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Nikki Differt finished 17th for the Titans during their season debut with 98 strokes.
Nikki Differt finished 17th for the Titans during their season debut with 98 strokes.

Titans Open Season With Third-Place Finish

Results

The long-awaited return of UW-Oshkosh women's golf took place Saturday (April 3) and the result was a third-place finish for the Titans at the Carthage College Firebird Invitational in Village of Lakewood, Ill.

UW-Oshkosh, which hadn't competed since October 6 of the 2019 WIAC Championship due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, totaled 382 strokes (94-over-par) during the 18 holes of competition at the Red Tail Run Golf Course. The Titans averaged 4.10 strokes on the Par 3 holes, 5.50 on the Par 4s and 6.60 on the Par 5s.

UW-Eau Claire won the six-team tournament with 360 strokes (72-over-par) while UW-Stout finished second with 369. UW-Stevens Point placed fourth with 391 strokes, St. Norbert College fifth with 397 and North Central College (Ill.) sixth with 398.

UW-Eau Claire's Lexi Meade and UW-Stout's Abbey Filipak shared first place among the tournament's 34 golfers with 83 strokes (11-over-par). UW-Eau Claire's Jessica Rudnicki finished third with 85 strokes, North Central College's Alex Brummer fourth with 87 and UW-Stevens Point's Bree Downie fifth with 88.

UW-Oshkosh was led by Megan Footit's sixth-place score of 89 strokes (17-over-par). Footit reached her result with the help of one birdie and five pars.

The Titans also had Margherite Pettenuzzo finish seventh with 93 strokes (21-over-par), Nikki Differt 17th with 98 (26-over-par) and Lauryn Davis and Ava Downie both 20th with 100 (28-over-par). Downie led the group with five pars while Davis and Pettenuzzo had four apiece.

UW-Oshkosh's Gwyn Golembiewski contributed a 28th-place finish of 107 strokes (35-over-par). Golembiewski's play included one birdie and three pars.

The Titans compete next Saturday (April 10) at the Marian University Invitational. The 18-hole tournament will be held at the Whispering Springs Golf Club in Fond du Lac.