman from Fremont, Neb., was next with an 80 to finish fourth in the individual standings. Kelsey Nelson, a sophomore from Rockford, Ill., also gave the Mustangs a top 10 finish with an 88 to finish in a tie for eighth place. Erin Hedlund, a junior from Hinton, Iowa, added a 90 to complete the Mustangs’ winning score.
Morningside’s Kelsey Jensen, a freshman from Hutchinson, Kan., fired a 79 to finish third in the individual standings and lead the Mustangs’ B team to a fourth place finish with a 367.
The Mustangs will compete in the Northwestern College Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 8, in Orange City, Iowa.
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